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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.

Will Loki’s Army Take Over the World? New Disney Series From Marvel and Lego Bows Today

Marvel and Lego have joined forces to create a new series for Disney, with 10 episodes running simultaneously on Disney.com starting today, Nov. 5, 2013, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision. The episodes feature Lego Spider-Man and Marvel superheroes…

Amazon Schedules Rollouts for Its First Two Original Series, With Free Tryout Phase — Service Won’t Copy Netflix’s Complete Release Model

Amazon will release its first two original series later this month, but unlike Netflix, it won’t place all the episodes online at once, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. "Alpha House," created by Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Trudeau and…

FX Developing Comedy From ‘Wilfred’ Director

FX is developing a project described as an "odd couple comedy" from "Wilfred" director and executive producer Randall Einhorn, reports Deadline.com. "Texts From Bennett," Einhorn’s first project under his overall deal with FX Productions, is based on a book of…

Non-TV News of the Day: As Black Friday Gets Ever Earlier, Kmart Announces That, for the First Time, It Will Stay Open for 41 Straight Hours

Discount retailer Kmart has announced  that it will once again kick off its Black Friday sale at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, and, for the first time, then keep its stores open for 41 straight hours, reports DailyFinance.com. Walmart, the…

Netflix, Having Broken the Emmy Barrier, Now Sets Sights on Winning an Oscar

Netflix, the online streaming service that broke through at this year’s Primetime Emmys by snaring the award for direction of a drama series with "House of Cards," is setting its sights on the Academy Awards, reports the Los Angeles Times….

NBC’s Greenblatt Is Down on TV Critics: ‘In Broadcast TV, the Critics Are Just Savage to Us’

Bob Greenblatt, the chairman of NBC Entertainment, has been in Jerusalem for a TV conference, reports Deadline.com. The story reports that Greenblatt said at the conference: "We’re in the process of trying to figure out what is the next stage…

Executive Shuffle at NBCU Cable Nets

NBCUniversal has made a number of key changes among the top leadership in its cable entertainment division, Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com. "Veteran USA Network executive, EVP original scripted development Bill McGoldrick, is moving to sibling Syfy to head that…

Justin Bieber Is Dethroned as the King of Twitter — So Who’s the New Top Gun?

There’s a new top gun on Twitter, who just knocked pop star Justin Bieber off his perch. CNN reports that Bieber has been displaced by another pop star, Katy Perry, as the most popular person on Twitter. Perry, 29, reportedly…

CBS Outdraws NBC’s Football-Fueled Prime-Time Lineup in Total Viewers

CBS’s prime-time lineup saw its numbers surge Sunday night, with the network coming out on top in total viewers — even against NBC’s powerhouse "Sunday Night Football" — based on Nielsen overnights. NBC still took a comfortable win in the…

Charlie Sheen Gets Bad News From L.A. County

A department of Los Angeles County came down hard on actor Charlie Sheen, dealing the star of FX’s "Anger Management" a setback in his struggle with his ex, Brooke Mueller, over their 4-year-old twin sons, Bob and Max. TMZ.com reports…