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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.

Chris Pratt, Already Signed for the Hollywood Remake of ‘The Magnificent Seven,’ Is Now Being Talked About To Star in a Revitalization of One of Steven Spielberg’s Most Popular Film Franchises

Chris Pratt is being talked about to possibly star in the revival of a famed movie franchise: Indiana Jones. Writes Mike Fleming Jr. in a scoop on the Deadline.com website, “I’m cautioned that while things are very early, I hear…

HBO Renews Series

HBO has renewed a series that critic Alan Sepinwall of HitFix says has “a sense of great intimacy,…as if we’re spying on these people as they watch their lives fall apart and try to reassemble them. But there’s also assured…

Norman Lear Wants to Bring Back ‘One Day at a Time,’ With a Twist

“Legendary producer Norman Lear, 92, is looking to revive one of his signature sitcoms – but with a modern twist,” writes our good friend Michael Schneider in a scoop for TV Insider. The story continues, noting that Lear “tells us…

The Headline Says It All In This L.A. Times Report: ‘Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is no longer viewed as inevitable’

“[I]t is unclear whether the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission will give Comcast their blessing” on a merger with Time Warner Cable,” writes Meg James at the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The article adds,…

Elton John Teams with the Creator of ‘True Blood’ and ‘Six Feet Under,’ Alan Ball, For New HBO Pilot

“HBO has given the greenlight to a pilot for ‘Virtuoso,’ a period drama about musical prodigies from ‘True Blood’ creator Alan Ball, Elton John and David Furnish,” reports Variety. The story continues, “Set in 18th century Vienna, the series follows…

X-Men’ Franchise in Talks to Become TV Series

A superhero franchise that has been huge at the box office is in talks to be made into a television series. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog reports that Fox is in “early discussions” for a live-action “X-Men” project….

Botched Plan or Botched Reporting? For Now, At Least, Rosie Perez is Staying on ‘The View’

A reported plan to fire co-host Rosie Perez of the ABC daytime talk staple “The View” never happened, according to a spokesperson for the network quoted by Variety. The publication reported back on Jan. 14 that Rosie Perez was headed…

ABC Comedy Pickup Reunites ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Stars

ABC is putting the stars from “National Lampoon’s Vacation” back together in a new TV project. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network picked up the comedy pilot “Chev & Bev,” starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo. The…

‘Frozen’ Meets ‘Book of Mormon’: With Luck, Original Number for Oscarcast Will Combine the Class of ‘Frozen’ with the Sass of ‘Book of Mormon’

“Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris and show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron shared that the Oscar-winning songwriting team from ‘Frozen,’ Kristen Anderson-Lopez and [her husband] Robert Lopez, are in the midst of writing an original multimedia, musical sequence, ‘Moving…

CBS Pilot Pickups: Blockbuster Feature Film Franchise in the Pipeline

A TV adaptation of a blockbuster movie franchise is among a number of pilot pickups CBS made late Monday. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network is moving ahead with an adaptation of “Rush Hour.” CBS also ordered…