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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.

If You’re a Longtime Fan of ‘Survivor’ but Haven’t Watched the Show Lately, Here’s a Great Reason to Put It on Your Must-Watch List This Season: Rupert’s Back! And That’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg. The ‘Big Brother’ Connection to this Fall’s ‘Survivor’

One of the most popular contestants to ever play "Survivor," Rupert Boneham, will be back playing the game this fall, reports Entertainment Weekly. As EW reminds us, Rupert "has never won in his three previous outings but did collect a…

Tea Party Group Urges Comcast Customers to Cancel Subscriptions

A conservative political group has launched a campaign aimed at convincing Comcast customers to cancel their subscriptions, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In a new video posted online and set to become a TV commercial (see the video below), the…

New Miniseries in Development at Discovery — Project Revisits Material From One of the Highest-Rated Miniseries in TV History

A new miniseries in development at Discovery may have a familiar feel to it for TV viewers. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the project is based on the "North and South" trilogy of novels by John Jakes….

Is This 13-Year-Old the Next Disney Star? Disney XD Greenlights Two Pilots Starring the Young Actor

A 13-year-old actor is getting buzz as the next Disney teen star, with the company casting him as the lead in two Disney XD pilots, reports Nellie Andreeva on Deadline.com. Jacob Bertrand has the lead in "Kirby Buckets" and "Neckpee…

Popular Gen X Movie Heads to TV — Project in the Works at NBC

A popular Gen X movie is now a television project, with the film’s director working on a version for NBC, reports Deadline.com. The movie is "Reality Bites," which starred Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke and was directed by Ben Stiller….

ESPN Bails Out on ‘Frontline’ Project

Citing a lack of editorial control, ESPN has left a "Frontline" project that’s slated to air in October, reports The New York Times. The project is focused on concussions in the NFL. The decision comes after 15 months of work…

Broadcasting Legend Vin Scully Commits to Another Season at the Mic

Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will return as the announcer of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games in 2014, marking his 65th season with the team, reports the Los Angeles Times. Scully, 85, is re-upping on a year-to-year basis, the…

Gingrich Sets Sights on Moving Media to the Right

After former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich criticized "the media elite," he’s preparing to join CNN’s revived "Crossfire" — a stump from which he says he hopes "to move it to the right," reports The New York Times. The show, which…

ESPN Talking With Potential Partners About Web-Based TV Service

Disney-owned ESPN has been in preliminary talks to provide programming via a Web-based TV service along the lines of proposed services from Google, Sony and Intel, Bloomberg reports. "An Internet TV provider would have to pay as much or more…

Cable Blackout Fuels Cord Cutting

With the dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS leading to a blackout of CBS stations in Los Angeles and other cities, some consumers are opting to cut the cable cord entirely, reports David Lazarus in the Los Angeles Times….