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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.

Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs of ‘2 Broke Girls’ Announced as the Hosts of ‘The 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards’ at the Nominee Press Conference

Press release from CBS, Nov. 5, 2013: This morning, the People’s Choice Awards announced this year’s hosts of their 40th anniversary ceremony, Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs from the CBS comedy "2 Broke Girls." The actors were in attendance at…

Cable News Channel Pulls Plug on Three Shows, Will ‘Reposition the Brand’; Layoffs Are in the Works

A cable news channel has canceled three shows and announced that it is taking steps to "reposition the brand." The channel, HLN, made the announcement Monday, TheWrap.com reports. A number of employees will be cut, including the staffs of "Raising…

Behind-the-Scenes Shakeup for Long-Running Series

A shakeup has taken place behind the scenes of a veteran show. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the animated comedy series "American Dad" is undergoing a change of leadership. As the series prepares for its 11th season —…

Veteran TV Writer Has a Theory About CNN’s Dwindling Ratings — Is It All About One Major Political Issue?

CNN’s ratings fell last week to the cable news channel’s lowest weekly number since August 2012, a decline that may be tied to its coverage of the Affordable Care Act, writes veteran TV writer Bill Carter in The New York…

NBC News Accused of ‘Checkbook Journalism’

NBC is coming under fire for two recent episodes of apparent "checkbook journalism," with NBC News most recently paying a six-figure fee to a group of skydivers who survived a plane collision, reports The Washington Post. NBC News agreed to…

How Can You Get HBO Without Cable? Here’s How, Step by Step

Most television shows are still available to cord-cutters, via services such as iTunes or Amazon.com, which allow purchases of recent episodes, but one network has held out: HBO, reports The Wall Street Journal’s Martin Peers. Peers warns, however, that the…

Does ‘SNL’ Need More Black Friends? Video Clips Reveal the Show May Have Writers’ Block on One Subject

Kerry Washington’s recent appearance as guest host on NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" gave the show a chance to poke fun at itself over its diversity issues, as we reported previously. But it didn’t make those issues disappear. In fact, the…

Amanda Bynes Stabilized, Expected Home By Christmas

Troubled actress Amanda Bynes will be home by Christmas, as a combination of medication and psychological counseling has stabilized her, reports TMZ.com. Bynes has been at a Malibu rehab facility since September. Her release will happen next month, with the…

For One Cable Network, Christmas Has Already Arrived

Even though three weeks remain before Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, one cable network is already rolling out its Christmas-themed programming: the Hallmark Channel, reports the New York Post. "Most networks tend to wait until the end of November to jump-start their…

‘Murphy Brown’ Creator Developing NBC Comedy

The creator of the wildly successful CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown," which ran for 10 seasons, ranking in the top 10 through much of the 1990s, and won 18 Primetime Emmys, is working on a comedy for NBC. Deadline.com reports that…