Chuck Ross

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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.

Angelina Jolie to Undergo Surgery

Actress Angelina Jolie, who has already had a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery to head off possible cancer, said she will have another surgery to decrease her chances of getting the disease, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Jolie underwent…

TNT Summer Lineup Boasts 10 Original Series — the Channel Says It’s a Cable Record (Here’s the Full Schedule)

TNT is calling it a record for basic cable: a summer slate that features 10 original series, TheWrap.com reports. The lineup includes the new Steven Bochco series “Murder in the First,” set to premiere June 9. "In addition to returning…

Syfy Orders Event Series About Secret Space Mission

Syfy has ordered an event series set in 1963 that focuses on a secret space mission. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that the cable channel ordered the six-hour series “Ascension." The series is about a mission to send hundreds of women,…

Former CIA Operative Says Malaysian Plane Mystery May Be the Real-Life Acting Out of a Hollywood-Type Scenario: That the Long-Range Wide-Body Jetliner Has Been Deliberately Stolen to Be Used as a Weapon Later

A former CIA operative painted a scary scenario during a local newscast Thursday on Los Angeles’ ABC owned-and-operated TV station, KABC. Here’s a transcript of part of the segment as reported by KABC Eyewitness News reporter Elex Michaelson. (In this…

CBS Rolls to Thursday Win as ‘Big Bang Theory’ Dominates

Even on a night when most of its lineup was down, CBS rolled to a comfortable win in the ratings Thursday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that "The Big Bang Theory" came in…

Familiar Faces Line Up for a Shot at Piers Morgan’s Soon-to-Be-Vacated CNN Slot

CNN plans to try out several familiar faces in Piers Morgan’s time slot for a few weeks following his last show March 28, Lisa de Moraes reports on Deadline.com. CNN Worldwide chief Jeff Zucker will test Jake Tapper, Bill Weir,…

OMG, You’re Not Going to Believe This One: Target’s Security Software Warned the Retail Giant That Its Systems Were Being Hacked Last Fall, Yet Target Did Nothing to Stop the Attack. Here’s What Happened. It’s Our Non-TV Story of the Day

Retail giant Target’s own security system actually warned the company that it was being hacked during the Christmas holiday season last year, yet the company did nothing to stop the attack, reports a team of four reporters — Michael Riley,…

Long-Running Late-Night Show Expands Into Prime Time

A program that has become an institution on late-night broadcast TV is expanding into prime time. Variety reports that the long-running ABC news program “Nightline” will receive a prime-time run on Saturday nights starting this week with a one-hour program…

Oklahoma Station Edits Out Evolution Section of ‘Cosmos’ — Here’s the Video

A Fox affiliate in Oklahoma removed the single mention of evolution in the “Cosmos” science documentary that aired Sunday, according to media reports. The Raw Story, which first reported on the incident, says the station, KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City, indicated…

‘Lost’ Actor About to Be Found on a CBS Drama Series

One of the biggest stars of the ABC drama series "Lost" can soon be found on a drama on another network. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Jorge Garcia, who played lottery winner Hugo "Hurley" Reyes on "Lost," has…