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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.

Where Did Late-Night Show’s Audience Go?

The audience for a late-night program appears to have mysteriously vanished. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the stand-up comedy show "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell," which moved in September to FXX after one season on FX, is…

CBS Working on Spinoff for Veteran Comedy Series

A long-running CBS sitcom is winding down, but the network apparently wants to keep the franchise going in the form of a spinoff. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the network has started the ball rolling on a follow-up…

‘X Factor’ Ratings Bloodbath: A Not-So-Simple Problem for Simon

After Fox’s "The X Factor" got trounced in the ratings Tuesday night, not just by rival singing competition "The Voice" on NBC but also by CBS’s "NCIS," the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker is asking whether Simon Cowell can save…

Video: Bad Blood Between Rachel Maddow and Rand Paul

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., have been exchanging unpleasantries, with Maddow accusing Paul of plagiarizing much of a speech he recently gave, and Paul calling Maddow a "hater" who needs to stop nitpicking, the Los Angeles…

Intense 1992 Psychological Thriller Set to Become TV Series

A psychological thriller that scared the heck out of audiences in 1992 is in the works for a TV adaptation. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the feature film "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" is in development as…

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher Settle Divorce

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have agreed to settle their divorce, signing paperwork and preparing to file the legal documents as soon as next week, the New York Post’s Page Six reports. The settlement comes two years after the pair…

Comedy Central Renews Three Series

Comedy Central has announced renewals for three shows. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel picked up "Key & Peele," "Drunk History" and "Brickleberry." "Key & Peele," one of the network’s best performers with young men, will…

Creator of ‘666 Park Avenue’ Sells Legal Thriller, Supernatural Western to Broadcast Nets

David Wilcox, the creator of ABC’s "666 Park Avenue," has sold projects to both ABC and the CW, with the former a legal thriller and the latter a supernatural Western, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The ABC project, "Entrapment,"…

Sarah Silverman Locks In Her First HBO Special

Sarah Silverman has signed on for her first stand-up comedy special for HBO, Deadline.com reports. "Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles" will debut Nov. 23 at 10 p.m. The special, taped at Largo in Los Angeles, will take on subjects ranging…

World Series Clincher Delivers Numbers for Fox

Fox saw a big bump in viewer numbers for what turned out to be the World Series-clinching Game 6 Wednesday night, BloombergBusinessweek reports. The numbers in major markets were 18% better than the final game one year ago, the piece…