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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.

Guest Hosts Lined Up for Next Week’s ‘Live With Kelly’

Kelly Ripa’s guest co-hosts on the morning talk staple “Live with Kelly” for the week of Feb. 6-10 will be Rita Ora, Mark Consuelos and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Ripa continues to work without a permanent co-host since the departure of…

Report: ‘Bad Blood’ at NBC Over Tamron Hall’s Exit

A new report suggests that the abrupt departure of respected anchor Tamron Hall from NBC News, which we reported Wednesday, may not have been handled particularly well. Hall’s sudden exit came amid plans to move newly hired Megyn Kelly into…

Schwarzenegger Fires Back After the Latest Trump Attack

Arnold Schwarzenegger has apparently had enough of the attacks from Donald Trump, who again mocked the job Schwarzenegger has been doing as Trump’s replacement on the NBC reality show “The Apprentice” — and in particular, Schwarzenegger’s ratings. Schwarzenegger posted a…

Will Facebook Replace TV? CEO Mark Zuckerberg Hopes to Do Just That — And Here’s How He Plans to Do It

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long been thought to be setting his sights on competing with TV, but in his most public revelation to date of just what he has in mind in that area, he sounds as…

How CBS’s ‘NCIS: LA’ Plans to Honor the Late Miguel Ferrer

The CBS procedural “NCIS: Los Angeles,” where Miguel Ferrer played NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger for six seasons before his death last month, plans a tribute to the beloved actor. Ferrer died Jan. 19 of throat cancer. He was 61….

15-Year-Old Babysitter May Have Just Launched a New Trend in Child Rearing

A 15-year-old girl who was asked to babysit her young niece stumbled onto something that just might catch on when she came up with an ingenious method of keeping track of the youngster. Photos of J’Ann’s “babywearing” solution went viral…

CBS Goes Big in Radio With Key Merger

In a deal designed to create scale in the radio space, CBS Corp. today announced a merger between Entercom Communications and CBS Radio. “The transaction will create a pre-eminent radio platform, with a nationwide footprint of 244 stations, including 23…

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Colbert Debate the Existence of God

Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais and CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert carried on a spirited debate about religion when Gervais appeared on Colbert’s show this week. Gervais is an atheist and Colbert has been public about his Catholic faith….

Nikki Finke Reportedly Back in Business With Deadline Owner Jay Penske

“In a dramatic move that may strike more fear into the heart of Hollywood than any President Trump executive order, Nikki Finke is back in business,” The New York Post’s Page Six reports. “Sources exclusively tell Page Six that Finke…

HBO Books Comedy Special About Depression, Alcoholism and Suicide

HBO announced plans for a comedy special where the subject matter isn’t exactly the material people usually associate with comedy. The special will be a taping of “Chris Gethard: Career Suicide,” the off-Broadway show by the comedian, talk-show host and…