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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.

Here’s a Quick Round-Up of TV Critics’ Comments on Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Debut — and a Clip of Colbert’s Best Bit on His First Show

Robert Bianco, USA Today: “He’ll need to relax a bit: As you might expect, given the stakes and the hype, he seemed a bit over-caffeinated. But calm will almost certainly come with time.” “Blame nerves or excess adrenaline, but for…

Highest-Paid in Television: Two Actresses Soar Above the Rest — Here’s the Top 10

Two actresses are way ahead of the pack on the new list of the highest-paid actresses in TV, just out from Forbes magazine, and in fact are tied with each other for No. 1. Sofia Vergara of ABC’s “Modern Family”…

Final Season on Tap for ‘One of Television’s Raunchiest Shows’

The end is in sight for a series that is described as “one of television’s raunchiest shows” by The New York Times. The FXX comedy “The League” launches its seventh and final season tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The story…

Discovery Settles Suit Over Fatal Helicopter Crash

Following a helicopter crash in which three people died on the set of a TV show, Discovery has settled a wrongful death lawsuit over the death of a cast member on the show, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The family…

The New York Times Introduces New Chief TV Critic Today

The New York Times has a new chief TV critic, who was introduced to readers this morning: “James Poniewozik (pawn-uh-WHA-zik) is the new chief television critic for The New York Times. For the past 16 years, he was the television…

Colbert KOs the Late-Night Competition in CBS Debut

Stephen Colbert flexed some ratings muscle with Tuesday’s premiere episode of CBS’s “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” blowing out NBC’s late-night juggernaut, “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.” Citing preliminary Nielsen data, The Wall Street Journal reports that Colbert’s show…

NBC Series Names New Host

A program that has been a prime-time staple on NBC is getting a new host. The network announced that Bob Harper is the new host of “Biggest Loser.” Harper is a longtime trainer on the competition program, having been a…

Former Miss America, Caught in Nude Photo Scandal, Returns to Pageant in Key Role

A former Miss America who was estranged from the pageant organization for decades is back in the fold. The AP reports that Vanessa Williams, whose Miss America career took a long detour after a scandal broke involving nude photos of…

Donald Trump Turns Criticism From Robert Redford Into an Endorsement — Here’s What Redford Really Said

GOP front-runner Donald Trump and actor Robert Redford appear to be having a little misunderstanding. After Redford spoke critically of Trump during an interview with Larry King, Trump took a partial quote from the interview and packaged it as an…

Stephen Colbert — Who Launches His New CBS Late-Night Show Tonight — Gets Tips From David Letterman

As he prepared to launch the new “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” — which premieres tonight on CBS — Colbert got pointers from the man he will be replacing, David Letterman. USA Today reports that Colbert revealed two conversations with…