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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.

Star of ‘The Equalizer’ Dies

The star of "The Equalizer," which was on CBS from the mid-to-the-late 1980s, has died, the U.K. publication The Mirror reports. British actor Edward Woodward was 79 when he passed away this past weekend. Woodward had been hospitalized and was…

TV Station Group Behind Revival of Syndicated Court Show

One of the many judges who’ve had a TV show will be back in business next fall thanks to the backing of a major TV group, B&C reports. It’s Judge Karen, whose show was canceled last year when Sony exited…

George Segal Returning to Sitcom TV

Film and TV star George Segal, who starred for seven years on NBC’s "Just Shoot Me," is heading back to series TV. He’ll be in a new sitcom called "Retired at 35," TVLand announced. As previously reported, the show is TV Land’s first foray…

Ashleigh Banfield’s Latest Move

Newsperson Ashleigh Banfield will have a new network in the new year, according to TV Newser. The former MSNBC anchor and war correspondent will be joining ABC News for "potential news projects down the road," the article said. Banfield’s last…

New Competitor to Cable TV and Satellite Debuts in L.A. Monday, Nov. 16

A new TV service debuts in Los Angeles today, eventually  hoping to become an alternative to programming distributed by cable and satellite providers. It’s called Sezmi, and snares programming through over-the-air signals (including cable channels that it gets by leasing…

Creative Media Partnership Between History Channel and Boxing Title Match to Promote a TV Series

As clients put more and more pressure on their media agencies to figure out how to break through an ever increasingly crowded media environment, it becomes imcumbent on those who work on the planning side to think out-of-the-box. That’s almost a…

Jon Gosselin Claims TLC Broke Law Re: His Eight Kids

Jon Gosselin, who has been sued by TLC, has responded with his own legal accusations, reports Radaronline.com. According to the report, "But perhaps the most inflammatory charge from Team Jon is that the network violated Pennsylvania child labor laws by…

Video of Lou Dobbs Resigning On-Air, Wed. 11/11/09

Lou Dobbs Quits

Lou Dobbs announced on-air tonight that he is leaving CNN "effective immediately" after his show ended. “Some leaders in the media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond my role here at CNN and engage in constructive…

Lou Dobbs Announces On-Air That He’s Leaving CNN After Tonight’s Cablecast

Lou Dobbs announced on-air tonight that he is leaving CNN "effective immediately" after his show ended. “Some leaders in the media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond my role here at CNN and engage in constructive…