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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.

New Cable Channel Brewing from ‘Idol’ Host Seacrest, CAA and AEG

Ryan Seacrest, the host of "American Idol," is in talks with talent agency CAA and entertainment company AEG about creating a new cable network, reports James Hibberd and Kim Masters in the Hollywood Reporter. The channel would focus on music,…

WPIX-TV Ousts Kaity Tong and Jim Watkins From Posts, Creates Deskless Role for New Anchor in Major Shuffle at the New York City Station

Longtime anchors Kaity Tong and Jim Watkins have been bumped from their posts as WPIX-TV–owned by Tribune and affiliated with the CW–has created a deskless role for its new 10 p.m. anchor, Jodi Applegate, reports the New York Daily News. Tong will now…

FX Renews Series–Its Highest-Rated Show Ever–for Fourth Season

Over at FX, its highest-rated show ever draws about 5 million viewers a week. So the show, "Sons of Anarchy," has been picked up for its fourth season with a 13-episode order, reports Michael Ausiello at EW.com. According to the…

‘Hawaii Five-O’ Producer Wants Original ‘Danno’ for Cameo on CBS Drama

"Hawaii Five-O" executive producer Peter Lenkov has a goal for the remake of the classic television show: to persuade James MacArthur, 72, who played the original "Danno," to appear in a cameo on the CBS show, reports EW.com’s The Hollywood…

Lesbian Teen Who Sued School District Over Barring Her From Prom to Become Subject of ABC Family TV Movie

Mississippi high school student Constance McMillen, the lesbian student who sued her school district after it blocked her from attending the prom because she wanted to bring her girlfriend, will become the focus of an ABC Family television movie, reports…

Didn’t They Watch ‘Dallas’? Citigroup Gets Hit With $11.6 Million Ruling in Favor of J.R. Ewing, er, Larry Hagman

On "Dallas," nobody got the better of oilman J.R. Ewing. And in real life, the actor who played him, Larry Hagman, had similar success in a lawsuit against Citigroup, reports the New York Times’ DealBook blog. Hagman won $11.6 million…

Disney/ESPN Signs Major Carriage Deal with Verizon’s FiOS

"Verizon FiOS will become the third affiliate for ESPN’s college football highlights/scoring channel and will add ESPN 3D to its roster next year as part of a new comprehensive, carriage pact," reports our good friend Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News….

Max Weinberg, Drummer for Springsteen and Conan, Reveals Recent Open Heart Surgery Which Weinberg Descibes as ‘Massively Invasive’ And One Reason He Wanted To Stay on the East Coast and Not Join Conan Out in L.A. For His Upcoming TBS Show

Max Weinberg, the drummer in Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, and the leader of Conan O’Brien’s band for all the years Conan’s been on the air, has revealed that he’s recently had open heart surgery that Weinberg describes as "massively invasive,"…

The Meaning, If Any, Of the Cast of ‘Glee’ Surpassing the Beatles on the Number of Singles They’ve Gotten on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart

What is the significance of the news, reported earlier today, that the cast of "Glee" has now surpassed the Beatles with the numbers of singles they’ve has listed on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart? The analysis of Kyle Anderson at the…

Big Changes Coming to the Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon Next Year

The annual Labor Day Jerry Lewis telethon to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is undergoing a major change for 2011, reports the AP. Instead of the 20-plus-hour grind that has characterized the event throughout its history, the 2011…