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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.

What the Other Networks Don’t Want You to Know About AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’

AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is a huge hit, with a midseason finale that pulled in 12.1 million total viewers, but there’s also a ratings secret about the show that broadcasters and rival cable networks would prefer to keep under wraps,…

Paul Walker Autopsy Paints Grim Picture of Actor’s Final Moments

A coroner’s report on the death of "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker reveals that the actor may have initially survived the fiery car crash Satuday that took his life, dying moments later as a result of a combination of…

Report Offers One Reason Sam Champion Left ‘Good Morning America’

Sam Champion, who is leaving ABC’s “Good Morning America” after seven years, made the decision after network executives reportedly balked at giving him his own show, reports TMZ.com. As we reported earlier this week, Champion will anchor The Weather Channel’s…

Celebrity Chef Says She Used Cocaine

During testimony in the trial of two sisters accused of stealing from a celebrity chef and her former husband, the chef, Nigella Lawson, admitted using cocaine, the Associated Press reports. But Lawson, 53, said she wasn’t a regular user, according…

What’s the Highest-Rated Animated Holiday Special This Year?

The holiday special that’s outperforming all others this season is nearly half a century old. Medialife magazine reports that the current ratings champ is the 1964 animated show “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." The CBS special aired last Tuesday and averaged…

Leading Candidate Surfaces for ABC Family President’s Post

ABC Family is narrowing down its choice for a new president, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town reports. The job opened up in September, when Michael Riley said he would return to his home country, England. “Among the candidates topping…

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Creator Heads to HBO With New Drama

Jenji Kohan, the creator of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black,” is working on an HBO drama project about a dark chapter in U.S. history — the Salem witch trials, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Kohan, who spent eight…

Jeff Zucker: The Blurring of Fact and Fiction

Reading CNN President Jeff Zucker’s comments yesterday about the future of CNN, I was struck in particular by one paragraph. Here it is, quoted from CapitalNewYork: “The 48-year-old Zucker initially faced internal resistance to his experiments beyond the realm of…

Why ESPN Canceled Will Ferrell’s Appearance as Ron Burgundy

"SNL" alum Will Ferrell has been popping up everywhere as Ron Burgundy, but one place Ferrell’s goofball TV news guy alter ego may not be appearing — even though he was scheduled to show up today — is on ESPN’s…

Police Documents Show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford May Have Offered $5,000 and a Car for ‘Crack Video’; Ford Is Reportedly Seen ‘On the Pipe’ and May Have Used Heroin

"Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may have offered $5,000 and a car to two men trying to sell a video of him smoking what appears to be crack cocaine seven weeks before the video was revealed in the media, according to…