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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.
Reggie Bush, who has been a star with the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, will likely have his Heisman Trophy–which he won while playing for the USC Trojans–taken away from him, Yahoo! Sports reports in an exclusive story. "Two…
Whether it’s the recession driving ticket buyers away from stadiums or the optimum TV viewing offered by HD sets and Red Zone features, the NFL anticipates that this upcoming football season may see as many as 11 teams facing blacked-out…
Actress America Ferrera, the star of ABC’s "Ugly Betty," has a new job on television, reports the AP. Ferrera will host the ninth season of the PBS documentary film series “Independent Lens.” The new season launches Oct. 19. Ferrera is…
A TV icon, two music legends and two Broadway stalwarts are the five people chosen to receive the Kennedy Center Honors at the 33rd annual presentation in Washington on Dec. 5, reports the AP. Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney and Merle…
In a deal in which no money is changing hands, AOL will become a promotion element for the syndicated "Ellen DeGeneres Show," reports TVNewsCheck.com. AOL will share Web traffic with and promote across its platforms the DeGeneres show’s Web site,…
A music superstar is developing a new reality show for the Syfy Channel, in conjunction with Peacock Productions, about unidentified flying objects, called "UFO: Unbelievably Freakin’ Obvious." The star is Billy Ray Cyrus, and the series will feature Cyrus with…
With possibly four new cast members joining "Saturday Night Live," the question arises as to who might be following Will Forte in leaving "SNL," reports Deadline.com. The latest "SNL" cast member who may not be returning to "Saturday Night Live" is Jenny…
The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon may have felt the effects of the recession with this weekend’s annual fund-raising event, as the program raised about $1.5 million less than last year, reports the Las Vegas Sun. The program raised $58.9 million,…
We iPhone users hear this complaint at least once a day from our blackberry-using colleagues: "I’d switch, you know, if the iPhone had a physical keyboard instead of a virtual one." It looks like that will happen before the end…
ABC News President David Westin, who has held the job since 1997, said he’ll be leaving the network at the end of the year, marking an end to a tenure that’s overseen dramatic changes in broadcast news, reports the Los…