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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.

Actress Who Played Batgirl Dies

The actress who played Batgirl in the campy ABC TV series “Batman” in the 1960s has died. The New York Times reports that Yvonne Craig died Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Craig reportedly died of complications from…

‘NBC Nightly News’ Transition, Two Months Later: How Is Lester Holt Doing?

Since officially naming Lester Holt as the successor to Brian Williams in the anchor chair on “Nightly News,” NBC has held onto its its familiar position as the evening news ratings leader. The AP reports: “NBC has beaten David Muir…

Fast-Growing Network Launches New Sitcom

The digital multicast TV network that is touting its position as “the nation’s fastest-growing television network for African Americans,” Bounce TV, announced plans for a new comedy series, “In the Cut.” The show, created by Bentley Kyle Evans (“Family Time,”…

CBS Working With Mark Harmon on Navy SEAL Drama

CBS has a Navy SEAL drama project in the works with Mark Harmon that is an adaptation of the Brandon Webb bestseller “The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America’s Deadliest Marksmen,”…

Patrick Stewart’s Slightly Botched Magic Trick on Late-Night TV — Check Out the Video Now

Patrick Stewart’s attempt to do a magic trick on late-night TV went a little bit off script during an appearance on CBS’s “Late Late Show with James Corden.” The gaffe was more on Corden’s part than Stewart’s, and didn’t really…

Oscar and Golden Globe Winning Actress Headed to TV to Star in Limited Series

She’s won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe – both for the same feature film role – and now she’s headed for a limited series on TV. “Anne Hathaway has signed on to star in the limited series ‘The…

Video: Here’s the First Promo for Trevor Noah, Who Will Take Over ‘The Daily Show’ on Sept. 28th. Watch it Now

From Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase Dancing in Our Living Rooms in the 1950s to Archie and Edith Bunker Arguing in Our Living Rooms in the 1970s, this Writer-Producer-Director Helped Shaped the Medium of TV for Decades. Bud Yorkin Dies at 89

“Bud Yorkin, a veteran producer-director who brought Hollywood headliners into America’s living rooms through live television in the 1950s before rocking the conventions of network comedy with partner Norman Lear through ‘All in the Family’ and other provocative hits, died…

Rosie O’Donnell Reports Her Daughter Is Missing [UPDATE: Daughter Has Been Found Safe]

UPDATE: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 6:15 p.m.: “Rosie O’Donnell’s public plea for help Tuesday in finding her missing and mentally ill daughter ended in sweet relief hours later when the teen was found safe and sound on the Jersey shore,”…

Josh Groban Sings Donald Trump’s Best Tweets on ‘Kimmel’ — Watch the Video Now

Singer Josh Groban showed off his self-proclaimed “voice of an angel” on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” where he used that voice to bring some of Donald Trump’s tweets to life. Here it is: