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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.

J-Lo Lands on New NBC Show

Jennifer Lopez will be back on camera on a new NBC program. The former “American Idol” judge will be a judge again, this time on NBC’s competition show “World of Dance.” The network announced previously that Lopes would be an…

Report: Former Fox News Host Turns Down ‘Seven Figures,’ Refuses to Settle Sex Harassment Case

A former Fox News Channel anchor reportedly turned down a seven-figure settlement offer in her sexual harassment case. Variety quotes an attorney for Andrea Tantaros saying she will move forward with allegations of harassment by Roger Ailes and other senior…

Cartoon Character Declared Hate Symbol

A cartoon character has been declared a hate symbol after the character reportedly became a meme and spread virally on social media. The Anti-Defamation League announced Tuesday that it has added “Pepe the Frog” to its online “Hate on Display”…

NBC Is Sued Over Series That’s About to Premiere

NBC has been hit with a lawsuit over a series that it is ready to roll out next week. The AP reports that the producers of the Spanish-language series “El Ministerio del Tiempo” (“The Ministry of Time”) filed a copyright…

New TV Season, Same Old Problem

The new fall TV season comes with the same old problem for the networks. With the numbers in for the first week of the 2016-2017 season, The Los Angeles Times reports that the nets continue to lose ground among younger…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Brings Aboard Broadway Superstar

The NBC late-night sketch show “Saturday Night Live” will have a Broadway superstar in the lineup for the Oct. 8 show when Lin-Manuel Miranda guest-hosts. Miranda is the creator and star of the Broadway smash “Hamilton.” Musical guests that night…

Report: Parent Company of Viacom and CBS Corp. Will Call for a Merger of the Two Companies

Media giants Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp., which split off from each other 10 years ago, may be headed for a reunion. Reuters is reporting that Sumner Redstone’s National Amusements Inc., which controls both companies, is poised to call on…

Top Disney Animation Title to Become Live-Action Movie

Disney will “reimagine” one of its biggest animated features as a live-action project directed by Jon Favreau. The company announced today that it is fast-tracking “The Lion King.” The move follows Favreau’s similar directorial effort  on “The Jungle Book,” which…

‘Mindy Project’ Heads to Cable

The Mindy Kaling comedy series “The Mindy Project” has landed a syndication deal that will place the Hulu series on VH1 and Freeform, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “Under the pact, both networks have scored rights to the first…

Traditional TV Remains Dominant Form of Video Consumption

Traditional television viewing remains the dominant mode of video consumption, far ahead of viewing on PCs, gaming consoles, DVD or Blu-ray and smartphones. That’s the conclusion reported by MediaPost from new research by the Video Advertising Bureau using Nielsen data….