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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.

Barry Diller, Once a Top Executive at ABC and Fox, Says if He Were Still a Traditional Broadcaster He’d Sue TV Business Disrupter Aereo as the Broadcasters Are Doing. The Irony: Diller Is the Primary Backer of Aereo

If Barry Diller were "still a broadcast executive and encountered competitors like Aereo, ‘I’d sue ’em,’ he said," reports Bloomberg Businessweek. Diller was at one time a top executive at ABC and later Fox Broadcasting. The irony is that, besides…

700 Jobs to Be Cut as Media Company Restructures

A major media corporation that owns television, radio and newspaper operations has announced a restructuring that will result in job cuts, primarily in the company’s newspaper unit. The Los Angeles Times reports that Tribune Co., which owns the Times, unveiled…

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s ‘Epic Split’ Volvo Truck Spot Becomes a Cottage Industry (Here’s the Video to Prove It, with Wildly Popular Parodies Starring Channin Tatum and…Toronto Mayor Rob Ford!!)

Have you seen the new spot for Volvo trucks featuring action star Jean-Claude Van Damme doing what’s being billed as an "epic split" to demonstrate the precision of the company’s trucks? Posted about a week ago, the video clip —…

Flight Attendant Accused of Hiding Rats in Her Underwear Sues Jay Leno Over ‘Tonight Show’ Jokes

A flight attendant has filed a lawsuit against Jay Leno over jokes that were made about her on NBC’s "Tonight Show," The Huffington Post reports. The woman says she was wrongly accused of "using her underwear and pantyhose to carry…

CBS Wins Tuesday as Two NBC Series Sink to Ratings Lows

CBS won a close three-way battle for the top spot in Tuesday night’s broadcast ratings as one NBC series fell to a season low and another set an all-time low mark, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo….

‘Breaking Bad’ Actor Headed to Big Screen With Slavery Project

One of the stars of the acclaimed drama series "Breaking Bad" has lined up a project that he will direct for the big screen. Deadline.com reports that Giancarlo Esposito, who received an Emmy nomination for his performance as Gus Fring…

USA Cancels Drama Series

The USA Network has pulled the plug on a drama series after it failed to match the ratings success of its freshman season. Going away after three seasons on the cable network is “Necessary Roughness,” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed…

Who’s No. 1 on Forbes’ New List of the Highest-Paid Musicians? Gaga, Bieber and Beyonce Are All in the Top 10 — But a Veteran Topped Them All

Forbes magazine has published its list of the highest-paid people in music for 2013, and while relative newcomers such as Justin Bieber, Beyonce and Lady Gaga are all ranked high on the list, an industry veteran tops them all. That…

Former Disney Star Involved in Hit-and-Run — One Day Before Arraignment on DUI Charge

A former Disney Channel star was reportedly involved in a four-car hit-and-run crash early Tuesday. TMZ.com reports that actor Jake T. Austin, who played Max Russo on “Wizards of Waverly Place,” was involved in the incident. The incident reportedly took…

Bill Murray Returns to TV

Former "Saturday Night Live" star Bill Murray, who has mainly been seen in feature films in recent years, will return to television for a role in the HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge,” Deadline.com reports. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by…