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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.

Tracy Morgan Sitcom Gets Series Order

Comedian and actor Tracy Morgan has a new TV series — a single-camera comedy from Morgan and Jordan Peele. TBS announced today that it has given a straight-to-series order to the show. “The untitled series is being created and executive…

Sitcom King Developing Drama Series for Amazon Based on a Best-Selling Book From the 1980s

The prolific producer behind some of the biggest comedy hits on television is developing a drama project for Amazon. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Chuck Lorre, the man behind “The Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men”…

Trump Ramps Up Attack on ‘Rigged Election,’ Says Hillary Is on Drugs — Here’s the Clip

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump ramped up his assertion that the election is rigged over the weekend, while also reiterating claims that the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct are lying. In a video report posted Sunday, NBC News…

Colbert Unveils Plans for Live Election Night Special

Stephen Colbert will be covering the presidential election live on Nov. 8, but not on his CBS show. Colbert unveiled plans today for a live special to be televised on Showtime. “It’ll be all the political comedy you love from…

Security Guard Stabbed, Intruder Shot in Confrontation at Supermodel’s Malibu Home

A violent clash Friday morning at the Malibu home of a supermodel ended with two people in the hospital, TMZ.com reports. “We’re told a security guard at the house confronted an intruder who had just hopped the fence,” TMZ reports…

Nikki Finke Taking Her Hollywood Dementia Website to TV

Well-known entertainment journalist Nikki Finke is poised to bring her website to television after signing a first-look TV deal with HBO for material from Finke’s show business fiction site Hollywood Dementia, Deadline.com reports. “Under the pact, which was put in motion…

‘Live With Kelly’ Unveils List of Finalists in Viewer Co-Host Search, Explains How the Process Will Play Out

The morning talk show “Live with Kelly” revealed today the list of finalists in its contest to pick a viewer to co-host the Friday, Oct. 21, installment of the show. The five finalists will compete live on the air during…

Event Series to Revisit Infamous Murder Case

A true crime documentary event series will re-examine a murder case that has been the focus of a well-known nonfiction novel, a feature film and other projects since the brutal crime took place in 1959. SundanceTV announced plans for “Murder…

‘Apprentice’ Contestant Is One of Two New Trump Accusers

Two more women came forward today with allegations of sexual misconduct by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, including a former contestant on Trump’s NBC reality show “The Apprentice.” “Summer Zervos, who competed on the television show’s fifth season in 2006,…

Finally, Corey Feldman Is Apologizing for What He Did on the ‘Today’ Show

Corey Feldman is apologizing after a “Today” appearance, but it’s not about his widely mocked performance on the NBC morning show a few weeks ago, when he showed up with his band of “Angels” and played “Go 4 It.” That…