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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.

Hackers Get to News Corp. Sites, Put Up False Report of Rupert Murdoch’s Death

News Corp. has become involved in yet another hacking incident, although this time the media company is at the other end of the hack, reports the Guardian. The Times of London and The Sun, both owned by News Corp., were…

Hulu Reportedly Offering Potential Buyers Guaranteed Access to TV Shows for Five Years

Hulu is reportedly offering potential buyers a guarantee of five years of access to television shows from its media owners, according to Bloomberg. The offer includes two years of exclusivity for shows from its owners, which include Walt Disney, News…

Women’s World Cup Final Is Sixth-Most-Watched Soccer Match in U.S. History — Still No Match for Brandi Chastain’s Sports Bra Moment

The U.S. women’s national soccer team’s match against Japan in Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final was a loss for the U.S., but ESPN scored with its biggest audience ever for a soccer match, reports Multichannel News. The match drew 13.46…

TeenNick Looks Back to a Golden Era of Television … Which Wasn’t ‘All That’ Long Ago

Cable network TeenNick is dedicating a programming block to an era that it considers something of a golden age of television — at least to its targeted demographic of 18- to-34-year-olds, reports The New York Times‘ Brian Stelter. The era…

Al Sharpton Considered for Cable Show

New York politician and former presidential candidate Al Sharpton is under consideration for his own MSNBC show, reports the New York Post. He would replace Cenk Uygur at 6 p.m., with the plan surfacing as Sharpton is in his third…

Oscar Winner to Replace Bette Midler in HBO’s Phil Spector Project (Actor Who’s Playing Spector Has One of His Own)

An Oscar winner has been tapped to replace Bette Midler in HBO’s telefilm project about music producer Phil Spector, reports Deadline.com. The role will be taken over by Helen Mirren. As previously reported, Midler pulled out of the biopic project…

Comcast’s Universal, Which Announced with Much Fanfare in September a Huge, Unprecedented Feature Film/TV Project To Bring Stephen King’s Multiple Novel Series ‘The Dark Tower’ to Life with Ron Howard at the Helm, Has Pulled the Plug on the Project

Reports Mike Fleming at Deadline.com, "Universal has passed on going forward with the project, dealing a huge blow [to] the plan for Ron Howard to direct Akiva Goldsman’s script, with Brian Grazer, Goldsman and the author producing and Javier Bardem starring…

More Turnover at ‘Law & Order: SVU’ as Another Star Leaves the Show

Following the exit of Christopher Meloni, another of the stars of NBC’s "Law & Order: SVU" has announced that he’s leaving the show, reports TVLine.com. In a live tweet for the USA Network "L&O: SVU" marathon, B.D. Wong said, "I…

Whistleblower in Phone-Hacking Scandal Found Dead

A former News of the World journalist who blew the whistle on the phone-hacking scandal was found dead today at his home in the U.K., the Daily Mail reports. “Sean Hoare’s body was found on a extraordinary day when a…

VH1 Picks Up Scripted Show for Another Season

VH1 has renewed a scripted show for a second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series is the cable net’s first hourlong scripted show, “Single Ladies,” from executive producer Queen Latifah. The dramedy stars Stacey Dash, LisaRaye McCoy and…