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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.

Ronda Rousey Lands Role on Broadcast Drama

Ronda Rousey, who earned the nickname “Rowdy” during a career as a mixed martial artist and wrestler, will play a recurring role during season three of the Fox drama series “9-1-1,” Deadline reports. Rousey will play new firefighter Lena Bosko…

NASCAR Star Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Fiery Plane Crash

Stock car racing star Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife and daughter were on board a plane that crashed today in Tennessee, with all of the family members surviving the crash. The New York Post reports that Earnhardt’s plane went…

‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’ Announces Live Democratic Presidential Primary Debate Coverage on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 11 p.m. Eastern

Press release from Comedy Central, Aug. 15, 2019: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be live on Thursday, September 12, providing instant analysis and late night’s earliest commentary about the Democratic Party’s third round of presidential primary debates. As…

Market Meltdown Hits Media Stocks

Media stock prices tumbled Wednesday along with the rest of the market as the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its biggest one-day loss of the year, MarketWatch reports. The DJIA lost 800 points “after data showed world economic growth slowing…

Ernest Hemingway Book Being Developed Into a TV Series by His Granddaughter, Actress Mariel Hemingway

Actress Mariel Hemingway, whose grandfather was the iconic author Ernest Hemingway, is developing his memoir “A Moveable Feast” as a TV series, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The project from Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, which is described as a…

Top Investor Hints at Lawsuit Over CBS-Viacom Merger

The largest independent holder of voting stock in CBS Corp. and Viacom apparently was less than enthusiastic about news this week that the two companies were merging. Mario Gabelli sent out a tweet Tuesday afternoon, which you can see below,…

NBC Expands Order for Series

One NBC series continues to see its episode orders grow with each successive season. The network upped its order for season three of the comedic drama series “Good Girls” by three episodes, extending the season order to 16 episodes, Variety…

Suspect Arrested After Allegedly Being Caught on Tape Punching Andy Dick

A man who is allegedly seen on a video clip violently punching comedian Andy Dick was arrested in New Orleans, The New York Post’s Page Six reports. David Hale, 46, was booked on charges of second-degree battery and simple battery,…

Discovery to Offer Localized OTT Ad Inventory

Discovery Inc. is partnering with a localized digital advertising solutions company to offer premium local-market OTT inventory ad sales in the U.S. MediaPost reports that Discovery has partnered with Gamut for the initiative. “Cox Media Group-owned Gamut will have access…

NBC Adapting 1985 Cult Classic for TV

In one of its first buys of the pitch season, NBC is developing an adaptation of the 1985 feature film “St. Elmo’s Fire,” Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline. “Written by ‘Drop Dead Diva’ creator Josh Berman, the updated ‘St. Elmo’s…