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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.
NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” Fox’s “MasterChef” and CBS’s “Big Brother” were the top-rated shows in the Nielsens for the 18-49 demo Wednesday night, TVbytheNumbers reported. “Big Brother” led all shows in the 8 p.m. hour with a 2.6 rating in…
An ESPN sports commentator who was arrested in a domestic violence dispute last month will not be charged in the case, reports mediabistro.com. Jay Mariotti was suspended by AOL Fancast.com and has not appeared on ESPN’s "Around the Horn" since…
After two new talk shows wrapped up their test runs with middling results, Twentieth Television says the programs may still end up in syndication for the fall of 2011, reports TVNewsCheck.com. "The Huckabee Show," hosted by former Arkansas Gov. Mike…
Wonder if you can guess which broadcast network–for the first time ever–was No. 1 for an entire week (last week) in the 18-49 year-old demo in the national ratings. It was Univision, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog….
Susan Boyle was devastated after rocker Lou Reed told her she couldn’t sing his "Perfect Day" on "America’s Got Talent" for its Wednesday show, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. As a result, she had to pull out of…
In today’s wildest read, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross takes on theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, God, the Universe and A Condition That Must Not Be Named. Read all about it by clicking here.
An unusual deal from Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment will turn a multi-part Stephen King tale into both a television series and film trilogy, reports Mike Fleming at Deadline.com. It’s King’s multiple novel series "The Dark Tower." Ron Howard…
Bristol Palin is demanding that her ex-fiance, Levi Johnston, be banned from the audience of "Dancing with the Stars," on which she’ll be competing this season, reports PopEater.com. Bristol Palin will move to Los Angeles with her son Tripp, with…
A judge awarded Don Johnson Productions $28.5 million in pre-judgment interest on Wednesday for its suit against Rysher Entertainment over profits from "Nash Bridges," reports TheWrap.com. The ruling marks Johnson’s second win over "Nash Bridges," with the actor winning $23.2…
Britney Spears has been sued for sexual harrassment by a former bodyguard, BBC News is reporting. According to the article, the bodyguard, "Fernando Flores has accused the singer of repeatedly parading around in the nude and having sex in front…