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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.

‘Southland’ Actor Joins ‘Batman’ Prequel in the Works at Fox

One of the stars of the NBC and TNT drama series "Southland" has signed on with the "Batman" prequel that’s in the works at the Fox Network. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Ben McKenzie will play James Gordon,…

Video: The Muppets Help Jimmy Fallon Close Up ‘Late Night’ By Singing a Rock ‘n Roll Classic

One of Anderson Cooper’s Shows Canceled by CNN

One of Anderson Cooper’s shows on CNN has been canceled, TVNewser reports. "Staffers were informed [Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 that] the 10pm news chat show [ "AC360 Later"] will not be coming back," TV Newser wrote, adding that CNN said…

Sex! Thrilling Ecstasy! Stabbing! More Sex! Hollywood! Scandal! It’s One of the Most Salacious Pieces We’ve Ever Written, All in an Attempt to Convince You to Set Your DVR to Record a Movie with a Dull Title That’s One of the Best We’ve Ever Seen

In the summer of 1936, the biggest news on the world stage was the Olympics. Four years after the mostly uneventful games in Los Angeles, Germany’s chancellor, Adolf Hitler, was trying to make a political statement with the games in…

Simon Cowell Once Compared a Contestant’s Singing Performance to Being at a Funeral. Some Felt That Way About the ‘X Factor’ This Past Season. Fox Cancels the Show as Cowell Returns to the U.K. After 12 Years in the U.S.

" ‘The X Factor‘ is being crossed off Fox’s schedule," writes James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly. Hibberd continues, "The network is canceling the singing-competition series after three seasons of declining ratings. The news comes the same day judge and producer…

NBC’s Olympics Coverage Opens With a Big Win, While a Onetime Ratings Juggernaut Sinks to Historic Low

The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, got started on a positive note for NBC Thursday night, with the network’s coverage dominating prime time, based on Nielsen overnights for both the key 18-49 demo and total viewers. Over on CBS, meanwhile,…

CBS Re-Creates Historic Ed Sullivan Theater Marquee From Beatles Appearance 50 Years Ago — Here’s the Photo

CBS took the wraps off a marquee on the Ed Sullivan Theater that duplicates the one that appeared 50 years ago when the Beatles gave their historic debut performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964. USA Today…

Sources Say FCC Won’t Loosen Cross-Ownership Rules

Sources are saying the Federal Communications Commission won’t loosen its cross-ownership rules when it delves into its March agenda, B&C reports. "Sources inside and outside the FCC are looking for the chairman to put a media ownership rule review item…

How a TV Show Helped Solve a Real-Life Medical Mystery

Two top medical journals published case studies Thursday about a medical mystery, with one of the physicians diagnosing the arcane ailment based on clues in an episode of the Fox television show “House,” reports The New York Times. “It turned…

Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar and Miriam Shor to Star in Comedy From ‘Sex and the City’ Creator

Production starts this week in New York on a comedy project for TV Land, with Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar and Miriam Shor leading the cast, the network announced. The project is the sitcom pilot "Younger." "The single-camera project,…