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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.

Two Surprises From Susan Boyle: The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Phenom Announces Plans for a BioPic About Her Life and She Will Release Upcoming Single of a Duet with … the Late, Great King of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Really — And She Says It Was Simon’s Idea)

Two announcements from singer Susan Boyle. First, her latest album, "Home for Christmas," which was released yesterday, Oct. 29, 2013, contains a duet by Boyle and Elvis Presley, who died in 1977. He recorded "O Come All Ye Faithful" in…

CBS Working on 24-Hour Digital News Service

CBS News is reportedly in talks with distributors about creating a 24-hour digital video news service. According to an exclusive report by Buzzfeed, the new programming service would be distributed on cellphones, tablets, game consoles and over-the-top TV distribution systems….

Merchant Navy Finds a Surprising Use for Britney Spears’ Music in the Waters Off Africa

Even with almost 100 million albums sold worldwide, Britney Spears is not loved by everyone, and among the haters, as it turns out, are Somali pirates. NBC News reports that Spears’ music is being used on the high seas to…

Will ‘Walking Dead’ Live On for a Fifth Season? The Decision Is In

"The Walking Dead" has been a huge hit for AMC, so it was widely expected by industry observers to be renewed for a fifth season. And as it turned out, they were right. "In some of the least surprising renewal…

NBC Lineup Stands Tall Against Fox’s Strong World Series Game 5

Fox and NBC broke out the heavy bats in a scuffle for prime-time viewers Monday night, with the end result being … a tie. The two networks finished in a dead heat for first place in the prime-time ratings, based…

Video: ‘Babe’ Star Presents Brutal Clip Aimed at Stopping Walmart ‘Pig Torture’

One of the stars of the "Babe" movies, which feature a pig in the title role, is involved in a campaign to stop what’s being called "pig torture" on the part of suppliers of pork to Walmart stores. Actor James…

ABC Apologizes for ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Skit — Here’s the Video

ABC has apologized for a skit on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in which a child suggested that the population of China could be killed to fix America’s debt to the nation, reports TheWrap.com. The skit involved a group of kids coming…

NBC Developing Legal Drama With ‘CSI’ Mainstay

NBC is working with one of the mainstays behind the scenes at CBS’s "CSI" on a new legal drama. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network has given a script order to "Law Man," based on a book…

Nothing ‘Happy’ About David Arquette’s Starring Role in Upcoming TV Movie — Except the Title

David Arquette seems like a pleasant enough guy, and his upcoming TV movie is called "Happy Face," but that’s where the pleasantries end. Deadline.com reports that Arquette will star as Canadian serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson in the project, which…

Suzanne Somers Comes Under Fire for Error-Riddled Obamacare Opinion Piece

Former "Three’s Company" star Suzanne Somers is coming under fire for a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published Monday in which she attacks Obamacare — with the piece containing a number of errors, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker….