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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.
In a rare event during what has been a slow summer, the Nielsen ratings shot up Monday night, with the season finale of ABC’s "The Bachelorette" generating most of the excitement, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. "The Bachelorette" kicked off…
Comedy writer Bernie West, who wrote scripts for "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons," "Three’s Company" and other shows, died last Thursday after battling Alzheimer’s disease, The New York Times reported. He died in Beverly Hills at the age of…
Mary Hart has been the host of "Entertainment Tonight" for nearly three decades — since 1982 — but there’s speculation her reign might be over as her contract comes up this year, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The…
Heidi Montag has filed for divorce from Spencer Pratt, according to People.com. The couple have been legally separated for six weeks, and Pratt told People, "I love Heidi but our marriage was a show – it was part of ‘The…
Tony Robbins, the self-help guru, could not help himself as much as he wanted as his reality show debuted last week with one of NBC’s worst premieres ever. Robbins said it was a frustrating experience, reports the Los Angeles Times. The show,…
James Van Der Beek, best known to the TV audience as Dawson on "Dawson’s Creek," has gotten married, MTV’s Hollywood Crush reports. It’s marriage No. 2 for James. His six-year marriage to Heather McComb ended in divorce in March. Van Der…
Could former ABC Entertainment Group President Steve McPherson end up at Fox? Kevin Reilly, the president of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting, indicated that there might be room for McPherson at his network, according to a report in B&C. If McPherson’s…
After a rumor spread on Twitter on Monday that Bill Cosby had died, the actor and comedian jumped into action to prove that he’s alive and kicking, reports CNN.com. The 73-year old may have some practice at debunking the false…
As "Bleep My Dad Says" gets closer to its September debut, the Parents Television Council is ramping up its campaign against the program by sending letters to 300 advertisers, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The group is asking advertisers to sit…
Sherri Shepherd of "The View" is contemplating moonlighting as the host of GSN’s "The Newlywed Game,"reports our friend and former TVWeek TV Editor Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. As previously reported, Carnie Wilson decided to leave the…