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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.

Protesters Disrupt Democratic Debate

Protesters disrupted Wednesday night’s debate among Democratic presidential hopefuls, shouting out slogans and causing the event to be momentarily halted while they were escorted out. Deadline reports that the disruption took place while Sen. Cory Booker was delivering his opening…

Kevin Bacon Reveals What Got Him in Trouble With Airport Security

Actor Kevin Bacon was stopped for a weird reason by airport security agents, who discovered he had a sweet potato in his suitcase. Bacon discussed the incident during an appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.” Here’s the…

Nexstar and Tribune Must Divest Stations to Clear Way for Merger

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it will require Nexstar Media Group and Tribune Media to divest TV stations in 13 markets as a condition of their proposed $6.4 billion merger, TVNewsCheck reports. “The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, along…

Disney Realigns Hulu Scripted Originals

The Hulu Scripted Originals content team is being realigned as Disney, which assumed full operational control of Hulu back in May, moves to integrate development of original scripted drama and comedy programming for the streaming service with Disney’s television resources….

Mario Lopez Walks Back His ‘Ignorant and Insensitive’ Comments

After coming under fire for comments he made during a recent interview, TV personality Mario Lopez distanced himself from the comments about raising transgender children. In a statement, Lopez said: “The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I…

Jeff Daniels Series Greenlighted

A series starring and executive produced by two-time Emmy winner Jeff Daniels received a straight-to-series order from Showtime. Variety reports that the pay-cable channel is moving forward with “Rust,” based on the Philipp Meyer novel “American Rust.” “Now simply titled…

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox Sue to Stop Streaming Service

The big four broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox — joined forces in an effort to stop Locast, which is offered through a free app from a non-profit organization and streams television signals online. The New York Times…

Scorsese Puts the Band Back Together: Here’s What He Has Going With De Niro, Pacino, Keitel, Pesci & Co.

Director Martin Scorsese’s latest project brings back some familiar faces from previous Scorsese work, notably Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel — with Al Pacino on board to boot as the director of “Mean Streets” and “Goodfellas” takes…

Woodstock 50 Officially Canceled

Woodstock 50, the on-again, off-again celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival in 1969, is officially canceled, according to media reports. The festival, originally planned to run three days from Aug. 16-18, was at one time scheduled…

Presidential Candidate Rips CNN’s Don Lemon Over Debate Question

An incident that’s getting a lot of attention from Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential candidates debate took place when CNN’s Don Lemon asked candidate Marianne Williamson what makes her qualified to take on the issue of slavery reparations. You can click…