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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.

New York TV Productions Halted Due to Hurricane Sandy

New York-based television productions have been halted by the onslaught from Hurricane Sandy, reports the New York Post. NBC stopped production on all East Coast-based shows, including "Law & Order: SVU," "30 Rock" and "Smash." The network also canceled production…

‘Community’ Creator Heads Back to TV With New Series

"Community" creator Dan Harmon, who was pushed off the NBC show earlier this year, is returning to television with an animated show on Adult Swim, reports Deadline.com. The series is "Rick & Morty," a half-hour animated program from Harmon and…

‘Big Love’ Actress to Star in A&E Pilot

A&E has cast one of the stars of "Big Love" as the lead in its drama pilot "Those Who Kill," reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Chloe Sevigny will play a workaholic detective named Catherine in the project, which is based on…

‘Sex and the City’ Star Kim Cattrall Has New Show Called ‘Sensitive Skin’

Kim Cattrall, one of the stars of the HBO hit "Sex and the City," has been cast in and will produce a show called "Sensitive Skin," reports Deadline.com. Cattrall will star in the Canadian project as a woman going through…

Stations Improvise to Cover Massive Storm Sandy

"Local television executives like to say it’s all hands on deck when breaking news such as a lethal hurricane hits, and sometimes that even means the station general manager grabbing a camera and playing photographer for a few hours." So…

Fox Orders Animated Project From Jake Kasdan

Producer and director Jake Kasdan is moving into animation, selling his first animated project to Fox along with writer-producer Lew Morton, reports Deadline.com. The project is called "Wentworth Hall," and is based on an idea by Morton, who will write…

NBC Not Moving Forward With Spinoff to ‘The Office’

" ‘Farm Update: NBC has passed on moving forward with ‘The Farm’ TV show. Had a blast making the pilot – onwards & upwards,’ Rainn Wilson tweeted Monday [Oct. 29, 2012], reports TVGuide.com. The article continues: "News first broke about…

Superstorm Causes Havoc With Letterman, Fallon, Kimmel and Stewart

"David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon are doing their shows without audiences," reports the Associated Press. The article continues, "Jimmy Kimmel, visiting from his home base in sunny Hollywood, canceled a taping in Brooklyn. ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Colbert Report’ are…

ABC Enlists Shonda Rhimes to Shepherd New Sci-Fi Drama

ABC has enlisted uber-successful executive producer Shonda Rhimes ("Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal") to oversee the new science-fiction thriller "MILA 2.0," Deadline.com reports. Dave DiGilio is writing the script from the soon-to-be published book of the same name by Debra Driza. "MILA…

‘The Good Wife’ Co-Creator Admits Current Storyline Was a Bad Idea

One of the co-creators of CBS’s award-winning drama series "The Good Wife" says he regrets a current storyline involving the character Kalinda, played by Archie Punjabi, the New York Post reports, citing an interview in TV Guide. Robert King admits…