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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.

Larry King In Talks for Another Cable TV Job

Larry King’s next gig will apparently be another cable television job, the New York Post’s Page Six reports. The former CNN host is in talks to become a regular contributor to Comedy Central’s "Daily Show with Jon Stewart," according to…

Shocker! Joe Uva, President and CEO of Univision, Leaving Company

Joe Uva, the president and CEO of Univision, is leaving the company, Univision has announced. According to the announcement, Uva "has informed the Board of Directors that he has chosen not to renew his employment agreement in order to be…

Most Famous ‘Survivor’ Back to Jail for Another Nine Months

The most famous player of CBS’s "Survivor" is back in trouble with the law and will be returning to prison, reports The Hollywood Reporter. It’s Richard Hatch, whose trouble still stems from failing to pay taxes when he won a million dollars…

More Problems for ‘The Kennedys’. Three Weeks Left Before Show’s Airing and No Major Advertisers Have Been Signed to Advertise During the Miniseries

Major advertisers are known for shying away from controversy, something "The Kennedys" miniseries is finding out first-hand,reports The Hollywood Reporter. With three weeks left before the show’s April 3 premiere, ReelzChannel has failed to line up any major sponsors, the…

ABC Comedy Casts ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Star

ABC’s comedy pilot "Suburgatory" has cast a Curb Your Enthusiasm " star in a starring role,reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Cheryl Hines will be in the pilot, which focuses on a New York City woman who moves to a suburban development, only to…

Marking its Return to TV After More than 30 Years, ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ Set to Debut New Episodes

The English period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs," which set the reputation of PBS’ "Masterpiece Theater" and before going off the air in 1977, is set to return with three new episodes, reports the Los Angeles Times. The series will pick up…

Do Those Pledge Drives on PBS Seem Longer to You? That’s Because They Are

 If it seems that the pledge drive on your local PBS station never ends, that might be because PBS member stations are devoting more on-air time to raising money, reports our good friend Elizabeth Jensen in the New York Times….

Blaming Visual Effects, Fox Pushes Back ‘Terra Nova’ Debut from May Until the Fall

Blaming ambitious visual effects, Fox is pushing back its prehistoric drama "Terra Nova" from a May debut until the fall, reports TVLine.com. The show was originally scheduled to premiere with a two-night sneak peak in May, the story notes. It’s…

On Debut Weekend of iPad 2, Apple May Have Sold as Many as 500,000 of the Devices. Plus Short Movie Edited on iPad 2

On the debut weekend the iPad 2 went on sale, Apple may have sold as many as 500,000 of the devices, reports Bloomberg, citing an estimate from Piper Jaffray Cos. analyst Gene Munster. Munster’s team contacted stores run by Apple,…

Clang ,Clang, Clang Went the Trolley. Ding, Ding, Ding Went the Bell. Stop, Stop, Stop Go Our Heartstrings: Composer of ‘The Trolley Song’ Dies. Also Wrote Other Classics, Including One of the Most Popular Christmas Songs

Hugh Martin, the music composer and sometimes lyricist,  died Friday, March 11, 2011, at age 96. The cause of death was not given, according to Spinner.com, which added that Martin died at his home in Encinitas, Calif., near San Diego….