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Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.
In the “worst-kept secret” department, word leaked today on who will be singing the National Anthem during the upcoming broadcast of Super Bowl XLV, to be carried live by Fox, HitFix.com reported. For its part, the NFL isn’t confirming anything….
Actor John Goodman, best known for the sitcom "Roseanne" but also adept at drama, is the latest big-name star to join the cast of a DirecTV show that formerly ran on FX, USA Today reports. The show is "Damages," which…
"Law & Order: Los Angeles" creator Dick Wolf is overseeing a creative overhaul of the show, and one of the key changes he will implement is the transformation of Alfred Molina’s character, Deputy D.A. Ricardo Morales, into a detective, reports…
A controversial cable TV host–one of those “love them or hate them”-type personalities–is about to become even more ubiquitous, adding a third hour of daily TV exposure to her existing two hours a day, TVNewser reports. The TV host is…
Greta Van Susteren has criticized a party thrown by CNN, though we’re not sure why she would care. One difference between Fox News and CNN, according to Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren, is that Fox News doesn’t hold with…
Amid the claims that overheated rhetoric heard on television and radio helped influence Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner comes a comment from one of his friends, who noted that Loughner "did not watch TV," reports TVnewser.com. Ashleigh Banfield said that…
The EVP of Original Programming at SyFy has been promoted to President, Original Programming for SyFY. He’s Mark Stern, and he will also "have creative oversight on the newly formed Syfy Films, a joint venture with Universal Pictures," the announcement said….
The remake of "The Rockford Files" for NBC has come to a halt, at least for this development season, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The decision to shelve the project came after writer David Shore wasn’t able to finish a…
The "Kennedys" miniseries is still looking for a television home after Showtime passed on the project, reports B&C. "Although ‘The Kennedy’s’ is well produced, well acted and a quality piece of work, it doesn’t fit Showtime’s programming brand," Showtime said…
Authentic Brands Group and media company Neca Inc. are buying rights to Marilyn Monroe from the late actress’ estate, with plans to debut brands, including a reality television show, based on her image, Bloomberg reports. Authentic Brands is proposing a…