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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.

TNT Set to Roll Out Two New Summer Dramas and a Returning Hit

TNT is taking the wraps off a batch of new summer programming, planning an unveiling at South by Southwest for the new series "The Last Ship" and "Legends," along with season four of "Falling Skies," the network announced. Said Michael…

Sony to Sell TV and Film Content Through Comcast

"Comcast is fast becoming a powerful challenger to Apple and Amazon when it comes to selling downloaded movies and TV shows — the long-awaited replacement for DVDs and Blu-ray discs known in the industry as electronic sell through (or EST),"…

ABC Family Sets Summer Lineup — Including Rollouts for Three New Series

ABC Family unveiled its schedule of summer premieres, with three new original series being added to the lineup. As part of its summer slate, the cable channel will debut the new programs "Chasing Life," "Young & Hungry" and "Mystery Girls."…

Former CBS News Fixture Dies

An award-winning television news correspondent who was a fixture at CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s has died. TVNewser.com reports that Bill McLaughlin died Friday in a Connecticut hospital from cardiac arrest. He was 76. A resident of France,…

Ted Turner Hospitalized

CNN founder Ted Turner was rushed to a hospital Friday after spending time at his holiday ranch in southern Argentina. Bloomberg reports that Turner, 75, was admitted to a Buenos Aires hospital for appendicitis surgery. His spokesman, Phillip Evans, said…

Trouble on the Set of Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’?

Charlie Sheen’s FX comedy series "Anger Management" appears to be running into problems, and the show’s star is at the center of it, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Sheen has missed several days of work on the sitcom, pushing…

Demand for One Program Crashes HBO GO

A surge in demand for a single episode of one program caused HBO’s online streaming service HBO GO to crash, Deadline.com reports. The crash Sunday night was triggered by users trying to access the season finale of "True Detective." “Due…

Why NBC Pulled Out of Comedy Project

NBC is pulling the plug on its plans for an upcoming comedy. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that casting concerns are behind the network’s decision not to go forward with “Fifth Wheel." “With the number of original scripted series…

Veteran Actress and Singer — Remembered as Alice in 1960s ‘Honeymooners’ — Dead at 92

The actress who played the wife of Jackie Gleason’s Ralph Kramden in the 1960s version of the classic TV series "The Honeymooners" has died. The New York Times reports that Sheila MacRae died Thursday at 92. MacRae played Alice, who…

Star of One of the Biggest Movies of the 1980s to Play Lead in New TV Drama

An actress who starred in one of the top feature films of the 1980s will topline a new television drama project. Deadline.com reports that the TNT pilot “Proof" has cast Jennifer Beals as its lead. The supernatural drama is executive…