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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.

NBC Greenlights ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Project

NBC is developing a project based on the Ira Levin novel “Rosemary’s Baby,” which was also the basis for the 1968 movie starring Mia Farrow as an expectant mother who’s concerned some creepy neighbors have occult plans for her baby….

ABC Family Names Veteran Media Exec as Its New President

ABC Family announced today that a veteran television and magazine executive has been named the cable channel’s new president. The position goes to Tom Ascheim, who has been executive vice president and general manager of Nickelodeon Television and CEO of…

A+E Networks to Launch New Network — FYI; BIO Channel Rebranding as FYI to Inspire Personal Creativity With an Adventurous and Less Prescriptive Approach to All Aspects of Viewers’ Lives in Summer 2014

Press release from A+E Networks, Dec. 11, 2013: Launching summer 2014, A+E Networks’ BIO Channel will be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary lifestyle network reflecting how people actually live their lives today, it was announced today by Nancy Dubuc, President…

NBC Sets Rebroadcast of ‘The Sound of Music’

NBC’s live production of “The Sound of Music” will get an encore airing later this week. The network announced that it plans to re-air the three-hour musical Saturday at 8 p.m., the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports. The live…

‘Law & Order’ Veteran — One of the Most Familiar Faces of the NBC Franchise — Exits After Almost Two Decades on the Force

An 18-year veteran of the NBC procedurals “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU” is leaving the franchise. Deadline.com reports that longtime star Dann Florek, who has become a familiar presence as police Captain Donald Cragen, taped his final…

Former Disney TV Star Reveals She Engaged in Illicit Activity on Planes

A former Disney TV star has made a confession to Access Hollywood, revealing during an interview that she was so addicted to cocaine that she would smuggle the drug onto planes and ingest it while in the air. Demi Lovato,…

Time Magazine Names Its Person of the Year — and Even Though She Was Leading the Vote as the People’s Choice, Miley Cyrus Did NOT Get It

Time magazine has named its Person of the Year for 2013, and even though Miley Cyrus was leading the popular vote, as we reported recently, the controversial pop star did not get the title. That went to Pope Francis. "What…

Judge on Fox Show Goes Into Rehab

One of the judges on a competition series that airs on Fox has entered a rehab program. Us Weekly reports that 49-year-old Adam Shankman, a judge on “So You Think You Can Dance,” took the step. In a statement, his…

Rocky Start for New CNN Host

Revised at 10:15 a.m., PT, on Dec. 11, 2013, to reference an article from TVNewser. We feel the TVNewser story is a more balanced evaluation of the numbers for this show than the story we previously referenced, which was from…

Couric Responds to Critics of Controversial ‘Katie’ Segment

“Katie” host Katie Couric opened up about a segment on the show that drew a torrent of criticism, saying in essence that the critics make a good point.  Couric wrote in an article on The Huffington Post that the show’s…