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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.

Former MSNBC Chief Erik Sorenson to Become CEO of Consulting Group That Includes Media Search Firm

Erik Sorenson, a former president of MSNBC, has been named CEO of the Sucherman Consulting Group (SCG), effective Jan. 1, 2014, the company recently announced. Sorenson will succeed Stuart Sucherman, who "will continue his active leadership role as Chairman of…

CBS News Veteran May Leave the Network to Join the Police Force

A senior correspondent for CBS News may leave the network and go into police work full time. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that John Miller is in talks to exit CBS and rejoin Bill Bratton at the New…

‘Daily Show’s’ Seven-Time Emmy-Winning Head Writer Heads Out

The head writer for Comedy Central’s “Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” who has been with the show since 2004 and has won seven Emmys for his work on the series, is leaving the show. TheWrap.com reports that Tim Carvell will…

End of the Windshield Wiper? It’s Our Non-TV Story of the Day

The windshield wiper as we know it could soon be a device of the past — even though it’s currently as ubiquitous as the dial telephone once was that has now been relegated to the scrap heap of history. We…

After Taking Heat Over Comments About Santa and Jesus, Fox News Host Offers an Explanation

A Fox News Channel host who came under fire for comments last week about Santa Claus and Jesus has provided an explanation, blaming the controversy on listeners who didn’t get the joke, TVNewser reports. The story reports that Megyn Kelly,…

Reality TV Personality Arrested

One of the stars of a popular TV reality show was arrested over the weekend. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jenelle Lauren Evans, one of four young moms whose lives are tracked on MTV’s “Teen Mom 2,” was arrested Saturday…

High-Profile NBC Series, Not Yet on the Air, Already Has Its Third Showrunner

Things haven’t exactly been going smoothly behind the cameras on an upcoming NBC series. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the midseason drama “Believe,” co-created by J.J. Abrams and “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuaron, has undergone its second showrunner change….

Why the Late Actor Michael Clarke Duncan — Who Earned an Academy Award Nomination for ‘The Green Mile’ — Is in an Unmarked Tomb

More than a year after the death of Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who starred in the Fox procedural "The Finder" and the acclaimed feature film "The Green Mile," Duncan’s body is in an unmarked cemetery tomb because of…

History Returns to Appalachia, the Backdrop for ‘Hatfields & McCoys,’ With New Show

History is revisiting Appalachia, the setting for its popular “Hatfields & McCoys” miniseries. The New York Post reports that the cable channel has a reality show in the pipeline about ginseng hunters. The series, “Appalachian Outlaws," is set to premiere…

HBO Angling for Comedy From ‘Saturday Night Live’ Alum

HBO is in negotiations for a comedy project from a former "Saturday Night Live" regular. Deadline.com reports that the untitled project is co-written by David Spade, who also starred on NBC’s “Just Shoot Me." The project, co-written with Dean Lorey…