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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.

Bill Cosby Set for Return to TV

Bill Cosby has a return to television in the works. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the comedy veteran will star in his first comedy special in three decades. Cosby will be featured in "Far from Finished" on Comedy…

USA Network Continues Push Into Comedy, Taps ‘Heroes’ and ‘Numb3rs’ Alums for New Project

An actor from "Heroes" and an actress from "Numb3rs" have been cast in the USA Network comedy pilot "Divide & Conquer." Deadline.com reports that Greg Grunberg of "Heroes" and Diane Farr of "Numb3rs" have joined the project. The original half-hour…

Did You Hear About J.K. Rowling’s New Detective Novel? The Best-Selling ‘Harry Potter’ Author Wrote a Book as a Male British Army Officer, Earning Raves but Few Sales

The debut novel from a former British Army officer was published in April and earned rave reviews yet few sales, but there was a secret lurking behind the male name on the cover of "The Cuckoo’s Calling": It was actually…

Non-TV Story: Popular Frommer’s Travel Guides, Which Were Sold to Google Last Summer for $23 Million, Have Been Bought Back by the Company’s 83-Year-Old Founder, Who Will Soon Publish in Print Once Again

Arthur Frommer, the 83-year-old founder of of his namesake company, which is known for popular travel guides, has bought the brand back from Google, which did not publish any Frommer’s guidebooks. "Now he is moving quickly to release his first batch of books…

‘Glee’ Star Cory Monteith, 31, Who Played Finn on the Show, Found Dead in Hotel. No Foul Play Suspected. Death Comes Several Months After He Had Gone to a Treatment Facility for Substance Addiction. Autopsy Will Be Performed

"Cory Monteith, star of the hit Fox series ‘Glee,’ was found dead Saturday, July 13, 2013,  in a Canadian hotel room, according to Vancouver police," writes Amy Kaufman in the Los Angeles Times. The story continues, "The sudden death of…

Hulu Owners Cancel Sale of Streaming Site

Hulu’s owners have taken the streaming site off the auction block — again. NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox announced a decision to keep the site and invest $750 million in it, according to The Hollywood Reporter….

ABC Shows Sink to Historic Lows; Lackluster Opening for New NBC Series

Fresh off a series low last week, an ABC show pushed the ratings bar even lower Thursday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. Meanwhile, the trend toward less-than-spectacular results for new summer series continued with a…

Syfy Plans to Repeat ‘Sharknado’ After the Show Sets Off a Star-Studded Social Media Feeding Frenzy — Is a Sequel in the Works?

Syfy’s new title-tells-all TV movie "Sharknado" might have gone away quietly had it not been for social media, but after the Internet erupted in a feeding frenzy of posts about what Deadline.com calls the production’s "bad special effects and even…

New Drama Scores for FX With 3 Million Viewers

FX rolled out a high-profile new drama series Wednesday night, and the show delivered. B&C reports that the premiere of "The Bridge" at 10 p.m. averaged 3.04 million viewers on Wednesday at 10 p.m., according to Nielsen fast nationals. "That…

Video: ‘Fox & Friends’ Segment Goes Awry When Co-Host Smacks Toddler in the Face With Basketball

A "Fox & Friends" segment suddenly went sour when co-host Brian Kilmeade threw a basketball in a toddler’s face and made him cry, reports TVNewser.com. Kilmeade was spotlighting the hoops skills of toddler sensation Titus Ashby when a bad pass…