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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.

Actor Kills Himself on Facebook Live

An aspiring actor broadcast his suicide this week on Facebook Live. The Mercury News reports that Frederick Jay Bowdy, 33, was found dead Monday morning in a car parked on a street in North Hollywood. Bowdy had reportedly shot himself…

Shia LaBeouf Arrested at Anti-Trump Installation

Actor, filmmaker and performance artist Shia LaBeouf, known for his work in feature films including “Disturbia” and, to younger audiences, for his run as Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel show “Even Stevens” in the early 2000s, was arrested this…

‘Bad Lip Reading’ Video From Inauguration Goes Viral — Clip Purports to Reveal What Trump, Obama and Other D.C. Bigwigs Were Saying

A clip revealing what the politicos attending the presidential inauguration were “really saying” during the event — mocking Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others — is getting a lot of attention online. After being posted Wednesday, the “Bad…

CBS Shuffles Tonight’s Schedule, Books Mary Tyler Moore Special

CBS moved around some of its prime-time programming to make room tonight for “Mary Tyler Moore: Love Is All Around,” a one-hour special on the legendary actress. Moore died Wednesday at age 80. “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King will…

ABC Set to Air Special on Mary Tyler Moore

ABC announced that it will explore the childhood, career and personal struggles of Mary Tyler Moore in a special installment of ABC News’ “20/20” to air Friday, Jan. 27. Moore died Wednesday at age 80. The special is titled “Mary…

‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Marathon Set

An all-day marathon of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” has been scheduled for this weekend, following the death Wednesday of the show’s iconic star at age 80. SundanceTV announced plans for the programming event, which will run Saturday, Jan. 28,…

44th Daytime Emmys: Two TV Veterans to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced today that it will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Mary Hart and Harry Friedman. Hart, the longtime host of “Entertainment Tonight,” will be honored on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at the 44th…

Director and TV Creator Joss Whedon Blasted for Comment About Ivanka Trump

Joss Whedon, the creator of hit TV series including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and director of “Avengers” superhero movies, is getting backlash after likening Ivanka Trump, the daughter of Donald Trump, to a dog. Whedon, an outspoken Trump critic, posted a…

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ to Become a Video Game — Why Coppola Says Now Is the Time

Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War epic “Apocalypse Now” is about to be adapted into a video game, and Coppola has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the project. Coppola says he wants to reach a new…

Elon Musk Has a Plan to Combat Traffic in L.A.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who has demonstrated his penchant for large-scale innovation as founder and CEO of SpaceX and co-founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, among other projects, has a plan to deal with the persistent problem of traffic…