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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.

UFC Legend Ronda Rousey to Become Full-Time Pro Wrestler

Ronda Rousey, who was once seemingly unbeatable as a UFC fighter and blazed a trail for women in combat sports as the organization’s women’s bantamweight champion, is joining the WWE to become a full-time pro wrestler, ESPN reports. “Rousey made…

Bruno Mars Sweeps Top Categories at Grammys — We Have the Full List of Winners

Bruno Mars had a dominant night at Sunday’s 60th annual Grammy Awards, winning Album of the Year for “24K Magic,” Song of the Year for “That’s What I Like” and Record of the Year for “24K Magic.” Mars also won…

Grammy Ratings Sink to All-Time Low

Viewer numbers for Sunday’s 60th annual Grammy Awards were down significantly from the year-ago totals, with Variety reporting that the broadcast was running 12% below last year’s ceremony in the latest available figures for the key demo of viewers 18-49…

‘SNL’ Dares to Talk About Aziz Ansari

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” waded into the hot-button Aziz Ansari issue on Saturday’s show, featuring a skit with Will Ferrell, Beck Bennett, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kenan Thompson and Heidi Gardner playing a group of friends who struggle with the…

CBS Unveils Celebrity Lineup for Special Edition of ‘Big Brother’

Here’s another chance to debate who should be considered a celebrity and who shouldn’t, as CBS has just taken the wraps off the cast list for “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition.” The show bows Feb. 7-9 with a three-night premiere event….

Oscar-Winning Actor to Play TV’s Mister Rogers

Fred Rogers, the man behind the iconic children’s host Mister Rogers, will be played by two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks. Variety reports that Hanks has signed on for the lead role in TriStar Pictures’ biopic “You Are My Friend.”…

New Network Gets Off to a Strong Start

A new cable network launched this month, and the numbers for the first week show that the Paramount Network appears to be off to a strong start. The Viacom-owned channel, which was previously Spike TV, launched Jan. 18. In an…

Cleveland Indians Pull Controversial Logo Off Uniforms

The MLB Cleveland Indians are distancing themselves from the logo the team has used since 1947 — the iconic, albeit controversial, “Chief Wahoo” symbol. ESPN reports that the team will remove Chief Wahoo from its uniforms starting next year. “However,…

Composer Who Wrote Scores for Mel Brooks’ Most Popular Movies Dies at 91

You probably know his compositions — he scored some of Mel Brooks’ best-loved movies, including “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein.” Composer John Morris died Thursday at his home in Red Hook, N.Y. He was 91. “Morris was Oscar-nominated for co-writing,…

Rising Star Joins ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Project

Freeform, Disney’s young adult network, announced a key casting move today for its new “Pretty Little Liars” project, bringing rising star Sofia Carson (“Descendants”) aboard the drama pilot “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.” Carson will play Ava, a blogger and…