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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.

ABC Wins a Light Wednesday With Barbara Walters Special; CBS Holiday Program Tanks

On an off night for the broadcast networks, ABC found the winning formula by airing 90 minutes of repeats leading into the annual "Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People" special. Walters revealed on the program that her Most Fascinating Person…

Xbox’s First TV Series Will Examine the ‘E.T.’ Video Game Debacle of 1983 — Including Excavating Millions of the Games From a Landfill

The first television series for Xbox is set to debut in 2014, and the show will be a documentary series examining a subject near and dear to the hearts of many gamers: the "E.T." video game debacle of 1983, USA…

NBC Sets Return of Drama Series

NBC announced plans for the return of a drama series. Deadline.com reports that the Peacock Network set Feb. 28 as the season two premiere date for "Hannibal." "NBC established a genre block on Friday from 9-11 p.m. with ‘Grimm’ at…

Two-Time Oscar Nominee Joins Fox Series

An actress with two Golden Globes, three Primetime Emmys and two Academy Award nominations has signed on for the Fox project "24: Live Another Day." The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Judy Davis is taking on a recurring role…

Popular Sitcom Star Has Rare Disorder

A popular television and film actress has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder. People magazine reports that “The Exes” star Kristen Johnston was diagnosed with lupus myelitis, a rare form of the autoimmune disease lupus….

What If It Snows on Super Bowl XLVIII? The NFL Reveals Its Contingency Plans

The NFL has unveiled its bad weather contingency plans for the upcoming Super Bowl XLVIII. The big game is getting a bad weather date, given that the game is scheduled to be played Feb. 2 in the open-air Metlife Stadium…

‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Suspended Over Controversial Comments — as Sarah Palin and Others Come to His Defense

Phil Robertson, patriarch of the duck call-making Robertson family and one of the stars of the hit A&E reality show “Duck Dynasty,” has been put on indefinite hiatus after making derogatory remarks about gay people in a GQ magazine interview,…

ABC Signs ‘Good Morning America’ Anchor to Long-Term Contract

ABC has signed a “Good Morning America” anchor to a long-term contract. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that the network’s new deal with Robin Roberts is possibly worth between $13 million and $14 million a year. ABC representatives…

‘Desperate Housewives’ Star Returns to TV

One of the former "Desperate Housewives" of the long-running ABC series has lined up her return to television. Deadline.com reports that Marcia Cross, who played Bree Van de Kamp for eight seasons on "Housewives," will take on a role in…

NBC Doubles Down on Sketch Comedy: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Alum Developing New Project

A former "Saturday Night Live" performer is developing a new NBC project that is a sketch comedy and variety hour. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that David Koechner, who is also one of the stars of “Anchorman 2: The…