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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.

CBS Licenses Shows to Netflix

Netflix and CBS Corp. have announced that they have reached an agreement to let the online service provide streaming versions of CBS shows to its customers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The shows consist mainly of older CBS library titles,…

Elisabeth Murdoch to Join News Corp. Board After Purchase of Her TV Production Company Shine

Elisabeth Murdoch will join her brothers, James and Lachlan, on the News Corp. board once her father’s company completes its $673.5 million purchase of her U.K.-based production company, Shine, reports the New York Post. It marks a return of Elisabeth…

Daytona 500 Grabs Eyeballs

Fox’s Sunday afternoon broadcast of the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s first major race of the year, was the most watched NASCAR event in three years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. An average of 15.6 million total viewers tuned in, a 17%…

Tight Three-Way Race in Monday Ratings

With the CBS lineup slipping in the Nielsen overnights from a week ago, Monday’s ratings race turned into a three-way battle between CBS, ABC and Fox, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC came away with a slim victory over CBS in the adults…

Kiefer Sutherland Closes Deal to Return to TV; Separately, Minnie Driver Signs for a CBS Pilot

Kiefer Sutherland, who became a major TV star during the run of "24," "has closed a deal to star in the Fox drama pilot ‘Touch,’ from ‘Heroes’ creator Tim Kring," Deadline.com reports. The pilot is produced by 20th Century Fox TV and Chernin…

Bankrupt Blockbuster, the Movie Rental Chain, Agrees to Be Bought for $290 Million

"Blockbuster Inc., the bankrupt movie rental chain, agreed to be bought by a group of debt holders for as much as $290 million as part of a bankruptcy auction," Bloomberg reports. The report continues, "The Dallas-based company said the bid…

Report: Apple’s New iPad Version May Be Delayed

Apple’s new version of its iPad tablet computer may be delayed, reports Bloomberg. Instead of being ready in April, the new tablet may become a June bride, the report says. Citing a report from analysts at Yuanta Securities Co., the…

Popcorn Rage: Argument in Movie Theater Leads to Man Getting Shot to Death

A 43 year-old-man attending a showing of "The Black Swan" in Latvia was shot and killed on Saturday after asking "a particularly loud popcorn-munching member of the audience to keep it down," the New York Daily News reports. According to…

Actor Who Plays Lucius Malfoy Signs on for NBC Pilot

After receiving more than a half-dozen offers, actor Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" movies,  has signed on for the lead role in an NBC drama pilot, reports Deadline.com. Isaacs will also serve as a producer…

Unusual Job Listing Fuels More Speculation That Apple Will Get Into the TV Set Business

An unusual job listing on Apple’s Website again raises the question of whether the company is getting into the television manufacturing business, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The job listing, for an "AC/DC power supply design engineer," says that the…