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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.

Down Periscope: Ratings for ABC’s Much-Hyped Submarine Drama Hit by Big Bang

Thursday night, Sept. 27, included two closely watched drama premieres. CBS’s “Elementary,” airing at 10 p.m., won the time slot with a 3.1 average in the 18-49 demo.  ABC’s highly promoted drama featuring the crew of a nuclear submarine, “Last Resort,” debuting in…

‘Innocence of Muslims’ Filmmaker Could Get Three-Year Prison Sentence

The filmmaker responsible for an anti-Muslim video that triggered violence in the Islamic world is being held on alleged probation violations and could be sentenced to as much as three years in federal prison, the Los Angeles Times reports. Probation…

Video: Jerry Seinfeld Reunites With Michael Richards — or Is It Kramer?

“Seinfeld” alums Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards got back together for an episode of Seinfeld’s new Web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” — an episode that brought out the “Kramer” in Richards, along with plenty of reminiscing and even…

Whoa! Mea Culpa and a Half: Apple CEO Apologizes for Apple Maps Fiasco, Suggests Users Use Arch-Rival Google Maps Until Apple Maps Improves

In a letter posted on Apple’s website and addressed to its customers, Apple CEO Tim Cook apologizes for the new Apple Maps that comes with the new operating system for the iPhone, and even goes so far as to suggest that iPhone users use Google…

John Travolta Cleared in Defamation Suit

A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a defamation suit that was brought against John Travolta and his attorney, Entertainment Weekly reports. “Writer Robert Randolph — who’d written a book that detailed Travolta’s alleged sexual habits — had…

Report: Matt Lauer Orchestrated the ‘Yom Kippur Attack’ by ‘Today’ Producer Jim Bell

"Today" co-host Matt Lauer reportedly was the driving force behind an interview between the show’s producer, Jim Bell, and the New York Times’ Bill Carter, which included Bell’s defense of Lauer, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The interview,…

Report: ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Actor Was ‘Out of Control’; Also: His Scientology Connections

Details continue to emerge about how “Sons of Anarchy” actor Johnny Lewis spun out of control before killing his 81-year-old landlady this week and then falling to his own death. The New York Daily News reports that Lewis had struggled…

Victim of Actor’s Deadly Attack Was Landlady to TV Stars

The 81-year-old woman who died in an apparent attack by "Sons of Anarchy" star Johnny Lewis was a landlady to television stars and other celebrities, reports TMZ.com. Her home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles is known as…

Simon Cowell Project Scrapped Amid Reports of Hassle With Celebrity Couple

A show from Simon Cowell that has been in the works for more than a year has been scrapped, and the project — a DJ competition — appears to be a casualty of a tussle between Cowell and Will and…

Farewell to NBC’s ‘Golden Age of Weird’ on Thursday Nights

Describing NBC’s recent Thursday night comedies as “simultaneously the smartest and dumbest shows on television,” a column on TheWrap.com laments what TV writer Tim Molloy calls the end of an era — NBC’s “Golden Age of Weird.” “For years, ‘30…