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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.

Networks Interrupt Programming as Casey Anthony Verdict Comes In; Celebs Take to Twitter to Give Their Reactions

The stunning news of the verdict in the widely covered Casey Anthony murder trial had some networks breaking into their regular programming today, according to The Hollywood Reporter, while cable news networks went into a frenzy analyzing the unexpected acquittal…

Battle of the Fireworks Shows: One Network’s Fourth of July Special Has Most Viewers Since 2000

Two of the Big 3 broadcast networks featured special programming Monday night in honor of the Fourth of July holiday, and when the smoke cleared it was NBC that came away with a pretty big win for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com…

Hitchcock Actress Dies at 73

An actress best known for her role in an Alfred Hitchcock film has died at the age of 73, UPI reported. The daughter of famed television actor Raymond Massey, Anna Massey died Sunday with her husband and son present. The British…

Reality Version of ‘The Great Escape’ Gets High-Profile Production Team

Imagine Television’s Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have enlisted the executive producers of CBS’s "The Amazing Race" to help create TNT’s new reality competition show "The Great Escape," reports TV Guide. The pilot will have contestants placed in the middle…

CBS’s ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Reveals Who the New Governor Will Be

After Jean Smart was killed off as the governor in the season one finale of CBS’s "Hawaii Five-0," a new actor was needed to take over running the state and now we know who it will be, reports TV Guide….

Cowell’s ‘X Factor’ to Get Special Preview Before All-Star Game

On Tuesday, July 12, when Fox presents the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, fans of Simon Cowell will get a special preview of the musical competition show "The X Factor," reports TV Guide. Fox will show a "world premiere…

Paris Hilton Stalker Arrested

A man who has already been barred by a court order from being within 200 yards of Paris Hilton was arrested Monday after he was reportedly seen on the beach in Malibu looking into her home, Reuters reported. James Rainford,…

Comedy Central Sets Charlie Sheen Roast–Which Sheen Says Will Be ‘Epic’–to Air on Same Night as Premiere of Sheen-less ‘Two and a Half Men’

Charlie Sheen is talking about a new sitcom, but his next comedy foray will be as the guest of honor on "The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen," reports Deadline.com. Comedy Central will air the special on Monday, Sept. 19,…

CBS Comes to Terms With Electrical Workers

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and CBS Television have tentatively agreed to a new deal that, if approved, would be in place until January 2015, Deadline.com reported. In a statement, CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves said of the…

Cast Shakeup at ‘Glee’: One Cast Member Is Out, Two Others Get Upgrades

Updated July 5, 2011, 2 p.m., to clarify that Chord Overstreet was not considered a regular during the past season of "Glee." ‘Glee’ is making some cast changes, including cutting one of its main cast members, reports Deadline.com. Meanwhile, two…