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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.

Must-See Video: We All Know How Jimmy Kimmel Admires David Letterman. Last Night the Other Jimmy — Fallon — Delivered His Own Tribute to Letterman, Including a Very Eerie Prediction From Fallon’s Eighth-Grade Teacher

Maya Rudolph Delivers a National Anthem for the Ages — Here’s the Clip

“Saturday Night Live” alumna Maya Rudolph, delivering a commencement speech over the weekend for Tulane University, capped it off with a stunning rendition of the National Anthem. Here’s a clip:

Former NFL Standout Named as Celebrity Spokesman for Diginet Tuff TV

The multicast TV nework Tuff TV, which aims its programming at men, has named former NFL player Ed Marinaro as its first celebrity spokesman, TVNewsCheck reports. Marinaro played six seasons as an NFL running back before transitioning to acting. Marinaro,…

ABC Trumpets ‘World News Tonight’ Ratings Win Over ‘NBC Nightly News’

ABC is beating the drum pretty loudly today after another ratings victory for its evening news broadcast “World News Tonight with David Muir” over rival “NBC Nightly News.” The ABC broadcast has been chalking up ratings wins while NBC anchor…

‘World News Tonight With David Muir’ Finishes #1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54

Press release from ABC News, May 19, 2015: ABC News’ “World News Tonight with David Muir” finished as the top-ranked evening newscast in Total Viewers (7.757 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.819 million) for the week of May 11, 2015, based…

Critics’ Choice TV Awards Announce Nominees for ‘Most Bingeworthy Show’; Honoree Named to Receive Genius Award

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association has announced the nominees for “Most Bingeworthy Show” along with the recipient of the Critics’ Choice Louis XIII Genius Award for excellence in television. The Genius Award will be presented to “Family Guy” creator Seth…

‘Suits’ Brings Aboard an NBA Legend for Season Five

USA Network announced that it will have an NBA legend in the lineup when the fifth season of the drama series “Suits” gets rolling. Charles Barkley, who has been working as an NBA analyst for TNT since his playing career…

Star of Long-Running Series Suffering From Exhaustion; Asks His 2 Million Twitter Followers to Tweet Him Some Love

A veteran TV star with a long-running TV series “alarmed fans by canceling appearances at conventions in Italy and Australia,” reports CNN. Says the story, “Two days after Jared Padalecki alarmed fans by canceling appearances at conventions in Italy and…

Twitter Gets New VIP Subscriber Who Will Get the Handle @POTUS. (No, Not Kevin Spacey…)

Twitter has a new VIP subscriber who will go by name @POTUS. And no it’s not Kevin Spacey, who plays the President of the United States on “House of Cards.” It’s the real President of the United States, Barack Obama….

Critics’ Choice Television Awards Announce Louis XIII Genius Award Recipient Seth MacFarlane

Press release from Broadcast Television Journalists Association, May 18, 2015: The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) today announced that Seth MacFarlane, creator of long-running Emmy Award-winning TV series Family Guy and the Emmy Award-winning series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, will…