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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.
One of the cast members of CW’s "Gossip Girl" will be going on indefinite hiatus after the episode that airs on Monday, Nov. 29th, reports Michael Ausiello at Deadline.com. It’s Taylor Momsen, the 17-year old actress who annoyed "Project Runway"’s…
What Obama is referring to is an historical incident wherein Archimedes used light from the sun reflected onto a ship, causing it to burst into flames. This allegedly happened in 214-212 BC. The odd thing here is that “Mythbusters” already…
With Los Angeles public station KCET-TV preparing to leave the PBS network, it’s ending its sometimes tense relationship with Tavis Smiley and his show, the only nightly PBS program produced at the station, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Scott Collins….
One of two companies known for streaming television station signals over the Internet without permission from stations, networks or content producers, has been issued a temporary restraining order from a federal judge, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The…
If you’ve vowed that you’d be willing to pay up for not having to sit around waiting for the cable guy to appear, then Time Warner Cable may have a deal for you, reports Bloomberg News. Time Warner Cable is…
A movie-version remake of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is moving forward, albeit without the creator of the franchise, Joss Whedon, reports the New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. Not only may this bum out the many fans of the show, Whedon…
The debut of the U.S. version of the U.K hit "Top Gear’ revved up 1.9 miillion viewers on Sunday night,reports The Hollywoord Reporter’s Live Feed blog.. The article speculates that perhaps the show could have done better if it wasn’t…
Charlie Sheen has filed a lawsuit against Capri Anderson, the woman who was with him the night he ended up in the hospital after freaking out at the Plaza Hotel, claiming she tried to extort him, reports TMZ.com. Filed in…
Accusing Comcast of "gun jumping," Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Monday asked the Justice Department to look into whether the cable operator’s announcement last week of NBC Universal’s planned executive structure was an "illegal collaboration," reports the Hollywood Reporter. Because…
The nearly two-week strike that disrupted production of NBC’s "The Biggest Loser" has ended, as the producers and crew members on the show settled their labor dispute, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The production companies Reveille, 3Ball…