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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.

Kelsey Grammer Sells ‘Freakonomics’-Inspired Drama to NBC

Kelsey Grammer has sold a drama project to NBC that’s based on the economic theory made popular by the bestseller "Freakonomics," reports Deadline.com. The project, called "Pariah," tracks an academic hired by the mayor of San Diego to run a…

TV Writer and Producer Mary Hanes Dies — Credits Included ‘Make It or Break It,’ ‘Hope Island,’ ‘Doc’

Mary Hanes, a writer and producer who worked on ABC Family’s "Make It or Break It," has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 59 and died after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Working with husband Ken Hanes,…

Refuting a Kardashian Tweet About Going to Law School, USC Says It Never Received Application

Despite a recent tweet by a member of the Kardashian family about attending law school at the University of Southern California, the USC Gould School of Law said it never received an application from Rob Kardashian, according to The Hollywood…

New York TV News Legend Moves Into Acting Role

A veteran TV reporter who recently left her longtime job with New York station WNBC-TV will try her hand at acting, the New York Post reports. Sue Simmons, who signed off from WNBC after three decades at the station, will…

Mini-‘Dawson’s Creek’ Reunion in the Works

Cast members from "Dawson’s Creek" will be holding a reunion of sorts, but it will take place on another show, TVGuide.com reports. Actors from The WB show will reunite on the ABC series "Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23,"…

Famed Film Critic Dies

One of the most famous American movie critics, who was a trailblazer as a writer for a major newspaper and also appeared regularly on television, has died. The New York Times reports that Judith Crist died today at her home…

NBC Sees Numbers Fall Off for Olympics

NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage saw its numbers decline significantly Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the three hours of prime time averaged an 8.1 rating in the key 18-49 demo for Monday’s 10th night of the London…

Report: CNN’s Prime-Time Ratings Sink to 20-Year Low

"Primetime is not good news for CNN lately," writes Dominick Patten at Deadline.com. "Amidst having its least watched month in primetime in two decades in May and the lowest-rated month in total viewers in 10 years in April, CNN has…

Leonardo DiCaprio Movie to Become Fox TV Show

Fox will adapt a Leonardo DiCaprio film into a television series, Deadline.com reports. The movie is the 2000 release “The Beach,” directed by Danny Boyle and adapted from a novel by Alex Garland. The TV project is being penned by…

Best Non-TV News of the Day: Study Shows Drinking This Common Juice Helps Fight Cancer

A new study shows that just drinking a common citrus juice along with taking cancer medication increases the efffectiveness of the cancer medication significantly. Writes Fox News, "A new study from the University of Chicago Medicine revealed patients taking sirolimus…