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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.

Charlie Sheen Says He Wants to ‘Make Amends’ With Former Boss Chuck Lorre

Actor Charlie Sheen, who was fired from CBS’s "Two and a Half Men," wrote on Twitter that he wants to "make amends" with his former boss Chuck Lorre, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Sheen also noted that he has…

NBC Lands Rights to Outer Space Milestone

NBC has secured a deal to cover an upcoming milestone in space travel. The network is partnering with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to broadcast the first commercial space flight, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The trip, which will…

Killer Whales vs. Nuclear Power: CNN Finds Out It’s No Contest

CNN may have learned a lesson the hard way last week — learning that cable viewers apparently aren’t as fond of documentaries about nuclear power as they are about killer whales. The cable news channel’s Thursday night broadcast of "Pandora’s…

‘Downton Abbey’ Gets Fifth-Season Renewal

The popular period drama "Downton Abbey" has received a fifth-season renewal, after the series ended its fourth season in the U.K. with record ratings, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The season finale drew an average audience of 9.8 million, representing…

ABC Greenlights Comedy Project

ABC has made another early comedy pickup, giving a pilot order to an adaptation of the British comedy "Bad Education," Deadline.com reports. The show’s creator and star, Jack Whitehall, will star in the ABC version, "An American Education." Whitehall will…

CBS Buys Family Comedy From ‘Zach Stone’ Creator

CBS has bought a script for an untitled comedy from the creator of the canceled MTV show "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous," The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. From Dan Lagana, the project is about a married couple dealing…

Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘SNL’ Diversity Beef Comes ’15 Years Late’

Whoopi Goldberg commented on the recent controversy over a lack of diversity on NBC’s sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live," telling Showbiz411 writer Paula Schwartz that the issue is nothing new. "These folks are 15 years late on this question,"…

Amazon Ups the Ante Again for Its Competitors: Partners With U.S. Postal Service for Sunday Deliveries at Regular Rates

Amazon will begin Sunday deliveries using the U.S. Postal Service, reports The New York Times. "For this holiday shopping season, Sunday delivery of Amazon products will be limited to the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas, which in New…

Careful, Google — This Is the Kind of Grass-Roots Effort That Could Grab the Attention of Legislators: Pissed-Off YouTube User’s Original Song ‘F— You Google+’ Goes Viral

There’s been a change made to YouTube that has angered some users. The popular video website, owned by Google, now requires anyone who wants to comment on a video to sign up to Google+. In reaction, "Jawed Karim, one of…

Fox Gives 13-Episode Order to New Animated Series Co-Executive Produced by Seth MacFarlane

"With its Sunday night ‘Animation Domination’ lineup in a bit of a transition, Fox has given a 13-episode order to the new animated comedy ‘Bordertown’ from ‘Family Guy’s’ Seth MacFarlane and Mark Hentemann to debut during the 2014-2015 TV season,"…