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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.

Trayvon Martin Shooter Sues NBC

George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder after shooting Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, has sued NBCUniversal for defamation, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Zimmerman alleges that reports that edited his voice on a 911 tape constituted defamation…

CBS Takes Wraps Off Midseason Schedule, Slates Previews for New Drama Series and Season Finale for ‘CSI: NY’

Updated on 12/6/12 at 8:40 p.m. to correct error in headline and body of story. We mistakenly said "series" finale instead of "season" finale for "CSI:New York."  CBS has announced its midseason prime-time schedule, slated two previews for a new drama series and…

Domestic Diva Martha Stewart’s Thanksgiving Goes Horribly Wrong

While attending Miami’s Art Basel show, Martha Stewart revealed that her Thanksgiving wasn’t exactly up to her usual high standards, as she suffered a nasty case of salmonella, the New York Post reports. Stewart told the paper: “I never get…

TV’s Top-Rated Daytime Drama Notches Another Year at No. 1 — Making It 24 Years in a Row

The highest-rated daytime drama on television has held that spot for more than two decades, and this week it will mark 24 years in a row, Deadline.com reports. The show is CBS’s "The Young and the Restless." The streak means…

Writers Guild Unveils TV Nominations

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced the nominations today for outstanding achievement in television during the 2012 season. On Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, the awards will be presented in simultaneous…

‘Jersey Shore’ Celebs Jwoww and Snooki Book ‘Drunken Orgy of Bliss’ for New Year’s Eve

Jwoww and Snooki, two of the stars of MTV’s "Jersey Shore," have made plans for a New Year’s Eve celebration on the youth-focused cable network, Entertainment Weekly reports. The pair will celebrate the occasion in New York’s Times Square, hosting…

Veteran Drama Series May Be TV’s Most Violent Program

A drama series is attracting attention for its level of violence — especially for its season finale, which aired this week. Tuesday’s fifth-season finale of the FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" became the show’s highest-rated finale ever, but also raised…

NBC Lands Sought-After Director for Comedy Pilot

NBC has secured the services of a sought-after director to helm the pilot for a recently picked-up single-camera comedy, Deadline.com reports. The pilot for “The Gates,” from writers Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, Kapital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV,…

Snubs, Surprises and Sure-Fire Picks in the Grammy Nominations: One of Music’s Biggest Stars Is Shut Out

The nominations for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, announced last night, included at least one huge surprise, as one of music’s biggest current stars was shut out, People magazine reports. Justin Bieber, who many observers predicted would at least get…

Chart-Topping Singer Rihanna to Star in Reality Show

Rihanna is getting a reality show. The Grammy-winning singer, who has been a fixture on the pop charts, will star in a competition-style show on Style Network focused on the fashion world, Reuters reports. “Styled to Rock,” scheduled to bow…