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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.
Tonight, Wednessday, Dec. 15, 2010, the next to the last night of CNN’s "Larry King Live," the host visits Barbra Streisand at her Malibu home But what about tomorrow night, his last show? "Here’s what CNN is saying about the…
Charlie Sheen, the star of " Two and a Half Men" "will not face criminal charges over his October freakout at New York’s Plaza Hotel, E! News has learned," EOnline reports. Adccording to the story, " ‘There have been no arrests….
One of the sexy stars of the "Matrix" films is set to star in a cable pilot, reports Nellie Andreeva of Deadlne.com. Carrie-Anne Moss will play the lead in an untitled pilot for Lifetime from writer-executive producer Michael Sardo, the…
Look like that nagging suspicion most of us have about how consumers spend their time turns out to be true. Americans are spending as many hours online as they are watching television, Media Daily News reports, citing a Forrester study. The average…
"Many entertainment magazines, courtrooms, games and off-net sitcoms and dramas delivered strong showings in the week ending Dec. 5," reports TVNewsCheck. For example, the article says that "In the first full week following the end of the November sweep almost…
Viacom has told Federal Communications Commission commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn that it’s concerned about the Comcast/NBC Universal merger, according to an ex parte filing on meetings between the parties, according to B&C. Viacom reps said the company is…
A former television chef was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday, Dec. 17, 2010 for his role in a plot to kiss his wife, the Associated Press reports. Juan-Carlos Cruz, who was once a chef on "Calorie Commando," gave his…
"Comcast is trying out a new service that would provide both TV and Web content through a single set-top box,CNET reports. [CNET is expounding on a story first reported by the Wall St. Journal. We are linking to the CNET story…
According to UsWeekly, January Jones, 32, "poses nude — accessorized with just a sexy pair of shoes and a well-placed purse — in the spring/summer 2011 ad campaign for the luxe designer label" Versace. Picture taken by the well-known photographer…
Aussie actor Hugh Jackman was making a dramatic entrance on Oprah Winfrey’s Australian show using a harness and wire set called a flying fox when he injured himself, causing the taping to be suspended while he received medical attention, reports…