Chuck Ross

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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.

Jon’s Sordid ‘Steamy, Boozed-Filled Trip’ to Utah with Other Woman That Viewer’s Didn’t See

While viewers watching episode two of “Jon and Kate Plus 8” on TLC and saw Jon helping handicapped kids ski while wife Kate celebrated her birthday alone, his trip to Park City, Utah was really part of Jon’s “sordid double life,”…

‘View’ Co-Host Joy Behar Gets Her Own Show on CNN’s Headline News Channel (HLN)

Liberal comedian Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” is joining CNN’s HLN network to host a 9 p.m. talk show, reports the New York Times. She’ll do double-duty when the program begins in the fall. “It’s not going…

Gordon Ramsey’s Mom Forces Him to Apologize for Sexist Rant About Pigs and Breasts

Gordon Ramsey, star of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox, after hearing how inappropiriate he had been from his mom, apologized for remarks he had made comparing a TV host in Australia to a pig with multiple breasts, says slashfood.com. —Chuck Ross

ABC Picks Up Comedic Reality Show ‘Let’s Dance’

The new dance show, from FremantleMedia North America, will most likely be shown during the holidays this winter, Variety reports. Five episodes have been picked up by ABC to bridge the gap between the two arcs of “Dancing With the…

One Upshot of Digital Transition Friday: More Live TV on Mobile Phones

No doubt millions of homes are unprepared for TV’s digital transition tomorrow (June 12), but it’s an opportunity for Qualcom’s long-awaited live TV service for mobile phones, a Los Angeles Times blogger says. —Chuck Ross

Paul Karpowicz of Meredith Corp. is the New NAB Board Chairman

Meanwhile the hunt continues for a new CEO for the NAB, B&C reports —Chuck Ross

Miss California Fired

Miss California, Carrie Prejean, is being fired, Fox News reports. She’s being fired by K2 Productions, the company that produces the Miss California USA pageant, and the firing has the blessing of Donald Trump, who owns the pageant, Fox reports….

Report: Lindsay Lohan Offered Big Bucks to Appear on VH1’s ‘Celeb Rehab with Dr. Drew’

Lindsay Lohan’s dad says Dr. Drew can help her—and an offer that may reach six-figures to appear on Drew’s show seems like a pretty good love line, ABC News reports. —Chuck Ross

Letterman Near New Deal at CBS; His Company Will Get Less Money

Pending finalization of an agreement with CBS, David Letterman will keep hosting CBS his late night TV show through August 2012, but his production company Worldwide Pants will get paid lessfor the show, reports the New York Times. —Elizabeth Jensen

Gordon Ramsey Called ‘New Form of Low Life’ by Aussie Prime Minister After Photo Incident of Pig’s Face and Multiple Breasts

The latest controversy involving “Hell’s Kitchen” host Gordon Ramsey, stemming from a run-in he had with a popular TV host down-under in Australia, as reported by Reuters. —Chuck Ross