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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.

Singer for Grammy-Nominated Band Arrested in Murder-for-Hire Plot

The lead singer for a Grammy-nominated metal band has been arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. The Associated Press reports that Tim Lambesis, 32, lead singer of the band As I Lay Dying, was arrested Tuesday in Southern California. He’s…

Showtime Drama Might Not Make It to Season 4

A Showtime series currently in its third season may wrap things up with a two-hour movie rather than move on to season four. Deadline.com reports that "The Borgias," a drama about the infamous Italian family, is unlikely to get a…

CNN Announces New Series

CNN took the wraps off plans for a new original series, announcing that it is joining forces with Robert Redford on the unscripted, eight-part series “Chicagoland.” The series will be executive produced by Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn of Sundance Productions,…

Nielsen Changes Its Definition of the TV Universe — and This Means the Universe Is About to Get Bigger

Nielsen revealed how much the universe of U.S. television homes will increase with the TV measurement company’s expanded definition of a TV household. The Los Angeles Times reports that the size of the TV universe will rise by 1.2% with…

CNN Executive — Who Is Also a Former News Director of a Major New York TV Station — Is Leaving CNN

A top CNN executive is leaving the cable news channel, with CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker writing in a memo to staff that CNN senior vice president of current programming Bart Feder "decided that it is time to move on…

Which TV Pilots Are Likely to Receive Pickups? Here’s the Top 10

With the upfronts slated for next week, broadcast executives are deciding which of 100 pilots will receive orders and land on the 2013-14 schedules. The Hollywood Reporter spoke with industry insiders and compiled a list of the 10 projects that…

What?!!? CNN and HLN Personalities Hold Split-Screen Interview in the Same Parking Lot

In what’s being called "a bizarre television and spatial anomaly on CNN," the network aired a "satellite" interview between CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield and HLN’s Nancy Grace, who were updating viewers Tuesday morning about the Cleveland kidnapping story, with the two…

Fox News Anchor Renews Contract, May Move to Prime Time

Fox News Channel may be on the verge of making the first significant tweaks to its prime-time schedule in more than 10 years, reports Brian Stelter in The New York Times. The report comes after anchor Megyn Kelly, who has…

HBO Series Sets Ratings Record

An HBO drama series is on a ratings roll, setting a series high Sunday for the fourth week in a row. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that "Game of Thrones" drew an audience of 5.5 million viewers for Sunday’s 9 p.m….

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to Co-Host NBC’s ‘Today’

NBC’s "Today" show has arranged for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to co-host the 8 a.m. hour of the show on Friday, when he will appear from the Jersey Shore, reports Deadline.com. Christie will also be interviewed and will discuss…