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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.

Cause of Death Determined for Garry Shandling

An autopsy report has revealed the cause of death for comedian Garry Shandling. Released more than nine months after his death, the report says Shandling died from pulmonary thrombosis, E! News reports. “The report further specifies that a blood clot…

Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia of ‘Star Wars,’ Dead at 60

Actress and author Carrie Fisher, fondly remembered as Princess Leia of the “Star Wars” movies, has died. Entertainment Weekly confirms that Fisher died today after suffering a heart attack Friday on a flight from London to Los Angeles. She was…

A Look Back at the TV Stars We’ve Lost This Year

A list of the celebrities who died in the past year includes some of television’s most familiar faces — Patty Duke, Florence Henderson, Garry Shandling, Robert Vaughn, Abe Vigoda, Morley Safer, William Schallert, Ken Howard, John McLaughlin, Doris Roberts, Alan…

‘Live With Kelly’ Announces Co-Hosts for Next Week — and the Top Contenders for the Permanent Spot Are Ranked

Kelly Ripa’s morning chat show “Live with Kelly” announced the guest hosts for the week of Jan. 2, with Chris Hardwick landing a three-day stint as co-host alongside Ripa. But Hardwick isn’t among the personalities in a new ranking of…

A Holiday Classic — Which NBC Just Aired in Prime Time for the 42nd Time — Surges 25% in the Ratings Over Last Year

NBC noticed while it was spinning the numbers on some of its holiday programming that its Christmas Eve broadcast of the Frank Capra-Jimmy Stewart holiday chestnut “It’s a Wonderful Life” delivered quite a few eyeballs. The movie scored a 1.0…

Bryan Cranston Returns as Walter White — Here’s the Clip

A new video clip — watch it below — has “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston in a dual role as the protective dad he plays in the new movie “Why Him?” along with his “Breaking Bad” meth kingpin Walter White….

Statement from A&E Network on ‘Escaping the KKK’

Press release from A&E, Dec. 24, 2016: The documentary ‘Escaping the KKK’ was intended to serve as a close look at anti-hate extractors focused on helping people leave the Ku Klux Klan – the racist hate group with a long…

A&E Update on KKK Documentary Series

Press release from A&E, Dec. 23, 2016: Building upon the pre-existing partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the country’s oldest and largest Jewish civil rights organization, A&E Network has announced an expansion of their commitment to exposing hate through new…

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Tops Last Year’s Christmas Eve Showing by 25%

Press release from NBC, Dec. 26, 2016: Saturday Primetime Results: A Christmas Eve encore of “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1.0/4 in 18-49, 4.5 million viewers overall from 8-11 p.m. ET): Jumps +67% versus the movie’s earlier telecast this season in…

Pop Superstar George Michael Dies at 53

“Singer George Michael has died at the age of 53, his publicist has said,” reports the BBC. The story continues, “The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and continued his success as a solo performer, is…