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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.

Veteran News Producer Dies

A former producer for ABC’s “World News Tonight” and ABC newsmagazine “20/20” has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bernie Cohen was 84. Cohen, a Bronx native, died Saturday in New Hyde Park, N.Y., the story reports. According to the…

History’s ‘Hatfields and McCoys’ Adds Star Power

History’s upcoming miniseries “The Hatfields and McCoys” has added a few Hollywood mainstays to a lineup that already boasted Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton as the rival family patriarchs, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Joining the project are Tom Berenger,…

Daryl Hannah Arrested in White House Protest

Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested today in front of the White House during an environmental protest, the Associated Press reports. Hannah and other protesters were arrested during a protest against plans to build a pipeline from Canada to the Gulf…

George Clooney Drops Out of High-Profile Project

Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has backed out of a big-screen remake of a classic TV series, reports Deadline.com. The project, Steven Soderbergh’s remake of the 1960s TV spy series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," is still on track for Warner Bros….

TNT Picks Up Drama From Jerry Bruckheimer

TNT has picked up a new drama to be executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, with a script from Greg Plageman, the writer of CBS’s new drama series "Person of Interest," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, "Bishop to Pawn,"…

20th Century Fox Fills Key PR Position

20th Century Fox has hired a new executive VP, domestic publicity, replacing former Executive VP of Publicity and Field Marketing Carol Sewell, who left Fox in May, TheWrap reports. The studio hired Bumble Ward, the woman behind the Bumble Ward…

CNN Acquires Tech Company

CNN has acquired a tech company that developed a news app for the iPad, Multichannel News reports. Terms of the deal to acquire Zite were not disclosed. It had been reported recently that CNN was looking to purchase the firm…

NBC Puts Veteran Exec in Charge of Olympics Coverage

NBC has decided who will succeed Dick Ebersol, the former NBC Sports chairman who produced every Olympics since 1992, as the executive producer of NBCUniversal’s 2012 coverage of the London Olympics, reports Deadline.com. The network named “Today” executive producer Jim…

Cable Network Appears to Be Getting Out of the Scripted Business

Scripted development has been put on hold at one cable network, with executives telling agents over the past few weeks that the network — Spike — is getting out of the scripted business, reports Deadline.com. One of Spike’s two executives…

TV Chef Says He Regrets Bashing Food Network Star — But He Adds That He Still Hates Her Food

In a gesture that’s likely either to quell or to add fuel to a recent war of words between rival TV food personalities, television chef Anthony Bourdain said on an episode of radio’s "Leonard Lopate Show" that he regrets making…