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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.

NBC’s ‘Today’ Officially Parts Ways With Billy Bush

NBC has made its ouster of Billy Bush from the “Today” show official, with the show’s supervising executive making the announcement today in a note to staffers. Variety reports that Noah Oppenheim, the NBC News senior VP who oversees “Today,”…

Melania Trump Defends Husband’s Role on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape, Says Billy Bush Egged Him On

In a new interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump, discusses the behind-the-scenes “Access Hollywood” tape on which her husband and Billy Bush engage in a lewd conversation about women. In a clip from the…

ABC to Make All Episodes of New Shows Available for Streaming

ABC took a key step today toward making its programming available digitally, rolling out a plan to offer all episodes of this season’s new programs on digital platforms. Here’s the full announcement: ABC will make all episodes of new series…

New CBS Shows Are Off to a Hot Start — Network Ups Its Orders for Three Series

The fall season is off to a hot start at CBS, where three freshman shows received full-season orders today. CBS announced the orders for “Bull,” “Kevin Can Wait” and “MacGyver.” CBS noted in its announcement that the drama series “Bull” is…

‘The Simpsons’ Aired Its 600th Episode Last Night — Only One Other Scripted Prime-Time Series in TV History Had More Episodes … Can You Guess What It Was?

The Fox animated staple “The Simpsons” hit a milestone Sunday night that only one other scripted prime-time show in the history of television has reached. The Fox comedy aired its 600th episode, joining a club that also includes only “Gunsmoke.”…

Read How Much Billy Bush Is Expected to Get From NBC to Go Away

Billy Bush is poised to make out pretty well as he parts ways with NBC. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Bush, whose legal team has been negotiating his exit with brass at NBC News, is likely to…

Mega-Hit Drama Series Renewed

A show that has been one of the biggest success stories on television for the past several years has been picked up for another season just ahead of its season premiere. Variety reports that AMC ordered a 16-episode eighth season…

Fans Walk Out and Boo Amy Schumer Over Her Donald Trump Material

Comedian Amy Schumer rubbed some of the people in her audience the wrong way with her material on Donald Trump. The Tampa Bay Times reports that about 200 people walked out of Schumer’s performance in Tampa after Schumer began lashing…

Trump Lashes Out at ‘SNL’ as the Sketch Show Continues to Feast on the Election — Watch Saturday’s Cold Open Here

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” continues to put the 2016 presidential election front and center, with Saturday’s installment again featuring a cold open parodying the recent Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton debate. One viewer who was not a fan of the bit was…

MTV Developing Series Based on One of Most Famous Sci-Fi Novels of All Time

With one of its signature series winding down, MTV may have its replacement lined up. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable network is developing a series based on H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds.” The news comes…