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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.

Miley Cyrus to Induct a Band Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — Who Gets That Honor? … Here’s an Update on Who Will Be Inducting Whom

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is coming up in just over a week, and a number of artists have just been added to the lineup. Among them is Miley Cyrus, who is set to induct Joan…

YouTube Getting Into the Subscription Video Game

Throwing its giant hat into the already crowded subscription video game is YouTube, which revealed Wednesday that it is gearing up to launch a paid service for people who don’t want to have to watch commercials. Fortune magazine reports that…

Say It Ain’t So. After a Career in Journalism That Has Spanned Almost 60 Years (!), Bob Schieffer to Retire This Summer

By Chuck Ross For many of us, he’s long been our favorite TV journalist. Bob Schieffer, who has hosted CBS’s “Face the Nation” for the past 24 years, will retire this summer. “Mr. Schieffer, 78, made the announcement while giving…

It Could Happen: A Lego Set Featuring ‘The Golden Girls’

“Attention, ‘Golden Girls’ fans. You might just get to play with Lego versions of Dorothy, Sophia, Rose and Blanche,” writes Drew Mackie on the People magazine website. Says the story, “The proposal was submitted to Lego Ideas, a place where…

ABC Unveils Four New Series

ABC has unveiled a batch of new programming, rolling out plans for the drama series “The Whispers” along with three new unscripted programs: “Celebrity Family Feud,” “BattleBots” and “500 Questions.” The programs are all set to bow this summer. “500…

What’s Behind L.A.’s ‘No Kardashian Parking’ Signs?

Los Angeles has been hit with a rash of signs reading “No Kardashian Parking Anytime,” and the source of the signs has been revealed. E! Online reports that the signs are the work of an artist who goes by the…

‘Twin Peaks’ Without David Lynch? Cast Members Really Want Him on Board … Here’s the Video

Cast members from “Twin Peaks” are rallying to bring David Lynch, the show’s original mastermind, back to the Showtime reboot, and they’ve put together a video explaining why it just wouldn’t be the same without him. “Twin Peaks” stars including…

Oscar and Emmy Winner Returns for ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’

An Academy Award-winning and Emmy-winning actress will be a part of the upcoming FX series “American Horror Story: Hotel.” FX announced that Kathy Bates, who starred in “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” is back on board for another cycle of…

AT&T Hit With $25 Million Fine in Privacy Case

AT&T has agreed to pay a $25 million penalty to resolve a case in which the company is accused of consumer privacy violations, The Wall Street Journal reports. The case, which has been under investigation by the Federal Communications Commission,…

DirecTV Told to Pull Ad Campaign Featuring Rob Lowe — Here’s a Look Back on the Actor’s Various Alter-Egos

You may have seen those “Hi, I’m Rob Lowe, and I have DirecTV” ads, featuring “normal” and “creepy” or “awkward” versions of the actor and contrasting DirecTV with cable. But you may have seen the last of them, after DirecTV…