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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.

AMC Pulls Plug on Afghanistan Project

AMC has decided to pull the plug on a drama project that has been in the works focusing on the situation in Afghanistan. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports exclusively that the cable channel decided to pass on the pilot…

Oops: Post Office Releases Maya Angelou Stamp — With a Quote by the Wrong Author

The U.S. Postal Service had a star-studded rollout for its new Maya Angelou stamp Tuesday — complete with speeches by Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey — but the stamp itself apparently features an embarrassing mistake. The stamp includes a quote…

USA Network Trying to Change Its Image

Within the next year, dramas that will be televised on USA Network will feature a “vigilante hacker, an invasion of Los Angeles and a doctor who gets into a gun battle with gang members,” TV writer David Bauder reports in…

‘Empire’s’ Cookie Heads Back to Her Old Show

After landing a wildly successful new role playing Cookie on Fox’s breakout drama series “Empire,” actress Taraji P. Henson is headed back to her old stomping grounds. Entertainment Weekly confirmed that Henson will rejoin the CBS drama “Person of Interest”…

Writer Rips Sitcom Based on His Book

A writer whose book is the basis of an ABC comedy series — and who is listed as a producer on the show — has vented his unhappiness with the show. The Los Angeles Times reports that Eddie Huang took…

Who Was the Big Winner in the NCAA College Basketball Championship Game? (It Wasn’t Duke)

The big winner in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship game, aired Monday night on CBS, wasn’t Duke — even though Duke beat Wisconsin to claim the title. The big winner appears to be CBS, which pulled in $153.4…

Academy Award Winner Will Lend His Voice to a ‘Teletubbies’ Reboot

It’s been 14 years since Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po got together to make a new episode of the hit British series “Teletubbies.” The Old Gang on the Original ‘Teletubbies” The show is getting a reboot, says the U.K….

Kanye West Settles Lawsuit Over Scuffle

Kanye West has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit filed against him over a 2013 scuffle, Reuters reports. While the terms were not revealed, the agreement included an apology by West, according to the report. “West, 37, settled the…

Ad Age Once Dubbed Him ‘the father of the funny commercial’ — Satirist Stan Freberg Dies at 88. Watch Some of His Commercials

“Stan Freberg, 88, the maverick creative genius who turned out groundbreaking comedy parody records in the 1950s and then became known as ‘the father of the funny commercial’ for his off-the-wall approach to selling everything from chow mein to prunes,…

NCAA Championship Game Delivers Highest Overnight Rating in 18 Years

Coverage of Monday night’s Duke victory over Wisconsin in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Game delivered a 17.1 household rating (27 share) in Nielsen metered markets, the highest overnight rating for the title game in 18 years, CBS…