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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.

Cindy Crawford Developing Her First Series for TV

“Cindy Crawford is developing a drama…based on the modeling world in the 1980’s” reports Elizabeth Wagmeister in a scoop for Variety.Variety The series is being developed for NBC. The story says that the series, “‘Icon,’ hailing from Universal TV, revolves…

MTV Renews Drama Series

MTV made a number of programming announcements today during the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, including announcing the pickup of the drama series “Scream” for a second season. In its announcement, MTV said: “More than 21…

Everyone’s Talking About the Horrible Cara Delevingne Interview; Here’s What Delevingne — and Others — Had to Say About It

A “trainwreck” of a TV interview with model-turned actress Cara Delevingne by news hosts at Sacramento station KMAX-TV, which we posted previously, has been all the talk after going viral this week. You can watch the interview, in which the…

Ellen Barkin Cast in TNT Drama Project

Emmy winner Ellen Barkin is set to star in a new drama project for TNT. Variety reports that Barkin, who won an Emmy in 1998 for “Before Women Had Wings,” will star along with Scott Speedman in the pilot “Animal…

Why an Oscar-Nominated Actor Has Been Banned From Ukraine

An actor who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1991 has been banned from Ukraine. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gerard Depardieu, who was nominated for “Cyrano de Bergerac,” was banned from entering…

NBC Cancels Comedy Series

NBC is pulling the plug on a prime-time sitcom after the show failed to gain traction in the ratings. The AP reports that the network has canceled “Welcome to Sweden.” The news comes two weeks into the series’ second season,…

Legal Battle Could Change Hollywood Forever

A surprise twist in a tussle over what may be the most popular song ever could have broad repercussions for the entertainment industry. The legal battle is over the song “Happy Birthday to You,” which The Washington Post reports is…

Netflix Pulls Plug on Series

Netflix is pulling the plug on an original series. The streaming service confirmed that the comedic drama “Lilyhammer” won’t be back for a fourth season, Deadline.com reports. The Norwegian-U.S. gangster show debuted in January 2012 and ran for 24 episodes…

Cinemax Cancels Series

Cinemax has made official what a number of observers have felt would happen, confirming that the fourth season of “Banshee” will be the show’s last. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show’s final season will debut in January, running for…

A-List Stars Join High-Profile NBC Production

Two A-list stars have signed on for a musical production set to air live on NBC this holiday season. The network announced that Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige are on board for “The Wiz Live!” The live telecast is…