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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.

Not Every Band Wants Their Music on ‘Glee’: One Band Explains Why They Turned Down Offer

Not all bands want to have their music used on Fox’s hit "Glee," reports U.K. music magazine NME. For example, one band that turned the idea down was Kings of Leon. The band said the reason is that if they had…

Jennifer Aniston, Scott Speedman (He Played Ben Covington in ‘Felicity’), Anne Hathaway, Other Celebs Alleged Victims of Beauty Parlor Scam

Jennifer Aniston, Scott Speedman, Anne Hathaway, Liv Tyler and Melanie Griffith allegedly had their credit cards ripped off  " by a woman who ran a swanky salon in Beverly Hills called the Chez Gabriela Studio," TMZ reports. Says the TMZ…

Facebook’s New Geo-Location Service Is Both Cool and Creepy…

Places, which is Facebook’s new geo-location service, is "both cool and creepy," says ZD Net Bwtween the Lines blogger Sam Diaz. Writes Diaz: "There were a few instances when the execs on-hand today made this service sound creepier than it…

…Likewise, a Comcast TV Survey Is Both Cool and Creepy

In a recent survey by Comcast about which of the shows set to debut this fall is most anticipated,  CBS’ "Hawaii Five-O" came out as the number one pick, says the Washington Post’s Lisa de Moraes. However, on the creepy…

Betchya Can’t Guess What This Show is About: Rapper Vanilla Ice to Star in New DIY Cable Series

Vanilla Ice, the rapper who became popular in the 1990s with the hit "Ice, Ice Baby," will be starring in a DIY Network show, reports Multichannel News. The 10-episode series, called "The Vanilla Ice Project," will debut on Oct. 14…

‘Access Hollywood Live’ Picks Billy Bush and Kit Hoover as Co-Hosts

"Access Hollywood Live" has tapped Billy Bush and Kit Hoover as co-hosts, reports B&C. The show is a spinoff of the long-running "Access Hollywood." Bush, 38, had joined "Access Hollywood" in December 2001 and was promoted to co-anchor. Hoover, 40,…

Verizon Plans to Allow FiOS TV Customers to Watch Live TV Shows on Apple’s iPad

Verizon is planning to allow its FiOS TV customers to watch live television shows on Apple’s iPad, an expansion of a service that allows them to view on-demand shows such as rented movies, reports Bloomberg News. The additional service will…

MTV Awards Taps Chelsea Handler to Host, First Woman to Emcee Since Roseanne Barr in 1994

The MTV Video Music Awards has tapped Chelsea Handler of the E! network series "Chelsea Lately" as its host, marking the first woman to emcee the event since Roseanne Barr in 1994, reports the New York Times. “If there’s one…

Maker of BlackBerry Looking to Buy Ad Network; Wants to Keep Up With Google’s AdMob and Apple’s iAd

Research in Motion (RIM) the maker of the popular BlackBerry PDA’s, is looking to buy a mobile advertising unit, The Wall Street Journal reports. [Since the WSJ is behind a firewall and may charge you to read this story, a…

Howard Stern Will Love This Story: Director of Apple’s App Store Sells Fart Apps on the Side

The director of Apple’s App Store has a side company which sells fart apps, Wired reports. According to the article, "Phillip Shoemaker, director of applications technology at Apple, who runs the App Store process, sells iPhone apps in the App…