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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.

Oprah Continues Her Season of Big ‘Gets’

The final season in syndication for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" has been marked by big gets, and the queen of daytime talk is showing no sign of slowing down. Winfrey’s latest big-name interview subject is Katherine Jackson, the mother of…

ABC to Keep New Medical Crime Drama on the Shelf Until Midseason

ABC’s medical crime procedural "Body of Proof" was intended to premiere this fall, but the network is now shelving the show until midseason, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The Dana Delany and Jeri Ryan drama was previously expected to land in a Friday…

Scott Kurnit, Founder of About.com, Has New Service, AdKeeper; It Allows Users to Keep Online Ads to Check Them Out at Their Convenience

Scott Kurnit, a pioneer in the cable business who hit a mother lode as the founder and CEO of about.com when he sold it at the peak of the Internet boom for $724 million, is back with an idea he…

Pacino Returns to HBO to Play Another Controversial Real-Life Figure

Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner Al Pacino is returning to HBO, where he recently won an Emmy for his performance as Jack Kevorkian in last season’s "You Don’t Know Jack," according to The Hollywood Reporter. This time around he will…

‘CSI’ Creator Zuiker Brings Character From Novel to TV Show, Hoping Move Will Pump Up Book Sales; CBS Likes Resulting Creepy ‘CSI’ Episode

Anthony Zuiker, the man who created "CSI" for CBS, has taken a character from a novel he wrote called "Dark Prophecy" and inserted him into the television show, reports the Denver Post. Zuiker wrote a villain in the book, a…

TNT Orders Pilot for Film Noir Detective Series

In an apparent homage to the work of Raymond Chandler, TNT has ordered a pilot for a new period detective series called "Hollywood & Vine," reports Deadline.com. The story is about a tough private eye who’s an incorruptible truth-seeker in…

Star of NBC Drama Named Sexiest Woman Alive

Esquire reports that it has chosen its Sexiest Woman Alive for 2010. Following in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Jessica Biel, Scarlett Johansson, Halle Berry and others is one of the stars of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” and…

Football Dominates Sunday Night Ratings

It’s almost a sure thing during the NFL season that NBC’s "Football Night in America" will be the top-rated program Sunday night in the Nielsen ratings, and that was the case again this week, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. At 7 p.m. CBS’s…

Justin Bieber Nail Polish Line to Be Available at Walmart [Sample Color: One Less Lonely Glitter (Lavender)]

Justin BIeber, "the 16-year-old pop star, has designed a line of nail polishes for Nicole by OPI that are high on the glitter and bright primary color palette ratio," according to AOL’s StyleList. Walmart will carry the line exclusively through…

Universal Pulls Vince Vaughn Movie Trailer After Anderson Cooper Blasts Its Use of the Word ‘Gay’

Universal Studios has pulled a trailer for Vince Vaughn’s new comedy “The Dilemma” out of theaters after CNN’s Anderson Cooper criticized the clip for its negative use of the word "gay," E! Online reported. The studio said in a statement:…