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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.
An "American Idol" winner was hospitalized Monday night in Charlotte for a medication overdose, WCNC reports. Sources told the station that the singer’s condition was not life-threatening. Fantasia Barrino was taken to Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville at about 8:55 p.m. Monday,…
While not on a par with "The Bachelorette," ABC’s new series "Bachelor Pad" had a good debut in the Nielsen ratings Monday night, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. the first hour of "Bachelor Pad" collected a 2.1 rating in…
"Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy confirmed Tuesday morning on the Ryan Seacrest radio show that there will be a Britney Spears episode in the upcoming new season, according to a link to the broadcast on TV Tattle. Murphy told Seacrest, "Britney,…
In the second promotion from WCBS-TV in New York to the CBS station group in the past two months, David Friend, VP/news director for WCBS, has been promoted to senior VP of news for parent CBS Television Stations, B&C reports….
An actor who won two Emmys for his role as a police captain in a celebrated 1980s cop show will be on the other side of the law when he guests on CBS’s "Criminal Minds" this season as a serial…
Production giant Endemol has acquired a majority piece of the reality production outfit Authentic Entertainment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Endemol already has a large piece of the reality television market, and the acquisition expands its stake. Authentic is behind…
In a push to promote and sell Wi-Fi capable television sets, Sam’s Club will make its stores free WI-FI zones, reports The Wall Street Journal. The idea is to make consumers more comfortable with the technology by demonstrating how it…
Debmar-Mercury has secured the domestic distribution rights for Fox’s hit reality show "Hell’s Kitchen.” The Gordon Ramsay cooking competition program, an ITV Studios production, has been a solid ratings draw. It will start its eighth season on Fox on Sept….
Jimmy Johnson, the Fox Sports analyst and legendary football coach, has confirmed that he is a contestant on the new season of "Survivor" — and credits the show with saving his life, reports USA Today. Johnson, who coached the Dallas…
Levi Johnston, whose engagement with Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin was recently broken off for a second time, has a new partner with a reality show deal, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The deal is with reality production company Stone and…