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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.

Wife of ESPN Legend Chris Berman Killed in Collision

The wife of veteran ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman was killed Tuesday afternoon in a traffic collision in Connecticut. “Katherine Ann Berman, 67, and another driver, Edward Bertulis, died in the two-car crash in Woodbury,” The New York Post reports. “Chris…

Reporter Arrested While Trying to Question Trump Cabinet Member

A reporter was arrested and held in jail for eight hours Tuesday in an incident in which he was attempting to ask questions of Tom Price, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, The New York Times…

CNN’s Anderson Cooper Grills Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway on Firing of FBI Director Comey — ‘That Makes No Sense’; Here’s the Contentious Interview

CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway got into it over Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, with Cooper commenting that the rationale for the action “makes no sense.” Here’s the contentious interview, posted by CNN …

‘Dance Moms’ Star Reveals What She Will Be Doing in Prison — and Her Unexpected Attitude

Soon after being sentenced to just over a year in federal prison in her fraud case Tuesday, Abby Lee Miller, the star of Lifetime’s “Dance Moms,” was “pretty upbeat,” TMZ.com reports. “Miller’s got a way better attitude about prison life…

FXX Orders Adult Animated Comedy Series From Marvel

The cable network FXX has placed a series order with Marvel Television and FX Productions for the untitled Marvel’s Deadpool series, an animated adult action-comedy TV series adaptation of the hit Marvel character Deadpool, it was announced jointly today by…

Six Former ‘Daily Show’ Personalities Reunite: Here’s the Video

A reunion of veterans of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” took place last night featuring Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Samantha Bee, Ed Helms and Rob Corddry, along with former “Daily Show” correspondent Stephen Colbert, who hosted the event on CBS’s…

Miley Cyrus Sets High-Profile TV Debut for Her New Single

Miley Cyrus will deliver the premiere TV performance of her eagerly anticipated new single to a worldwide audience at the upcoming “2017 Billboard Music Awards.” dick clark productions and ABC announced the upcoming performance of the Cyrus track “Malibu” today….

Award-Winning Vocal Sensation Jennifer Hudson on Board as Coach for Fall 2017 of ‘The Voice’

Press release from NBC, May 10, 2017: Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson will join Miley Cyrus, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton as a coach on season 13 of NBC’s three-time Emmy Award-winning…

Fox’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Canceled After Four Seasons

“‘Sleepy Hollow’ isn’t gonna wake up next fall. Fox has canceled the supernatural drama after four seasons.” So writes our good friend James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly. “The series was a break-out hit its first year and instantly made a star…

Former CEO of The WB to Head Multimedia Company

A longtime media executive who was among the key players at The WB has a new job as CEO of the multimedia company Awesomeness. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Jordan Levin, who has recently spent a couple of…