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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.

‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ Unveils Website, iOS App and Social Accounts — Now Live

CBS’s new era of late-night moved one step closer today with the unveiling of a number of digital sites associated with the upcoming “Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The show went live with a new website, ColbertLateShow.com, the new Colbr…

‘Game of Thrones’ Staffer Killed by Lion

A woman who was on the “Game of Thrones” production team was mauled to death by a lion in South Africa. Variety reports that Katherine Chappell, a visual effects editor on the HBO fantasy series, died Monday. She was 29….

Secret Will Ferrell-Kristen Wiig Lifetime TV Movie Confirmed — After Ferrell and Wiig Said They Had Scrapped It

A Lifetime project that has been the source of a series of rumors and false information has been confirmed, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is the TV movie “A Deadly Adoption,” starring “SNL” alums Will Ferrell and Kristen…

E! Rolls Out Plans for Jenner Docuseries ‘I Am Cait’ — Here’s the First Promo for the Show

Just days after the world got its first look at Caitlyn Jenner, E! Entertainment has provided the first glimpse of its upcoming reality series “I Am Cait.” The show will document the gender transition of former Olympian Bruce Jenner into…

Why Director Cameron Crowe Is Apologizing for His Latest Movie

Oscar-winning filmmaker Cameron Crowe has issued an apology over his latest movie. The director of “Jerry Maguire,” “Almost Famous” and “Vanilla Sky” took to his blog, The Uncool, to respond to people who have taken offense to his casting for…

Amid Protest, TV Chef Becomes First in History With a Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

A famous TV chef was honored Tuesday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but the ceremony was accompanied by a protest from the chef’s estranged wife. TMZ.com reports that amid a bitter divorce between TV chef Bobby…

How Vanity Fair Kept the Caitlyn Jenner Cover Shoot a Secret. No Cell Phones, and Which Celebrity Most VF Fashion Staffers Thought the Magazine Was Photographing

It’s amazing that in this day and age of instant communications and Twitter, Vanity Fair was able to keep it a secret that it was doing a high-profile cover photo shoot of Caitlyn Jenner. To keep the big photo shoot…

Why AT&T Appears Ready to Agree to a Plan It Has Called ‘a Tragic Step in the Wrong Direction’

AT&T is determined to obtain approval for its acquisition of DirecTV — so much so that it is prepared to go along with the FCC’s proposed Net neutrality rules, The Washington Post reports. Approval of the $49 billion purchase by…

Apple Boss Takes a Swipe at Facebook, Google

In comments that are being called his strongest attack yet on Facebook and Google, Apple CEO Tim Cook told an audience in Washington, D.C., that Internet users should not have to “make tradeoffs between privacy and security,” BBC News reports….

Milestone for the Digital Transition: Streaming Company Will Become the First to Live Stream an NFL Game

In what’s being called a milestone in the evolution of digital into a full-on competitor to traditional TV, Yahoo has won the right to become the first digital company to live stream an NFL game. Deadline.com reports: “Yahoo will be…