Chuck Ross

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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.

Steve Capus Out as Executive Producer of ‘CBS Evening News’ as Network Names Successor

CBS News has named a new executive producer of its flagship “CBS Evening News,” replacing Steve Capus. Variety reports that Mosheh Oinounou will take the post. “In Oinounou, CBS News has a producer whose experience matches that of CBS News…

James Franco’s Accusers Detail Allegations Against the Actor in Appearance on ‘GMA’

Two women who have accused actor James Franco of sexual impropriety appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to detail allegations against him. The women, Violet Paley and Sarah Tither-Kaplan, were interviewed by Amy Robach. Here’s the video …

Controversial Ballplayer Joins ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ Broadcast Team

A former Major League Baseball player who is known not only as one of the best ballplayers of all time but also as one of the most controversial has joined the broadcast team for ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball.” ESPN announced…

Hollywood’s Oldest Working Actress Dies at 105

An actress who chalked up more than 140 film and TV credits over the course of a long career, becoming known as the oldest working actress in Hollywood, has died. Deadline reports that Connie Sawyer died peacefully at her home…

Two TV Journalists Subpoenaed About an Interview They Did

Two television journalists are fighting a grand jury subpoena issued over a prison interview with Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight. The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq., reports that Nora Donaghy and William Erb, documentary filmmakers working as producers for…

CBS Unveils Celebrity Judges, Mentor and Final Roster of Competitors for ‘MVP: Most Valuable Performer’

With the Super Bowl teams now determined, the final roster for the CBS competition special “MVP: Most Valuable Performer” has been locked in, along with the roster of celebrity judges and celebrity mentor. CBS announced today that Katharine McPhee, Maz…

‘Grazing in the Grass’ Trumpeter Hugh Masekela Dead at 78 — He Was Lauded Both for His Music and for His Opposition to Apartheid

Hugh Masekela, the South African trumpeter and unlikely pop star who received a shout-out from Eric Burdon & the Animals in their 1967 rock opus “Monterey,” has died. The legendary musician, who became recognized as the Father of South African…