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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.

TV Reboot of the Hit ‘Rush Hour’ Feature Franchise Casts Lead

An upcoming reboot of the “Rush Hour” feature film franchise that’s in the works at CBS has cast one of its leads. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Justin Hires landed the role in the pilot. Hires is known…

Robert Durst Arrested Saturday on L.A. Murder Probe Warrant. Durst, the Subject of an HBO Documentary Series That Ended Sunday Night, Said On-Air in the Last Episode, ‘What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.’

“[Robert] Durst, 71, was arrested by FBI agents Saturday afternoon in a New Orleans hotel at the behest of Los Angeles officials, who claim they have uncovered new evidence linking him to the 2000 slaying of his friend, writer Susan Berman,”…

Jessica Lange Confirms She’s Done with ‘American Horror Story’

“Jessica Lange announced to screaming fans at the ‘American Horror Story’ PaleyFest panel [on Sunday night], ‘Yes, I’m done.’ She will not be joining Lady Gaga in ‘American Horror Story: Hotel,’ the fifth season of the Emmy-winning FX series next October,”…

Fired Univision Host Explains Remark About Michelle Obama

A TV host is speaking out after being fired for a remark he made on the air about first lady Michelle Obama. USA Today reports that Rodner Figueroa, who was fired Thursday by Univision for a comment on the program…

The World’s Oldest Dot-Com Turns 30

The first dot-com turns 30 this weekend, with CNN reporting that the company’s purchase of the world’s oldest dot-com domain, symbolics.com, predates the World Wide Web by four years. The Massachusetts-based computer company Symbolics bought the domain on March 15,…

Sometimes a Banana Is Not Just a Banana: Mom Finds the World’s Deadliest Spider — With a Racy Side-Effect — in Store-Bought Bananas (Our Non-TV Story of the Day)

A mom who brought home what she thought was just a bunch of bananas from the grocery store got a potentially lethal — and somewhat racy — surprise. ABC News reports that the British woman, Maria Layton, said she found…

What TiVo Plans to Do With Aereo’s Assets

TiVo has acquired the assets of Aereo, the Internet startup that gave broadcasters a scare with its plan to deliver TV content via tiny antennas before legislative hurdles crushed that plan. CNN reports that the acquisition was approved Thursday by…

BBC America Replaces Pulled ‘Top Gear’ Episodes

BBC America has found a replacement for “Top Gear” episodes that were pulled after co-host Jeremy Clarkson was suspended from the show. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel will plug a two-part special, “Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip Italy,”…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls In to TV Show to Congratulate Host on 10 Years on the Air — and Reveals What He Says Is the Next Big Trend in Product Development

The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, placed a call-in to a cable TV show Thursday to congratulate the host on the show’s 10th anniversary. Mac Rumors reports that Cook called Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money.” Along with extending…

Bombshell: Former Major Media Agency CEO Says Kickbacks Totaling At Least $100 Million Are Pervasive Among U.S. Media Agencies. How This Became a Top Priority for the Association of National Advertisers. We Talk to a Source Who Says Yes, the Allegations Are True. And We Interview Jon Mandel, Who Gave the Blistering Presentation Last Week That Set Off this Bombshell. It’s a TVWeek Media Investigation

The former CEO of a major media agency delivered a bombshell last week at the Association of National Advertisers Media Leadership Conference. To read this important story, please click here.