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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.

Celebrities Respond to Trump Victory

A collection of tweets from Hollywood types and other celebrities reacting to Donald Trump’s election night victory was published last night by Deadline.com. The tweets, from Trump’s supporters along with, to a greater extent, those who fiercely opposed his candidacy,…

Can the Media Recover From This Election?

A discussion of how the media handled the presidential election, and what happens now that the election is over, appears in The New York Times, with chief television critic James Poniewozik and media columnist Jim Rutenberg breaking things down. Poniewozik…

While Most of the Polls Had It Wrong, These Two Professors Had Models That Predicted a Trump Victory — One Did It in September, the Other in … February!

A professor using a formula that has proved to be accurate in every presidential election but one since 1912 said all the way back in February that Donald Trump had at least a 97.6% chance of winning the presidency if…

Gadfly Michael Moore Had It Right in July When He Posted ‘5 Reasons Trump Will Win’

Filmmaker and political gadfly Michael Moore was one of the most prominent prognosticators forecasting a win by Donald Trump in the presidential election, including posting an essay back in July under the headline “5 Reasons Trump Will Win.” You can…

Stephen Colbert Explains Why Trump Ran for President

Stephen Colbert opened his live election night special on Showtime with the origin story of the Donald Trump presidency in an animated sketch. Here it is …

Oops! Newsweek Prints Cover With Clinton Named President — See It Now

A special edition of Newsweek showcasing Hillary Clinton as the winner of the presidential election hit the street even before the Election Day voting began. The publication sent out a tweet Monday noting that a licensee of Newsweek had been preparing two…

Alec Baldwin on His Donald Trump Impression: ‘He’s Not Somebody I Admire’

Alec Baldwin offered some insights today into the Donald Trump impression he has been doing on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” The Hollywood Reporter quotes Baldwin saying: “I don’t hate Trump, but he’s not somebody I admire.” Baldwin talked about the…

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Set Up Comedies at Fox and ABC

“Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures has set up two single-camera comedies through Sony Pictures TV, a superhero sidekick-themed project written by Mike Rosolio (‘Lemmings’) at Fox and a project at ABC about the elusive Illuminati society that…

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Reach Custody Agreement

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have come to terms on a custody agreement involving their six children, a rep for Jolie said in a statement released Monday. Variety reports: “All six children will remain in the custody of their mother,…

Friction at Sony: A Key Executive Departs

In what’s being called a sign of unrest at Sony Pictures, one of the film studio’s top executives is leaving the company. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Andrew Gumpert, who has been leading the company’s business affairs group, is exiting…