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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.
A couple of guest spots scheduled for the second episode of the new season on CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother’ raise a number of intriguing possibilities, reports TV Guide. "Let’s Make a Deal" host Wayne Brady will reprise his…
Anthony Zuiker, the creator of CBS’s long-running hit series "CSI," has decided to resume a hands-on role in the writing of the show, reports New York magazine. Zuiker has never walked away from the show, but has been less involved…
NBC’s broadcast of the first NFL preseason game, the Hall of Fame Game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cincinnati Bengals, was the top draw in the Sunday night Nielsen ratings, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 7 p.m. the "Madden NFL…
A Canadian Broadcasting talk show that has been compared to "Rachael Ray" has been cleared for broadcast in 40% of the U.S. market for its Sept. 13 debut, reports TVNewscheck.com. "Steven and Chris," a 4-year-old CBC program, has clearances on…
Shane Stirling, a former model on CBS’s "The Price Is Right," has filed a suit against the former host of the show, Bob Barker, alleging that he had her fired when she was pregnant, reports the UPI. Stirling was fired…
The host of "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" on MSNBC, former ESPN anchor Keith Olbermann, has been dropped from the NBC’s "Football Night in America," reports the New York Post. The powers that be at MSNBC apparently thought that Olbermann was…
Planet Green announced Monday it has ordered a second season of a popular documentary series about two men’s efforts to live like “gentleman farmers” after years as city dwellers. Season 2 of "The Fabulous Beekman Boys," starring Brent Ridge and…
The annual summer gathering here in Hollywood of the Television Critics Association in now over, and TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin tells us how she thinks the broadcast networks did. From memorable quotes to party time, Atkin was there….
Clearly, the biggest story about those who write about Hollywood over the past several years has been the rise of Nikki Finke and her Deadline.com. Now Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), whose portfolio includes Deadline.com, has hired someone on the business…
CBS relented last season by letting Neil Patrick Harris appear on Fox’s "Glee," but don’t expect it to happen again, reports E! Online. Despite his getting an Emmy nomination for his guest role–or maybe because of it–CBS is apparently holding…