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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.

NBC’s ‘Today’ Show Expands to Radio

NBC’s “Today” show is expanding to radio. Writing in The New York Times, Bill Carter reports that the network has made a deal to put the morning show on the SiriusXM satellite radio service. “Viewers of ‘Today’ will have the…

Supreme Court Allows Solicitor General to Join in Aereo Arguments This Week

The Supreme Court will allow the Solicitor General to participate in tomorrow’s one-hour oral argument session in the case between Aereo and the broadcasters, reports Deadline.com. “Motion of the Deputy Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as…

Grammy Winner Who Has Sold More Than 30 Million Albums Will Replace the Pregnant Christina Aguilera as Season 7 Judge on ‘The Voice’

A Grammy Award-winning singer who has sold more than 30 million albums willl replace Christina Aguilera — who is pregnant — as a judge on the seventh season of the NBC hit "The Voice," reports TMZ. The story says that…

Shocker: Lindsay Lohan Says She Had a Miscarriage During Filming of OWN Reality Show

"Lindsay Lohan dropped a bomb on her reality TV show [last night, April 20, 2014], revealing she recently suffered a miscarriage," report a number of media outlets, including the New York Daily News. The story reports: "The 27-year-old 'Mean Girls'…

‘GMA’ Names a New Co-Host

ABC's top-ranked morning show "Good Morning America" is reaching into its own ranks to find its newest co-host. Joining Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos as a co-host will be Lara Spencer, EW.com reports. "Spencer has been on the show as…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Plans Three-Hour Anniversary Special

NBC's late-night sketch comedy institution "Saturday Night Live" is planning a three-hour special to celebrate its anniversary. EW.com reports that the special will honor 40 years on the air next February. "The live special honoring the late-night sketch series will…

Could the ‘Other’ Jimmy Become King of Late-Night? Special ‘Kimmel’ Installment Shakes Up the Rankings

ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" got a ratings boost Thursday night from a special episode that rode the coattails of the network's high-rated "Scandal" season finale. "For the first time since Jimmy Fallon took over 'The Tonight Show' this year, the…

CBS Series Finale Sinks to the Show’s Lowest Rating of All Time

A CBS prime-time series ended its run Thursday night, and the show's final episode failed to even match the ratings for its lead-in, the series' second-to-last episode. Based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo, the finale of the…

ABC Family Orders Paranormal Crime Project

ABC Family is greenlighting a project described as a paranormal crime procedural drama. Deadline.com reports that the cable net gave a pilot order to "Stitchers," written by Jeffrey A. Schechter ("Overruled"). "'Stitchers' follows a young woman recruited into a covert…

Fox Scraps Programming Block

Fox is scrapping a programming block that airs weekly. B&C reports that the broadcast network will pull the plug on the Saturday late-night installment of Animation Domination HD. The block's last evening is slated for June 28, the story reports….