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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.

With ‘Tonight Show’ Move to New York, Staffers in Burbank Will Be Laid Off

NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” which is moving to New York City from Burbank, Calif., as part of the handoff of hosting duties from Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon, will lay off 164 staffers with the transition, reports the Los Angeles…

Actor Who Was Once Seen as the Next James Dean Dead at 72

An actor who was once considered to be the next James Dean, and who played the lead role in the 1968 cult feature "Wild in the Streets," has died. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christopher Jones, who also starred in…

New Season of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Includes a Recast

HBO has been “curiously quiet” about the portraits of one “Game of Thrones” character, and there’s a reason for that: The character, Daario Naharis, was recast for the upcoming fourth season, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. “This comes…

‘Seinfeld’ Cast Reunion? After Much Speculation, It Turns Out to Be a Rumor About (Almost) Nothing

The much speculated upon “Seinfeld” cast reunion turned out to be, like the hit NBC show "Seinfeld," about nothing, or close to it — a Super Bowl ad for Jerry Seinfeld’s Web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” reports Mary…

Charter Continues to Push for Time Warner Cable, May Raise Bid

Charter Communications is keeping up the pressure on takeover target Time Warner Cable and is considering raising its bid for the company within the next two weeks, Reuters reports. Charter is considering a bid in the low $140s, up from…

Animation Pioneer Dead at 89

One of the pioneers of television animation, who was behind an enduring holiday special, has died. Variety reports that Arthur Rankin Jr., who created the classic holiday animated special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” died Thursday at his home in Harrington…

Some Time Warner Cable Subscribers Lost Their Feed During Super Bowl

Some Time Warner Cable customers reportedly lost their standard-definition feeds during the Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Times’ Company Town reports that some viewers in Los Angeles missed out on a large part of the game and the halftime show….

Aereo Says It’s Sold Out in New York City

Aereo said it has hit its capacity in New York City after selling out of available antennas, reports Bloomberg. The online-television service, which is fighting broadcasters in the Supreme Court, said it will reopen to new customers once it adds…

Shocking and Tragically Sad: Oscar-Winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead of Apparent Drug Overdose. He Was 46

"Philip Seymour Hoffman,46, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in ‘Capote’ and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly and slightly dissipated comic figures, was found…

Bombshell: Chris Christie Knew About the Lane Closings, Says David Wildstein, Christie’s Former Appointee to the Port Authority

"The former Port Authority official who personally oversaw the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge in the scandal now swirling around Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Friday that ‘evidence exists’ the governor knew about the lane…