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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.

The Chernin Group Makes a Bet on Anime

In a bet that a genre that has a broad fan base can be tweaked to provide strong profits, The Chernin Group has taken a majority stake in Crunchyroll, a site dedicated to providing online streaming for anime shows, reports…

NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ Is Way Down, But It’s Still Enough to Win the Demo

NBC saw viewer interest plunge for its "Sunday Night Football" broadcast, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that Sunday’s game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins delivered a preliminary 5.4 average rating in…

Who Bumped Kim Kardashian to Become the Top Bing Search of 2013? You May Be Surprised

Microsoft has come out with one of the first of the year-end search trend lists, and the list shows a change at the top. USA Today reports that pop singer Beyonce was the most searched person of 2013 on Bing…

History Working With Oscar Winner on Miniseries About Legendary Military Leader

A legendary military leader is the focus of a high-profile miniseries in the works at History, with Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry leading the charge. The project has the working title "Hannibal," and focuses on the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca….

Barbara Walters Unveils (Most of) Her ‘Most Fascinating People of the Year’

Now we know who nine of the 10 people are on Barbara Walters’ list of the "Most Fascinating People of the Year" for 2013. The New York Daily News reports that the ABC News veteran has unveiled the list —…

Two Hot Movies Shatter Box Office Records, Combine for a Big Holiday Weekend

All it took was two hot holiday releases to get movie goers into the theaters over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. BloombergBusinessweek reports that the latest "Hunger Games" movie and Disney’s animated musical "Frozen" both topped the previous record for the…

Major Member of ‘GMA’ On-Air Team Leaving Show

A major member of the "Good Morning America" on-air team — who has been with the show for the past 7 years — is leaving. "Our friend and colleague Sam Champion is leaving ABC News for a new opportunity at…

Well-Known Televangelist Dies

A man who became a familiar presence on television as the face of the world’s largest Christian TV network has died. The New York Times reports that Paul Crouch, who founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network and grew it into a…

‘Today’ Show Veteran of More Than 20 Years Was Killed in New York Train Derailment on Sunday

The "Today [Show] lost a member of its family this weekend," reports Today.com. The story continues, "One of the victims of the tragic train derailment in the Bronx was Jim Lovell, 58, an audio technician who frequently worked on ‘Today’…

Roseanne Barr Goes on a Rant Over NBC Project, Says She’s ‘Never Going to Work in Television Again’

Comedian Roseanne Barr went on a rant over Thanksgiving, airing her discontent over a new sitcom project with NBC that’s co-written with “Nurse Jackie” showrunner Linda Wallem, reports Deadline.com. “I’m never going to work in television again. I’m never going…