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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.

Ellen DeGeneres Fires Back After Taking Heat for Friendship With Former President

Daytime talk host Ellen DeGeneres has been under fire since she was seen over the weekend sitting next to former President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game. As DeGeneres put it when she discussed the controversy Tuesday on…

Fox News Drops Contributor

Fox News Channel pulled the plug on its relationship with a former U.S. congressman who has been working as a contributor for the channel. Deadline reports that FNC dropped former Rep. Trey Gowdy, a Republican from South Carolina, following reports…

ABC News Names New Co-Anchor for ‘World News Now,’ ‘America This Morning’

The ABC News programs “World News Now” and “America This Morning” have a new co-anchor, with ABC News naming Kenneth Moton for the job. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Moton, who was formerly with that city’s WFTV Channel 9, joins…

The Gronk Moves to Broadcast Booth

Former NFL great Rob Gronkowski — aka “The Gronk” — is moving into the broadcast booth after retiring from football earlier this year. Fox Sports announced today that Gronkowski, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots, will…

‘Bachelor’ Star Hospitalized

In what’s being called a “freak accident,” the star of ABC’s “The Bachelor” was hospitalized and received 22 stitches on his face, according to media reports. People magazine reports that Peter Weber is “doing fine and back on track in…

ViacomCBS Names New Top Lobbyist; CBS Veteran to Depart

The man who has been the top lobbyist for CBS as executive VP of global government affairs since 2013 will exit the company upon completion of the Viacom-CBS merger, Variety reports. John Orlando is headed out, with Viacom veteran DeDe…

Man Charged in Death of TV Director

A man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a television director — a killing that has been considered a cold case. “The district attorney’s office in Los Angeles said Tuesday that 53-year-old Edwin Jerry Hiatt…

CBS Hit With Discrimination Lawsuit

As CBS moves ahead with plans to reunite with Viacom, the company was hit with a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by its former director of international treasury, Deadline reports. The complaint, filed Monday in federal court, seeks more than…

He Was a Fixture on TV Since the 1960s — Comedian Dead at 88

A comedian who was a regular on television variety shows going back to his appearances on “Ed Sullivan” in the early 1960s has died. Rip Taylor died Sunday, according to media reports. He was 88. Taylor reportedly died at Cedars-Sinai…

CBS Producing Short-Form ’60 Minutes’

CBS is creating a new news program designed to deliver the “60 Minutes” brand of storytelling in a short form. The network is partnering with Quibi on “60 in 6,” from the producers of “60 Minutes.” Each episode will run…