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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 hour-long Emmy-winning special from Associated Television International, has been sold to ABC-owned stations in top markets such as New York and Los Angeles, reports B&C. The show, "On the Edge," will air on the stations over the Thanksgiving weekend. It tracks…
Fox has announced that Ellen DeGeneres will not return as a judge on "American Idol." In a statement DeGeneres said, "A couple months ago, I let Fox and the ‘American Idol’ producers know that this didn’t feel like the right…
Another name has been added to the list of celebrities showing an interest in replacing Simon Cowell as a judge on Fox’s “American Idol,” People magazine reports. Rap mogul Diddy apparently got a look at Cowell’s paycheck, according to the…
Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod says she will pursue a lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, CNN reported. Breitbart posted an edited video clip of Sherrod addressing a chapter of the NAACP that gave the impression she discriminated against…
A Super Bowl-winning former NFL quarterback says he will appear on the next season of “Dancing With the Stars,” reports TMZ.com. Troy Aikman, a former Dallas Cowboy who is also a Fox NFL analyst, was leaving an L.A. restaurant when…
ESPN’s new 3D channel, ESPN 3D, will launch the college football season in September with three 3D game telecasts, reports Multichannel News. On Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. ET, Virginia Tech will play Boise State at FedEx Field in Maryland….
In an unusual marketing move, Fox has teamed with Vanity Fair magazine to promote a new drama series on the network. The October issue of Vanity Fair will include a DVD insert of the season premiere of "Lone Star." iPad…
The Wednesday night Nielsens reflected the smaller summer audiences, but reality TV continued to thrive, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. CBS’s "Big Brother" beat out Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance," scoring a 2.2 rating to a 2.0…
An actor who already has one Emmy for a starring role in an HBO biographical production will give it another go, reports Digital Spy. Paul Giamatti, who won an Emmy for HBO’s "John Adams" miniseries, will return to the premium…
The speculation has been that Fox’s "Glee" would do a Britney Spears episode in season two, but co-creator Ryan Murphy said at Comic-Con on Sunday that the show will revisit an artist it has already paid tribute to once, according…