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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.

Here’s an Easy One: What Was the Most Pirated TV Series of 2016?

The annual year-end report is out on which TV shows were the most heavily pirated during the year, and for the fifth consecutive year, the “winner” is HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” TorrentFreak, which monitors downloading on BitTorrent sites, notes that…

What’s in Store for ‘Doctor Who’? BBC America Provides a Few Clues

The eagerly awaited return of BBC America’s “Doctor Who” is on track for this spring, and the cable network has released a first-look trailer that provides some clues to the direction the show is headed. This will be season 10 for…

‘Mulan,’ ‘Pocahontas’ and Other Disney Favorites Move to Hulu

Streaming service Hulu and The Walt Disney Studios signed their first licensing agreement, bringing Disney favorites including “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Mulan,” “Pocahontas,” “Hercules,” “Sister Act” and “Air Bud” to Hulu. “The new multi-year deal grants the streaming service the…

Millions of Us Were Enchanted by His Tale of Rabbits: Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96

“Richard Adams, the British novelist who became one of the world’s best-selling authors with his first book, ‘Watership Down,’ a tale of rabbits whose adventures in a pastoral realm of epic perils explored Homeric themes of exile, courage and survival,…

Cable Net Pulls the Plug on Controversial Documentary

A TV documentary series that created a ton of buzz when it was announced — with much of that buzz being negative — now will not be going forward. A&E announced Saturday that it has scrapped its high-profile project focusing…

Disney’s Iger on the Death of Carrie Fisher

Robert A. Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Co., responded to the death of actress and writer Carrie Fisher with an official statement, saying: “Carrie Fisher was one-of-a-kind, a true character who shared her talent and her truth…

Netflix Renews Comedy Series

Netflix has ordered another season of a comedy series that bowed on the streaming service earlier this year. The company announced a third-season pickup for “Fuller House,” an update on the long-running ABC comedy “Full House” that aired in the…

Actor and Comedian Dead at 54

An actor and comedian who landed his first movie roles in the mid-1990s and went on to find steady work both on television and in features has died. The Los Angeles Times reports that Ricky Harris died Monday at 54….

Jay Leno Reaches Out to Victim of Ticket Scam

After a fan got ripped off trying to buy tickets to see a comedy concert by Jay Leno, the longtime late-night host made a gesture to try to turn the incident into a nice holiday surprise for the fan. TimesTelegram.com…

Suspect in Custody After Actress Is Found Dead

A suspect who reportedly drove around with the body of an actress in her car was taken into custody in connection with her death. People reports that Tricia McCauley was found dead a little more than a day after she…