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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.

Big-Name Actors to Play Michael J. Fox’s Parents on Upcoming NBC Comedy

The parents of Michael J. Fox’s character on the upcoming NBC comedy series "The Michael J. Fox Show" will be played by a pair of veteran TV and film actors. EW.com reports that Candice Bergen and Charles Grodin will play…

MTV Twerking Incident Costs Miley Cyrus a High-Profile Job

Miley Cyrus’ crude twerking at the MTV Video Music Awards in Brooklyn last month cost the actress and singer a high-profile gig as the model for the December cover of Vogue, according to the U.K. publication The Daily Mail. “Vogue…

New Talk Show Launches Today — With One of the Top Names in Daytime TV Behind the Project

A new daytime talk show gets its official launch in syndication today, and one of the biggest names in daytime television has her fingerprints all over it. “Bethenny” is largely the vision of host Bethenny Frankel, but “executive producer Ellen…

Golden Globe-Nominated Actor Says He Tried to Commit Suicide

An actor who received a Golden Globe nomination for his work on a TV drama series revealed during a speaking appearance that he tried to commit suicide. Wentworth Miller, one of the stars of the Fox series “Prison Break,” who…

Why VOD, After a Slow Start, Is Finally Taking Hold

A new report from Nielsen indicates that video-on-demand is finally coming into its own after a slow start. The report says VOD is now available in 60% of American households, according to the Los Angeles Times. That figure represents “a…

What’s Up With Eminem in That Awkward Interview With Brent Musburger? Here’s the Video

Detroit native Eminem joined ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and Brent Musburger at halftime of the Michigan-Notre Dame game, and according to Business Insider, “it was deeply weird.” The rapper “seemed spaced out and was sparse with his words at first,” the…

Jessica Lange Gets a Love Interest on ‘American Horror Story: Coven’

Jessica Lange’s character on FX’s "American Horror Story" will have a love interest during the show’s third season, with an actor from the Starz drama series "Magic City" joining "American Horror Story: Coven." The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that…

‘Big Get’ for PBS and CBS: A Charlie Rose Interview With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad; Obama Makes the Rounds of the TV Networks

CBS News was making plans early today to air a Charlie Rose interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on today’s morning and evening newscasts, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. "CBS has billed the interview as the first television questioning…

It’s the First New York-Area Super Bowl, But an Out-of-Towner Gets Coveted Halftime Gig

The New York Daily News reports that the NFL, “stiff-arming local superstars like Bon Jovi, Billy Joel and Jay Z,” has “drafted out-of-towner Bruno Mars” to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford,…

TV Ad Spending Rises in Second Quarter

Television ad spending jumped in the second quarter of 2013, bringing spending into positive territory for the first half of the year, based on a new study from Kantar Media. B&C reports that spending in the second quarter was up…