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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.

Church of Scientology Slams A&E, Cites Network’s Decision to Pull KKK Doc

The Church of Scientology, which has been the focus of the sharply critical A&E docuseries “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” has plenty to say about the network’s cancellation of a planned series on the Ku Klux Klan. As we…

Singer George Michael, Who Died on Christmas Day, Was the Prototype for ‘Carpool Karaoke’ — Here’s the Video

Pop singer George Michael, who died Sunday at age 53, worked with James Corden on a video more than five years ago that may have planted the seed for Corden’s successful “Carpool Karaoke” franchise. Michael is seen driving around with…

Debbie Reynolds Is Rushed to the Hospital Just One Day After the Death of Her Daughter, Carrie Fisher

Legendary Hollywood actress Debbie Reynolds was taken to a hospital Wednesday, just one day after her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, died at age 60. TMZ.com reports that Reynolds, 84, suffered a possible stroke. The report notes that Reynolds was listed…

Tony-Winning Actor Dies — He Had Many TV Roles, and Was the Voice of Heat Miser in a Holiday Classic

A character actor who found success on Broadway while also maintaining a career on TV and in film has died. Deadline.com reports: “George S. Irving, a fearless comic actor whose signature smile could turn into a smirk with the perfectly timed…

After Unpleasant Fan Encounter, Pop Star Ariana Grande Declares: ‘I Am Not a Piece of Meat’

Pop singer and former Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande said she felt “sick and objectified” after an encounter she and her boyfriend, Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, had with a fan. Grande took to Twitter this week to replay the incident and…

And the Highest-Grossing Actor of 2016 Is … an Actress!

2016 was a good year at the box office for female stars, not only with the highest-grossing actor of the year being a woman — Scarlett Johansson — but also with three of the five top-grossing actors being women. Forbes,…

Carrie Fisher’s Animated Character to Be Featured on Two Upcoming TV Episodes — But What About the Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie?

Before her death Tuesday at age 60, “Star Wars” heroine Carrie Fisher was doing voice work for the animated Fox show “Family Guy,” where she played Angela in more than 20 episodes, going back to 2005. Two new episodes featuring…

Here’s What Was Left Out of the New ‘Star Wars’ Movie

A new video clip — which carries a spoiler alert for anyone who hasn’t already seen “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — goes into detail about deleted scenes, rejected concepts and other details that didn’t make it into the…

Google Unveils the Most-Searched Entertainment Terms of 2016 — Here Are the No. 1 TV Show, Movie, Celebrity Death, Actor, Actress and More

Google revealed that the No. 1 overall Google search term in the U.S. in 2016 was Powerball, while the most-searched TV show was “Stranger Things” and the top movie in Google searches was “Suicide Squad.” Among actresses, Meghan Markle was…

Why There’s Now a GoFundMe Campaign to ‘Protect Betty White From 2016’

A GoFundMe campaign to “Protect Betty White From 2016” was trending after its launch by a South Carolina man who said he was concerned about the 94-year-old actress’s well-being in a year that has supposedly had an unusually high death…