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Chuck Ross

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.

Producer Accused of Trying to Blackmail Letterman Reportedly Willing to Serve One Year in Prison if Plea Deal is Struck

The CBS producer who is accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman may have proposed a plea deal, the New York Post reports. Citing unnamed sources, The Post claims that Robert Halderman has offered to plead guilty in exchange for serving one…

Guess Which Cable Network Won the Primetime Viewing Race in 2009 (Hint: Not ESPN nor TNT)

Drum roll please. Here are the top 5 viewed cable networks in primetime in 2009, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Coming in at No. 5 was Fox News. Number 4 was TNT. Three was ESPN. In second place was the…

MSNBC Criticized for Ignoring Plane Terror Story on Christmas Day

MSNBC executives wouldn’t discuss why the network devoted little attention Friday to the attempted terror attack on a U.S.-bound airplane, the Associated Press reports. CNN and Fox News Channel both covered the story while MSNBC remained with taped programs, the…

TVs in Cars Projected to More than Double by 2015

About 17.6 million car television systems worldwide are projected to be shipped in 2015, more than double the 6.2 million this year, according to an iSuppli forecast, Multichannel News reports. The forecast includes TVs in portable navigation devices. Numerous technical…

NBC News Accused of Unethical ‘Checkbook Journalism’ by Society of Professional Journalists

The Society of Professional Journalists is "appalled" that NBC News gave a ride to the U.S. from Brazil to David Goldman, and his son, who have been involved in a high-profile custody battle. In a statement, SPJ Ethics Committee Chairman…

Ripa, Consuelos to Return to ‘All My Children’

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, the husband and wife who are alums of "All My Children," are returning to the ABC daytime soap next Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 4th and 5th,  which is the show’s 40th anniversary, as well as the…

Town Without Pity: Place Where ‘Jersey Shore’ is Shot Distances Itself from Show

New Jersey beach town Seaside Heights, home to MTV’s "Jersey Shore," said in a statement on Monday, Dec. 28, that it "did not solicit, promote or participate in the filming" of the show, the Associated Press reports. The town says…

Sheen’s Wife Says he Pinned Her on Bed, Knife to Throat and Threatened to Kill Her

Charlie Sheen’s wife Brooke Mueller Sheen told police that the “Two and a Half Men” star pinned her on a bed, held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her on Christmas Day, the Associated Press reports. The…

Next TVBizWIre and E-Daily E-Newsletter Will be on Monday, Jan. 4th. Happy New Year!

TVWeek will next publish its TVBizWire and E-Daily e-newsletters on Monday, Jan. 4th. Until then, if there’s breaking news, you’ll find it on TVWeek.com. And if we need to email you an Extra Alert, we’ll do that as well. Happy…

‘Boondocks’ Returning to TV

The animated series “The Boondocks” will return for a third season on Cartoon Network, after a nearly two-year hiatus, reports our friend Joe Adalian at The Wrap.   Creator Aaron McGruder said via Twitter that the show is coming back…