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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.

Daughter of Michael Jackson Has a Strong Reaction to Casting of White Actor to Play Her Father

The casting of a white actor to play pop icon Michael Jackson has riled up social media, with Jackson’s family among those reacting strongly to the decision. The fuss is over the casting of Joseph Fiennes to play the singer…

Series With 76 Primetime Emmy Nominations in the Past Five Years Picked Up for Two More Seasons

A drama series that has already chalked up a ton of awards hardware will have a chance to bring home some more. FX announced today that it has ordered two more cycles of the anthology series “American Horror Story.” The…

‘Game of Thrones’ Mainstay Expected to Join ‘Avengers’ Movie Franchise

An actor who has been a fixture throughout the run of “Game of Thrones” is in talks for a key role in the upcoming Marvel feature “Avengers: Infinity War.” Variety reports that Peter Dinklage, who stars as Tyrion Lannister on…

This Is Not Your Parents’ ‘CHiPs’ — Here’s What the New Version Is All About

For fans of the old NBC cop show “CHiPs,” a new adaptation of the series, which opens in theaters March 24, may not be quite how you remember the show. The new feature version, a comedy starring Dax Shepard and Michael…

Tanya Tucker Hospitalized, Tour Dates Postponed

Country star Tanya Tucker, known for her huge 1972 hit “Delta Dawn,” has been hospitalized after fracturing a vertebra and injuring a rib when she fell while on her current tour. The AP reports that Tucker, 58, rescheduled three tour…

Fallon’s Star-Studded Golden Globes Cold Open Goes Viral — Here It Is

The celebrity-filled opening segment for Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony has been a big hit online in the days since the awards fest, chalking up more than 5 million views on YouTube. The bit features ceremony host Jimmy Fallon surrounded by…

San Diego Chargers Make It Official: They’re Moving to L.A.

The San Diego Chargers announced today that they will make the move they’ve been rumored to be making: relocating to Los Angeles. The team, which will be known initially as the Los Angeles Chargers — although a name change is…

Fox Releases Trailers for New Programs — Watch Them Now

Fox has quite a bit of new programming ready to begin rolling out on the network starting next month, and the network has begun posting new trailers for the shows. Below are new clips for “Shots Fired,” “APB” and “Prison Break.”…

Why Willie Nelson Wants Loretta Lynn to Get High

In case you hadn’t heard, legendary outlaw country singer Willie Nelson smokes pot, and now he wants another country music legend, Loretta Lynn, to smoke it too. The AP reports that Nelson talked about his friend Lynn during an interview…

Orion Television Announces New Nationally Syndicated Daytime Strip, ‘Couples Court,’ to Debut Fall 2017

Press release from Orion Television, Jan. 12, 2017: Orion Television, a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., will premiere Couples Court, a new syndicated, half-hour, year-round weekday strip from David Armour, the creator and executive producer of Orion’s first syndicated daytime court…