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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.

HLN Forms Strategic Alliance With Twitter — Plans Include a ‘Tweet DVR’

Cable news channel HLN today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with social media site Twitter to work toward creating an all-screen experience for news. As part of the venture the two companies will try out ways of…

CBS Shocker: Network Announces Next Host of ‘Late Show’

CBS put an end to the speculation about who would replace David Letterman as host of the network's venerable "Late Show" after the retirement of David Letterman in 2015. The job will go to Stephen Colbert, the network announced today….

Bill O’Reilly Goes After Stephen Colbert

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly “has gone on the warpath against Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert,” calling him a “deceiver” who is hurting the U.S., reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. O’Reilly’s comments were sparked by a comedy bit on…

Former ‘Today’ Show Co-Host — One of the Most Popular They’ve Had — to Join CBS News

A popular former co-host of the "Today" show — where she stayed for 13 years — is set to join CBS News, reports USA Today. According to the story, "Bob Schieffer broke some news during his annual Schieffer Symposium on…

Smile, This News Is Guaranteed to Get You Out of That Funt You’re In: One of TV’s Most Famous Comedy Reality Shows Is Coming Back. Plus, a Must-See Video

It first started on radio and came to television in 1948 — where it ran on-air for years and then was off-air for years, back and forth like that, for almost 6 decades. Now it's coming back again. "Smile, TV…

CBS Announces Stephen Colbert as the Next Host of ‘The Late Show’

Press release from CBS, Thursday, April 10, 2014: The CBS Television Network today announced that Stephen Colbert, the host, writer and executive producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “The Colbert Report,” will succeed David Letterman as the host of…

Actress Sues Store Chain for $6 Million for Tweeting Snapshot of Her Carrying Bags

A popular television actress who has a reputation for being difficult to work with is now making life difficult for a drugstore chain. The New York Post reports that former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Katherine Heigl is suing Duane Reade for…

HLN Announces Nightly News Program ‘The Daily Share’ and Unveils Second Development Slate Under New Brand at 2014-15 Upfront

Press release from HLN, April 10, 2014: HLN dives further into a social media filter with a wide-ranging mix of programs in development to be announced by Albie Hecht, executive vice president and general manager, HLN, at today’s CNN Worldwide…

Cable News Channel Unveils Programming Overhaul, Including New Nightly News Program

A cable news channel is undergoing a sweeping revamp of its programming lineup, and took the wraps off details today about its slate of new programs. Among the changes coming to HLN is a new nightly news program, "The Daily…

Coming Up: ‘The Longest Continuous Marathon in the History of Television’

“Have you ever spent, like, a lot of money on a pair of shoes and you wore them every day for two weeks to show them off?” asks New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, pointing to FXX’s plan to air a…