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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.

Country Singer Luke Bryan Caught on Video in Altercation With Fan During Concert — Here’s the Clip

Singer Luke Bryan got into it with a concert goer Wednesday night while Bryan was performing at Charlie Daniels’ all-star Volunteer Jam in Nashville. The video appears to show a man near the front of the audience “flipping the bird”…

Creator of the Big Mac Dies — Here’s the Backstory on the Iconic Burger

The creator of the McDonald’s Big Mac, one of the most iconic burgers in the history of the food industry, has died. The New York Times reports that Jim Delligatti died Monday at his home in Fox Chapel, Pa. He…

Movie Patrons Must Now Stand While the National Anthem Is Played at Theaters, Rules the Supreme Court of One of the World’s Most Populous Countries

Theaters have been given 10 days to comply with a new order that they play the national anthem of India in theaters nationwide. The New York Times reports that the order follows a ruling Wednesday by India’s Supreme Court. The anthem…

FX Greenlights ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Spinoff

FX has given the green light to a spinoff from its wildly popular motocycle club drama “Sons of Anarchy.” The cable channel announced plans today to produce a pilot for “Mayans MC.” The pilot will be co-written and produced by “Sons”…

GroupM Seeks to Change How Advertisers Pay for TV

The influential media buyer GroupM, which administers the spending of about $30 billion from blue-chip marketers such as Unilever and Anheuser-Busch InBev, wants to change the way the TV ad business works, according to a report by Brian Steinberg in…

Canadian Police Threaten to Force Drunk Drivers to Listen to This Much-Maligned Band

Police in Canada have come up with an innovative way to punish people who are accused of driving while drunk: Make them listen to Nickelback, a Canadian rock band that has been widely panned by music critics and has been…

‘Hamilton’ Creator Embarks on Movie and TV Fantasy Project

The creator of the Broadway hit “Hamilton” has an ambitious follow-up project in the works, adapting the fantasy trilogy “The Kingkiller Chronicle” for a film franchise and TV series. The AP reports that Lin-Manuel Miranda will serve as a producer…

Jamie Foxx Producing TV Series on Music Legend

A legendary singer who met a violent end is the focus of a new TV series with Jamie Foxx executive producing. The series is about Motown star Marvin Gaye, who was shot to death by his father in 1984. Gaye…

PBS Announces Midseason Schedule

Press release from PBS, Dec. 1, 2016: PBS unveiled today a strong 2017 winter/spring season lineup that includes the January 15 premiere of the seven-part drama “Victoria” on MASTERPIECE (watch the trailer) about the early years and fraught relationships of…

FX Revs Up Pilot for the Next Chapter in the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Saga, ‘Mayans MC’

Press release from FX, Dec. 1, 2016: For seven seasons, Kurt Sutter’s award-winning Sons of Anarchy was the highest-rated ongoing drama series in FX history. Now, Sutter returns to that world with Mayans MC, a drama series pilot for FX…