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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.

Rap Music Mogul Suge Knight Suspected of Running Over Two Men – One of Whom Died — with his Truck in Compton

“Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight accidentally ran over and killed a friend and injured another man on Thursday as he fled attackers, his lawyer said,” reports the Associated Press. The story also says, “A red pickup truck struck…

One of the Most Famous Comedians To Ever Come Out of ‘SNL’ Is Returning To Visit the Show For the First Time in More Than 30 Years

Over the years there have been more than 140 cast members on “Saturday Night Live,” but few have ever become as famous as Eddie Murphy. “It’s been more than 30 years since Eddie Murphy has appeared on ‘Saturday Night Live,’…

Quick, Name the Most Romantic Mini-Series Ever Shown on TV. We Said ‘The Thorn Birds.’ Its Popularity Was Astounding. Colleen McCullough, Who Wrote the Bestselling Novel the Program Was Based Upon, Has Died at Age 77

“Colleen McCullough, 77, a former neurophysiological researcher at Yale who, deciding to write novels in her spare time, produced “The Thorn Birds,” a multigenerational Australian romance that became an international best seller and inspired a hugely popular television mini-series, died…

Disney Introduces Its First Latin Princess

“A Disney princess inspired by Latin cultures, ‘Elena of Avalor,’ will be introduced in 2016 [on an animated series] on Disney Junior channels and programming blocks around the world,” the Disney Channel announced today. The announcement continues, “The role of…

Time Warner Cable Posts Decline in Video Subs

Time Warner Cable missed its profit targets and posted a decline in pay-TV subscriptions in the fourth quarter, Bloomberg reports. The company, which is anticipating approval for its merger with Comcast Corp., did gain 54,000 “overall residential customer relationships,” The…

Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Is Bruce Jenner Going to Star in His Own Show Where He Will Reveal He is Transgender?

The “journey” of Bruce Jenner, a former Olympic star and the recently divorced husband of Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner, is the focus of a new docuseries in development at E!, reports Variety. Bruce Jenner “has generated considerable speculation in the…

Based on the Track Record of the Writer-Executive Producer, ABC Hoping that New Pilot Will Be a Flesh and Blood Hit

ABC is hoping that an upcoming drama project is as close to a sure thing as they can hope for, if the successful track record of its creator is an indication. Variety reports that the network has ordered the pilot…

CBS Will Make ‘Limitless” Pilot. The Question is Whether the TV Version Will Be At Least as Smart as the Hit Movie, Or Will It be Dumbed-Down

CBS is doing its part to keep up the flow of TV versions of hit feature films. The latest is the 2011 Bradley Cooper thriller “Limitless,” with The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reporting that the network has ordered a pilot…

OMG. Check Out This Cast, Coming To a TV Near You, in a Single Series: Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm, Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Meloni, David Hyde Pierce, Chris Pine, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Richard Schiff, Jason Schwartzman, Molly Shannon, John Slattery and Kristen Wiig. And That’s Only a Partial Cast List

This is all from our good friend Nellie Andreeva, Deadline.com’s TV reporter extraordinaire. All of these folks will appear in the limited series “Wet Hot American Summer” sometime during its 8-episode run on Netflix. As the story notes, “The 2001…

Do You Remember That 18-Minute Phone Call From Hell Last Summer, When a Comcast Customer Service Rep Would Not Let a Subscriber Cancel His Service? You Are Not Going to Believe What Comcast Customer Service Did This Time!

“Comcast probably doesn’t relish being one of those companies that many Americans love to hate. But sometimes, the cable giant makes this way too easy.” So writes Robert McMillan on the website of Wired. He continues: “Consider the case of…