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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.

Director Dies in Plane Crash During Location Shoot for TV Show ‘Dangerous Flights’

A director working on the television show “Dangerous Flights” was killed in a plane crash during a location shoot for the TV series “Dangerous Flights,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. John Driftmier, 30, a Canadian TV director and cinematographer known…

ABC’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Reveal During Oscars Scoops Network’s Own ‘GMA’

ABC scooped its morning program "Good Morning America" when it released the name of one of its competitors in "Dancing with the Stars" during a mid-Oscar commercial, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The commercial on the ABC telecast…

ABC News Hires Veteran Newspaper Reporter for Key Political Post

ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced a key hire for the division today, sending a memo to staffers to introduce Jeff Zeleny, TheWrap.com reports. Zeleny comes to ABC from the New York Times, where he was recently praised by executive…

‘Lost’ Star Cast in CBS Drama

One of the former stars of the ABC drama series “Lost” has been cast in a new CBS drama project. Entertainment Weekly reports that Jorge Garcia is joining the CBS pilot "The Ordained." Garcia will play a staff investigator of…

Oscars Telecast Streaming Online

The complete telecast of Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, aired on ABC, is streaming online across multiple platforms for the first time for viewers in the United States, ABC announced. The show is on ABC.com, the ABC Player app and the…

Hallmark Takes Wraps Off New Family Movie Series — First Installment Airs in March

Hallmark Channel is creating a new family television movies series, in partnership with sponsors such as Walmart and Proctor & Gamble, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Six new films will air on Fridays throughout the year, along with…

ABC Working on Drama Spinoff That Could Compete With New NBC Series

ABC reportedly has a spinoff in the works based on one of its drama series. TheWrap.com reports that the network is working on a "Once Upon a Time" spinoff that would feature the Mad Hatter character played by "Gossip Girl"…

Video: Jimmy Kimmel’s Sexy, Star-Studded Post-Oscars Vampire Movie; Cast Includes Jessica Chastain, Oprah Winfrey, Bradley Cooper, Salma Hayek, Channing Tatum, Rachel Weisz, Samuel L. Jackson … the List Goes On

Jimmy Kimmel’s biggest production each year, according to Kimmel himself, is his post-Oscars broadcast on ABC, and this year’s installment included a relatively high-production-value, and celebrity-filled, eight-minute trailer for "Movie: The Movie: 2V." Here’s the full trailer:

NBC Taps ‘Glee’ Star to Host Game Show

NBC has cast an Emmy Award-winning actress from Fox’s “Glee” to host a new game show. TheWrap.com reports that Jane Lynch, who won an Emmy in 2010 and a Golden Globe in 2011 for her work on the Fox series,…

John Stamos Joins NBC Project

Veteran actor John Stamos, known for a long string of TV appearances including starring roles on the ABC sitcom “Full House” and the NBC drama series “ER,” now has a new job at NBC. Deadline.com reports that Stamos has joined…