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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.

Thursday Night Ratings: Again, an ABC New Show Scores; Also, ‘Grey’s Beats Competition

ABC’s well-promoted new "FlashForward" beat "Survivor:Samoa," and "Grey’s Anatomy" beat both "CSI" and "The Mentalist" in the key 18-49 demo. All the details are here at TVByTheNumbers.com. –Chuck Ross

Mayweather vs. Marquez Bout Scores Big for HBO

HBO PPV had a major score with last Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout, drawing over one million pay-per-view buys, according to Multichannel News. Mayweather’s defeat of Marquez was the first boxing match to log over a million…

Video: MacKenzie Phillips’ Bombshell Accusations on ‘Oprah’

TBS Cancels ‘The Bill Engvall Show’

TBS has cancelled "The Bill Engvall Show," according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The family comedy had a three year, 30-episode run for the cable net, starring comedian Bill Engvall and sitcom vet Nancy Travers. — Allison J. Waldman

NBC Uses Mock 911 Calls to Promote New Series ‘Trauma’

 NBC is using mock 911 calls in a series of radio ads to promote the Monday launch of “Trauma,” reports The Hollywood Reporter. The ads, running in two-minute blocks on radio stations in the top 13 markets, feature a fake…

Survey: Guess Which Cable News Channel is the Most Trusted (Hint: It’s the Same One Respondents Said was the Least Trusted)

Talk about your mixed signals. In its third annual "Trust and Satisfaction with the National News Media" survey, Sacred Heart University found that Fox News was both the most trusted and least trusted news source, reports James Hibberd on his Live…

It’s All About the Pedigree: ABC TV Show Being Developed by Writers of ‘500 Days of Summer’ and Director of ‘Wedding Crashers’

ABC is developing a new romantic comedy called "Friends With Benefits," from the writers and the director of some major theatrical movies. The single-camera show, about the dating life of a group of twentysomethings, comes from Imagine TV and is…

Jennifer (Dr. Allison Cameron) Morrison is Leaving ‘House’

Jennifer Morrison is the first member of the original cast of "House" to be leaving the show, EW’s Michael Ausiello reports on his The Ausiello Files blog. She plays Dr. Allison Cameron. According to the report, "Neither Fox nor Morrison’s…

‘Hawthorne’ Gets New Showrunner

Glen Mazzara, executive producer of TNT’s nurse drama "Hawthorne," was named showrunner for the upcoming second season, replacing creator/executive producer John Masius, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the report, Masius, who will continue as exec producer, wanted the change…

Fox Developing Animated Comedy about Airline Employees, Co-Written by ‘The Office’ Writer

Fox made a script commitment for an animated comedy called "Sky Jockeys," about the adventures of airline employees, from RDF and UKTV, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show, written by the U.K.’s Anil Gupta ("The Office") and Richard Pinto ("Mutual…