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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.

Attack on Internet Cables Prompts FBI Investigation, Stokes Fears of Coordinated Attack

The FBI is investigating a series of attacks on fiber-optic cables that disrupted Internet service this week in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA Today reports. The latest attacks brought the total in the past year to at least 11…

Trump Business Appears to Be Target of Data Breach

As if Donald Trump’s business empire didn’t already have enough problems, new media reports indicate that the real estate magnate’s hotel chain appears to be the victim of a credit card data breach. Fortune magazine is among the outlets reporting…

Rep Firm Shuts Down After Eight Decades in the Business

A rep firm with roots in the radio days has called it quits after more than 80 years. TVNewsCheck reports that Petry Media told staffers Tuesday it was shutting its doors. The company, which has been in business since the…

CBS Station Sends Three Key News Personalities Packing

A CBS-owned TV station in one of the nation’s top markets fired three on-air news personalities Tuesday. Philly.com reports that KYW-TV, the network’s Philadelphia O&O, let go Beasley Reece, Kathy Orr and Chris May. The report notes that the station,…

Donald Trump Files $500 Million Lawsuit as More Key Players Sever Ties With Him

The battle continues to escalate between Donald Trump and a number of his former partners in the wake of comments the real estate mogul made during his presidential kickoff speech that many observers consider inflammatory. The AP reports that Trump…

A Game You’ve Almost Certainly Played Is Being Turned Into a Movie

One of the most popular board games of all time will soon be made into a movie. Reuters reports that Hasbro and Lions Gate Entertainment have a deal set up for a movie version of Monopoly. Andrew Niccol, an Oscar…

Why Did TV Land Pull ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’?

The cable channel TV Land has pulled the popular series “The Dukes of Hazzard” from its schedule, CNN reports, and while the channel did not provide a reason, speculation has focused on the presence of the Confederate battle flag on…

Pop Star in Legal Battle With Nuns

A superstar singer is named in a lawsuit filed last month as part of a dispute between a group of nuns and the Los Angeles Archdiocese. The L.A. Times reports that Katy Perry’s name surfaced in the battle over a…

Popular Thriller From 1987 to Become Event Series on Fox

Fox Broadcasting has taken the wraps off plans for an event series that will be a reboot of Paramount’s 1987 feature “Fatal Attraction,” Deadline.com reports. Maria and Andre Jacquemetton are set to executive produce and write, with the one-hour series…

Why Jim Carrey Is Calling the Governor of California a Fascist

Actor Jim Carrey expressed some strong views Tuesday evening, with part of his commentary aimed at Jerry Brown, the governor of California. USA Today posted a series of tweets put out by the “Ace Ventura” star on the topic of…