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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.
Paul Romer, the creative executive who teamed with John De Mol to conceive and bring "Big Brother" to television, is departing Endemol, reports Deadline.com. Romer was an executive producer on "Big Brother" and shepherded its launch in the U.S. on…
After her appearance with a "Sesame Street" Muppet was cut from the show because she wore an outfit that was too revealing during the duet with Elmo, singer Katy Perry will guest-star in an episode of "The Simpsons," reports EW.com’s…
Last Friday’s premiere of Tom Selleck’s new CBS police drama, "Blue Bloods," saw the show get off to a good start, scoring the top rating of the night, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. Selleck’s hour drama collected a 2.2 in the 18-49…
The body of a man who was featured on a popular reality TV show was found Friday floating in New York’s Hudson River, the New York Daily News reported today. The body was reportedly that of Joseph Cerniglia, 39, a…
One of the biggest stars of “Lost” will make a guest appearance on a popular CBS sitcom, DigitalSpy.com reports. Jorge Garcia, best known as Hurley on “Lost,” will appear on “How I Met Your Mother,” the story says. Garcia will…
Coinciding with the beginning of Advertising Week in New York, Nielsen today announced a new ad measurement product called Online Campaign Ratings service, reports The New York Times. The Online Campaign Ratings program is aimed at providing ad data from…
Sony Pictures Television announced today that it has picked veteran studio exec Sheraton Kalouria to take over the position of senior VP, programming business development. He will report to the Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, the company’s presidents of…
Jay McGraw, the son of TV talk show star Dr. Phil McGraw, wants to set the record straight about gossip and rumors, according to the New York Post. Jay, who created the daytime medical show “The Doctors,” is launching a…
Just in time for the holidays, prices of flatscreen televisions will plunge because of a glut of inventory following a sluggish year, reports CNN.com. Manufacturers have been resisting lowering prices, with the average price for LCD panels actually increasing in…
The person who will take over band-leading chores from Max Weinberg when Conan O’Brien’s new show debuts on TBS in November has been chosen, reports the St. Louis Riverfront Times. It will be Jimmy Vivino, who had been part of…