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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.

CNN Fixture Has a Strain of Marijuana Named After Him

Marijuana aficionados took notice of a change of heart by a popular CNN correspondent. Business Insider reports that the cable network’s medical guru Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who is now supporting medical use of marijuana, has had a strain of pot…

Donald Trump Sued for $40 Million

Donald Trump has been hit with a $40 million lawsuit by the state of New York, with the state’s attorney general filing the suit against the businessman and his for-profit investment school, reports Reuters. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman…

NBC Orders Ryan Seacrest Comedy Project That Started Out at ABC

Ryan Seacrest has sold a comedy to NBC that was originally developed for ABC in 2001, about a female daytime talk producer who deals with love and life in New York City, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The project…

‘Buffy’ Actor Joins NBC’s ‘Grimm’

An actor from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is joining the upcoming season of NBC’s "Grimm." EW.com’s Inside TV reports that Alexis Denisof has been cast on the show on a recurring basis. Denisof, who also starred on the "Buffy" spinoff…

Kardashian-West Baby Photo Helped Score a Ratings Bump for ‘Kris’

Kanye West’s appearance on "Kris," where he shared the first photo of his baby with Kim Kardashian, helped boost the finale ratings for the Kris Jenner-hosted talk show, reports Deadline.com. The interview scored a series-high 1.7 household rating and performed…

Super Bowl Ad Time Close to Selling Out

Advertising time on the Super Bowl is already 85% sold out, with 90% projected to be sold by the time the NFL season starts next month, reports USA Today, citing Fox Sports. Fox isn’t saying what it’s getting for the…

Why ‘The Hobbit’ Director Peter Jackson Won’t Be Directing ‘Doctor Who’

Rumors that "The Hobbit" director Peter Jackson would be taking on an episode of "Doctor Who" spread around the Internet over the weekend, but the story has no truth to it, reports Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline.com. "I can tell…

Talk Around the Water Cooler: A Well-Known Media Agency Veteran Is Leaving Giant Group M to Join Small Agency Holding Group That Includes Media Storm and 3 Other Agencies

"A well-known senior Madison Avenue [media] executive … is leaving the biggest agency holding group for one that, if not the smallest, is certainly the newest." writes our good friend Stuart Elliott in The New York Times. The executive in…

Holy Jiminy Cricket! You Have Got to See This! Miley Cyrus’ Booty Shaking at VMAs Shows She’s Not in Disney’s Land Anymore. Also, See the Shocked Reaction From Will Smith and His Family

Reaction of Will Smith and his family watching Miley Cyrus perform at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards — this photo went viral: And here’s the main event: Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke: Get More: 2013 VMA, Artists.MTV, Music, Miley…

She Was Indisputably One of the Greatest Actresses of Her Generation. She Won Multiple Tonys and Emmys and We Can Think of At Least Two Oscars That She Should Have Won. Julie Harris Dies at 87

"Julie Harris, 87, the unprepossessing anti-diva who, in the guises of Joan of Arc, Mary Todd Lincoln, Emily Dickinson and many other characters both fictional and real, became the most decorated performer in the history of Broadway, died on Saturday,…