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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.

CBS’ Harry Smith May Have Swine Flu

On this morning’s CBS "Early Show," host Harry Smith was home sick but did a report via video to let viewers know that he might have swine flu, according to the Associated Press. Dr. Jennifer Ashton, the "Early Show’s" medical…

George Eckstein, Writer-Producer of TV’s ‘Fugitive,’ Dies

When TV’s "The Fugitive" came to an end and 72% of the country tuned in to watch the finale, the script had been written by George Eckstein, the producer-writer who died Saturday at age 81, according to the Los Angeles…

‘Survivor’ Winner Ethan Zohn Has Cancer Relapse

"Survivor" winner Ethan Zohn, a fan favorite who’d been successfully fighting cancer, has revealed that after months of chemotherapy, he has had a recurrence of the disease, according to People. After being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease last April, Zohn had been…

VMA Hightlights: Madonna Tribute to Michael Jackson; Pink on a Trapeze; Kanye West Gets Booed for Bad Behavior; and Oh Yeah, Beyonce Won For Best Video

It was non-stop entertainment during Sunday night’s Video Music Awards live from the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The show got started with a moving tribute to Michael Jackson from Madonna. Then there were dynamite performances from…

The Genius of Larry Gelbart: What Made Him Special

 [As previously reported on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, writer Larry Gelbart, who won awards for writing for TV, movies and Broadway, died of cancer at age 81. This is our tribute to Gelbart] By Chuck Ross In 2002, as we here at…

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CONTINUED FROM TVBIZWIRE "Rosebud, my ass" is, nevertheless, a wonderful title to describe the multiple Emmy and Tony award winner’s latest work. The show is, in the simplest description, a prime-time soap about the shenanigans–professional and extracurricular–of a media baron, his…

A Titan Talent Dies: Writer Larry Gelbart, Who Developed ‘M*A*S*H’ For TV, Succumbs to Cancer at Age 81

Larry Gelbart, who developed "M*A*S*H" for TV and wrote the Emmy-winning "Barbarians at the Gate" TV movie for HBO, has died of cancer at age 81. Gelbart also was nominated for Oscars for writing "Oh God" and co-writing "Tootsie." Gelbart…

TV—and Hollywood and Broadway—Loses a True Giant in the Business: Larry Gelbart, 81, who developed M*A*S*H for TV, Dies

Larry Gelbart, who developed M*A*S*H for TV, and who wrote the Emmy-winning "Barbarians at the Gate" TV movie for HBO, has died of cancer at age 81. Gelbart also was nominated for Oscars for writing "Oh God" and co-writing "Tootsie." Gelbart…

OK. Everyone in the TV Business Stop What You Are Doing, Find Your Bearings and Bow Toward Detroit: GM to Break Major Ad Campaign Next Week

One of the big reasons for the ad slump in the TV business is the corresponding slump in the auto business. So it’s great news that General Motors is breaking a multimillion-dollar, multimedia ad campaign next week. Our colleagues at…

What’s Really Going on With the Advertisers, Media Agencies and Networks Coalition to Explore New Ways of Measuring Media. How Nervous Should it Make Nielsen?

Big announcement on Thursday. As expected, 14 major media players, everyone from P&G to NBCU to Viacom to Group M, announced they were forming a coalition to improve the way viewing habits are measured across conventional TV, online and mobile…