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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.

A&E Drama Series Is Renewed

A&E’s most watched drama series has been renewed. Citing a tweet from the show’s executive producer, Deadline.com reports that "Longmire" was picked up for a third season. Exec producer John Coveny wrote on Twitter: "Thanks to the 5 million plus…

Donald Trump Gives Some Advice to Miley Cyrus

Donald Trump has some words of wisdom for Miley Cyrus, who has received a torrent of backlash over her sexually charged, twerk-filled performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. "Miley, don’t let them get you down. They’re all jealous," Trump…

Provocative Non-TV Story: Scientists Are Seriously Asking Whether Life as We Know It Started on Mars. Would That Make Us All … Martians??!! (Time for a Seance to Contact Orson Welles and Ray Bradbury …)

It might be the most provocative beginning of a story any newspaper has published in quite a while: "Did life as we know it start on Mars? Are we all Martians? These are the questions some serious scientists are considering,"…

NBC’s ‘Nightly News’ Slates Return of Brian Williams

After taking several weeks off to deal with knee-replacement surgery, "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams will return after Labor Day, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Lester Holt, who has been filling in for Williams, told viewers that doctors…

‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’ Legend to Be Honored With TV Academy’s Governors Award

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences next month will bestow its Governors Award on the woman who voiced Rocky the Flying Squirrel on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show." The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the honor will…

Werewolf From ‘Being Human’ Joins HBO Dramedy

A star of BBC’s "Being Human" has been cast in a new HBO half-hour dramedy about gay men in San Francisco. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Russell Tovey is joining "Looking." Tovey, who played the werewolf George Sands…

‘Les Miserables’ to Become Fox Show About Lawyers

"Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas is developing a project for Fox based on Victor Hugo’s novel "Les Miserables," reports TheWrap.com. The one-hour drama project will focus on an attorney who is fighting the consequences of his own unjust conviction, while…

CBS Spotlights NFL Stars in Ad Aimed at Ending Time Warner Blackout

"CBS Corp. aired ads in three major U.S. markets this week urging fans to switch television providers before the start of the professional and college football seasons to pressure Time Warner Cable Inc. to end a month-long blackout over fee…

Comedy Central Adds Programs Surrounding ‘Futurama’ Finale

Comedy Central is adding programs to mark the finale of the Matt Groening animated series "Futurama." TheWrap.com reports that the cable channel will televise pre- and post-shows around the show’s Sept. 4 series finale. The pre-show will include a discussion…

Valerie Harper Defies the Odds: Her Brain Cancer Is ‘Close to Remission’

Just one day after news surfaced that beloved TV actress Valerie Harper plans to appear on "Dancing with the Stars," word surfaced that her brain cancer is "close to remission." The Los Angeles Times reports that Harper and her doctor…