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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.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has revealed the names of the first few Oscar presenters who are lined up for the upcoming ceremony, and to no one’s surprise, the presenters include a number of former Academy Award…
Richard Hatch, the first person to win CBS’s "Survivor"–who was later convicted of tax evasion for failure to pay taxes on his $1 million prize–has been accused of violating his probation, reports the AP. Hatch was ordered to appear in…
The American Film Institute has named the 10 best television shows of the past year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Emmy winner "Modern Family" is one of the 10, along with "The Walking Dead," "The Big C," "Breaking Bad," "Mad…
When Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow appeared on "Glee" earlier this year, the producers left it open for her character–substitute teacher Holly Holiday–to return sometime in the future. The future will take place in 2011, reports TV Guide. "Glee’s" producers confirmed…
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps told Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) that the agency shouldn’t reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, reports B&C’s John Eggerton. Barton had asked Copps to clarify some comments the chairman had made at Columbia University, when he talked…
The list of most charitable celebrities, from national philanthropic group The Giving Back Fund, tracks contributions made in 2009, the most recent year for which financial information is available, according to People Third on the list is actress Meryl Streep,…
A grocer founded in the 1800s and once the largest grocery chain in the country has filed for bankruptcy, Bloomberg reports. It’s the A&P, officially known as the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. According to the article, "Great Atlantic…
While Netflix was once viewed as a harmless DVD-rental operation by the television and cable industries, that viewpoint has sharply changed as the company has seen its stock nearly quadruple this year while hastening the decline of DVD sales, according…
Warner Bros. "insiders" are denying a report that’s hit the Internet that one of the stars of "Glee" is being considered to play the title role in the remake of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The rumor…
"With a 16.5/25 overnight rating, the game delivered the best overnight rating in the five-year history of Sunday Night Football, tied with last fall’s Week 2 game between the Giants and the Cowboys that marked the debut of the new…