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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 and TV Personality Dies — She Was a Fixture on Early Game Shows and Played a Murderer in the Movies

An actress who was a familiar face on television game shows in the early days of the medium has died. CNN reports that Betsy Palmer, who had a late-career resurgence when she played a mom-turned-murderer in “Friday the 13th,” died…

Bruce Jenner Makes Debut as a Woman — Here’s the Video Clip

Former Olympian Bruce Jenner revealed a new name and a new identity as a woman in a cover story for the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, which hits newsstands June 9. A video clip about the article and the photo…

CBS News Mainstay Calls It a Career

An anchor who has been one of the most prominent faces of CBS News has called it a career. The AP reports that Bob Schieffer ended his journalism career with Sunday’s broadcast of “Face the Nation.” Schieffer, who has been…

Tracy Morgan Opens Up in First TV Interview Since Limo Crash — Watch the Video

An emotional Tracy Morgan talked for the first time about the limo crash a year ago that seriously injured the comedian and killed his friend James McNair. Morgan, known for “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” was interviewed by Matt…

New Network Launches Today, With Rarely Seen Pilot of a Long-Running Show to Make Its Prime-Time Debut

A new network rolls out today, and in honor of the occasion, the pilot episode of the long-running TV show “Let’s Make a Deal” will make its way to prime time for the first time ever. The new outlet is…

Key Executive Out at Time Warner Cable

One of the top executives at Time Warner Cable is out the door. The news that Chief Financial Officer Arthur Minson has left the company comes just days after word surfaced that Charter Communications is buying TWC. Variety reports that…

NBC Notches a Hockey Ratings Milestone

NBC’s coverage of Saturday’s NHL Western Conference Final Game 7 notched a ratings milestone for a hockey game: the network’s highest overnight numbers in history for an NHL game other than a Stanley Cup Final. NBC announced that the game,…

Granite Stations Go Dark on Mediacom Systems in Carriage Dispute

Stations owned by Granite Broadcasting Corp. in a number of markets have gone dark on Mediacom Communications cable systems after the companies failed to come to terms on retransmission consent, TVNewsCheck reports. The three stations affected are KBJR-TV (NBC-MNT) in…

Get Your Buzz On as FremantleMedia North America Unlocks Their Game Show Vault With New Digital Multicast Network BUZZR

Press release from FremantleMedia North America, June 1, 2015: FremantleMedia North America has unlocked the vault on six decades of the most exciting vintage game shows, which will air on the new digital multicast network, BUZZR. For the first time…

Almost Four Months Into Brian Williams’ Suspension, the Latest Talk is That He May Stay at NBC, but Won’t Return as the Anchor of the ‘Nightly News’

CNN’s Brian Stelter reported on Sunday, May 31, 2015, that “this morning, my sources are pointing to a third option [besides returning to anchor ‘Nightly News’ or leaving the network], a new role for Williams.  Not necessarily at ‘Nightly News,’…