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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.

Comic Book Guru to Create and Star in Animated Movies

Comic book legend Stan Lee will create and star in a trilogy of animated movies, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The productions are in the works for Hub Network, and will include a cartoon version of Lee, the piece reports. "SLAM…

PBS and NPR Veteran Ray Suarez Joins Al Jazeera America

Journalist Ray Suarez, a veteran of PBS and NPR, is joining Al Jazeera America. The Huffington Post reports that Suarez announced the news today in a tweet. Suarez will be the host of the cable news channel’s "Inside Story." "Earlier…

ABC Buys Project from Comedy Writing Duo Based on One of Their Gender Reassignments

ABC has bought a comedy project called "Changes" from the writing duo Joshua Sternin and Jennifer Ventimilia, who was called Jeffrey Ventimilia before her gender reassignment, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The comedy is about two men whose three-decade-long friendship…

Video: Sportscaster at Idaho TV Station Does Entire Segment on Halloween as ‘Anchorman’ Ron Burgundy — It’s a Spot-On Imitation and the Clip Has Gone Viral With More Than 2.6 Million Hits

Video: ‘SNL’ Pokes Fun at Its Own Diversity Issues in Show’s Cold Opening With Kerry Washington. Also, Lorne Michaels Addresses the Issue

Doing what it does best, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” chose satire as its weapon of choice as it took on itself and the show’s highly publicized struggles with diversity, addressing the issue in the program’s cold opening this past Saturday…

Racy Cable Drama Series Gets the Ax

A cable drama series starring a veteran TV and film actress has been canceled. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Lifetime has canceled the Jennifer Love Hewitt vehicle "The Client List." Hewitt received a Golden Globe nomination for her…

Airport Shooting Has Celebrities Tweeting the News

A number of celebrities were among the travelers caught in the chaos today at Los Angeles International Airport, where a gunman went on a shooting spree, as we reported earlier. Deadline.com reports that actor James Franco was one of the…

Fox Slides Into a Tie for Last Place With CW as Broadcast Ratings Suffer a Halloween Hit

Viewership levels dipped Thursday night because of Halloween, TVbytheNumbers.com reports, with the broadcast networks down 8% from a week ago in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights. High on the casualties list was Fox, which fell into a…

‘Da Ali G Show’ Lands on Cable as Sacha Baron Cohen Inks Deal

The man behind "Borat," "Ali G" and "The Dictator’s" Admiral General Aladeen is headed to TV. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Sacha Baron Cohen inked a first-look deal with FX Productions that will bring unaired episodes of "Da…

Gunman Opens Fire at LAX; One Victim Reported Dead

A gunman opened fire today at Los Angeles International Airport, reportedly killing one man — a TSA officer, according to some reports — and wounding a number of people, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conflicting reports surfaced about the fate…