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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.
The sport of golf has a new superhero, and his name is Rich Schultz. reports Comcast.net Sports. Schultz, 58, did something during a round of golf with friends Sunday that defies the odds, and then some. Playing at Bethlehem Golf…
A prominent real-life advertising man from the “Mad Men” era delivers a scathing critique of the AMC series in the latest issue of Playboy, reports Monsters and Critics. Well-known ad man George Lois reminisces about the industry in the 1960s…
Cartoon Network is bringing back a concept that began as a Japanese game show, reports B&C. “Hole in the Wall,” in which families maneuver to jump through cutouts–holes in the wall–without hitting an obstacle, originally aired in America in 2008…
Reality competition series topped the Nielsen ratings Tuesday night, led by Fox’s two-hour shot of "Hell’s Kitchen," reports TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. the first hour of "Hell’s Kitchen" earned a 2.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic, just behind ABC’s "Wipeout,"…
A 67-year-old Super Bowl-winning former NFL head coach will be among the contestants on CBS’s upcoming season of "Survivor: Nicaragua," reports the Dallas Morning News. The coach is Jimmy Johnson, who led the Dallas Cowboys to back-to-back Super Bowl titles…
The news in a contract extension between NBC’s “The Office” and writer, producer and actor B.J. Novak may be that the deal includes not just the upcoming season but an eighth season, reports TV Squad. Novak, a utility player who…
One of the correspondents for Comedy Central’s "Daily Show" has been tapped for a guest-starring role in the fourth season debut of NBC’s "Chuck" on Sept. 20, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. Olivia Munn will play a CIA agent who…
For the upcoming syndicated run of "Don’t Forget The Lyrics!" one way for fans to audition for the program will be via MySpace Karaoke, reports WebNewser. Twentieth Television inked a deal with MySpace Karaoke to make the social networking site…
Phyllis McGrady, a longtime producer and executive at ABC News, has decided to leave her job with the network and move into the role of consultant, reports TVNewser. McGrady, who has been with ABC News since 1977, has on her…
An article in The Daily Beast that was critical of Sumner Redstone, the majority stakeholder of both CBS and Viacom, has prompted the 87-year old to offer to make the story’s reporter "well-rewarded" if he would give up his source, reports The Daily…