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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.

Networks Scramble to Cover Terrorist Attacks in Paris

“TV news divisions sprung into action to cover the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris as French TV confirmed that at least 153 people have been killed at multiple sites in Paris including a soccer stadium where there was a suicide bombing,…

CBS Developing Comedy From Producers Behind ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Entourage’

CBS is developing a new comedy with some impressive credentials. Variety reports that the broadcast net is working on an untitled project from “Sex and the City” producer Jenny Bicks, with “Entourage” creator Doug Ellin on board as an executive…

New Cop Drama for Fox

Fox has a new police drama in development from an actor and director who’s familiar to TV viewers through his role on “thirtysomething.” Peter Horton, who played Gary Shepherd on the ABC drama series, is executive producing “Crooked,” Deadline.com reports….

Singer for Rock Band That Started Club Fire in Which 100 People Died Ready to Apologize

The lead singer for a hard rock band that was involved in one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history is working on an apology to victims. Reuters reports that Jack Russell of the band Great White opened up about…

Toymaker Sued Over One of the World’s Most Popular Games

Hasbro was hit with a huge lawsuit over a board game that’s been a fixture of family life for decades. The toymaker is accused of cutting the widow of a toy inventor out of $2 million or more in royalties…

‘NCIS’ Actress Assaulted by Homeless Man

One of the stars of the CBS series “NCIS” says she feared she would be killed by a psychotic homeless man with “murder in his eyes” when she was attacked while walking near her home Thursday evening. Pauley Perrette, who…

Al Gore Is Now Hosting a 24-Hour Telethon

Former U.S. Vice President, TV network founder and environmental activist Al Gore is currently hosting a live 24-hour webcast from the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the AP reports. Gore, who co-founded the cable network Current TV, and whose book…

Broadcasters Take the Case Against Cable Merger to FCC

Broadcasters have filed formal paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission requesting that the regulatory agency put its review of the proposed Charter Communications-Time Warner Cable merger on hold. Variety reports that the National Association of Broadcasters says the FCC should…

Basic Cable Network Gets Exclusive TV Rights to Next Month’s Huge 75th Birthday Concert Salute to the Late John Lennon

“Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert” will be taped Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to be shown, exclusively, on AMC on Dec. 19, 2015, the cable network has announced. According…

Angry Mom Confronts Katy Perry’s Dad — Here’s the Video

The father of singer Katy Perry was confronted by a woman accusing his daughter of having “demon sex” and suggesting that Perry has led her son astray. The confrontation took place outside a Christian radio station in Phoenix. Perry’s dad,…