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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.

Seinfeld May Take His Series to TV — and He Reveals the Joke He Wrote for Obama

Jerry Seinfeld, who is breaking ground with an Emmy-nominated digital show that will put him in direct competition for honors with late-night staples such as Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, drops a number of tantalizing nuggets in a new interview…

Acclaimed Drama Series Renewed

A cable drama that’s currently nominated for five Primetime Emmys was just picked up for another season. Showtime announced the renewal of “Ray Donovan” for season five. The show, which stars Liev Schreiber, has been one of the highest-rated dramas…

The New Trailer for the ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘Rogue One’ Has Already Been Seen About 4 Million Times in Less Than a Day — Watch It Now

A new trailer for the feature film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is off to a hot start online, with the clip already being watched more than 4 million times less than a day after its release. The movie hits…

Yay! After a 20-Year Absence, Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade Is Returning to Disneyland. Now Read the Bad News

For fans of Disney’s venerable Main Street Electrical Parade, there’s good news — and bad news. The good news, Fortune magazine reports, is that the parade is returning to Disneyland. The bad news is that the revival is just a…

Character in CW’s DC TV Universe to Come Out as Gay

A character in the DC television universe will be coming out as gay, and the people behind the series appear to be enjoying teasing fans about just who it is. International Business Times reports that executive producer Andrew Kreisberg dropped…

Look Who’s Talking Again: Philippe Dauman and the Redstones

Management and owners at Viacom are talking again, with CEO Philippe Dauman and the Redstones, Sumner and Shari, restarting negotiations aimed at ending their dispute over who will control much of the Redstones’ $43 billion media empire, The New York…

Showtime Orders Fifth Season of ‘Ray Donovan’

Press release from Showtime, Aug. 11, 2016: On the heels of RAY DONOVAN scoring five Emmy nominations for its third season, SHOWTIME has ordered a fifth season of its hit drama series. Production on season five’s 12, one-hour episodes will…

Showtime Casts Comedian Jay Pharoah in Lead Role for ‘White Famous’

Press release from Showtime, Aug. 11, 2016: SHOWTIME has cast actor and comedian Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) in the lead role for the new pilot WHITE FAMOUS, a half-hour comedy executive produced by Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and…

Classic ’90s Series Returns

A fondly remembered series from the 1990s is headed back to TV as a one-hour special. Announcing plans today to resurrect the animated show “Rocko’s Modern Life,” Nickelodeon noted that the announcement comes “25 years to the day of the…

Feud Between ‘Fast and Furious’ Stars Goes Public

Two macho movie stars who have been “bumping domes” on the set of “Fast 8” have taken their feud public. The Los Angeles Times reports that Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel held a “surreptitious meeting” in an attempt to make…