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Chuck Ross

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.

Time Reveals Nominees for Person of the Year; LeBron James, Glenn Beck, Lady Gaga, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert All On List

Time magazine has revealed the 25 finalists from which it will choose its Person of the Year. The annual designation, which began in 1927 with aviator Charles Lindberg getting the award, is given to the person who has "done the…

Acclaimed Director Guillermo del Toro (‘Pan’s Labyrinth’) Hooks Up With ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Producer for Major New TV Project

It’s a monster of partnership: "Pan’s Labyrinth" director Guillermo del Toro and "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer David Eick are finalizing an agreement to create a major new TV project, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The project, for ABC, is a new…

In Zombie Time, This Is a Lifetime (or Maybe Not): It’ll Be a While Before We Get More ‘Walking Dead’ on AMC

If you’ve become addicted to watching the living escape the zombies on "The Walking Dead," the bad news is that after this season is over, you’re in for quite a wait until they rise again, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live…

Emmy-Winning Director Bails on TNT Pilot After Butting Heads With Creator

Trouble behind the scenes of a new TNT cop show brought about a quick exit for the multiple Emmy-winning director who was set to direct the pilot, Deadline.com reports. Gregory Hoblit, who won directing Emmys for “L.A. Law” and the…

Apple Ready to Make Big Announcement About iTunes

Apple is apparently about to unveil big news about iTunes, the Mac Observer reports. The Apple Web site today is teasing that it will have an “exciting announcement from iTunes” tomorrow. The Apple home page even displays four clocks hinting…

Guess the Surprise Oprah Has in Store for Streisand on Tomorrow’s Show; Hint: It Should Stir Some ‘Memories …’

Tomorrow’s "Oprah Winfrey Show" will be another red-letter day in the talk show queen’s final season in syndication, as she surprises guest Barbra Streisand with the appearance of her co-star from "The Way We Were," Robert Redford, the Orlando Sentinel…

ABC Veteran Ted Koppel Lets His Opinion Be Known About Cable News–And It’s Not Good

Former ABC anchorman Ted Koppel wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post in which he criticized cable news outlets Fox News and MSNBC, and equated the product those networks present to the pyramid scheme Bernie Madoff sold to investors, TVNewser…

NBC Readying New Sitcom From ‘Seinfeld’ Writer

A veteran writer from the Emmy Award-winning "Seinfeld" has lined up a new NBC sitcom with comic Nick Thune headlining the show, reports Deadline.com. “Seinfeld” veteran Spike Feresten, who created and wrote the new show, will also be a co-executive…

Football Again Rules Sunday Ratings

The Fox overrun of the late NFL game and the NBC broadcast of the New England Patriots vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers were the top-rated programs Sunday night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. NBC finished the night as an easy overall winner, both in…

Picketers Target NBC Reality Show

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) will send picketers to confront replacement workers hired by the production companies behind the NBC reality show “Biggest Loser,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show’s 50-member crew has been on strike…