Chuck Ross

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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.

Smithsonian Channel Goes Wild

Smithsonian Channel is about to unleash five weeks of special programming that takes a walk on the wild and deadly side. The programming, under the banner “Wild Wednesdays,” features a series of one-hour specials focusing on deadly wildlife — sharks,…

Dave Navarro to Be First Male Honoree at Investigation Discovery’s Annual “Inspire a Difference” Event in October

Press release from Investigation Discovery, June 29, 2016: Investigation Discovery (ID), America’s leading crime and justice television network, announced today that musician, actor, producer, and radio and television host Dave Navarro will join such former honorees as Marcia Gay Harden,…

Smithsonian Channel Goes Wild on Wednesdays This Summer with Some of the World’s Deadliest Predators

Press release from Smithsonian Channel, June 28, 2016: Smithsonian Channel goes to where the wild things are this summer as the network ramps up WILD WEDNESDAYS with an exhilarating new block of wildlife programming beginning July 13 at 8 p.m….

Keith Richards Said That Once He Heard Scotty Moore Play the Guitar, Richards Knew What He Wanted to Do With His Life. The Legendary Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley’s Guitar Player, Dies at 84

“Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley’s longtime guitarist and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, died Tuesday at his home in Nashville,” reports Rolling Stone, sourcing the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper. Rolling Stone continues, “No cause of death was provided,…

U.S. Stock Market Rallies for First Time Since Brexit

“Equities, the pound and commodity prices all climbed for the first time [on Tuesday, June 28th] since Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union amid speculation policy makers will take steps to limit any economic fallout,” reports Bloomberg. The…

Jeffrey Katzenberg Hit With Lawsuit Over $3.8 Billion Comcast Deal

DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has been hit with a lawsuit accusing him of making an improper “side deal” in connection with the company’s $3.8 billion sale to Comcast Corp., Variety reports. “The Ann Arbor City Employees Retirement System, a…

Check Out the Drake ‘SNL’ Sketch That Was Cut for Time

Here’s a sketch posted by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” that was cut from the show for time. The bit, “Work Banter,” features Drake, Beck Bennett and Bobby Moynihan …

Spaghetti Western Actor Bud Spencer Dies

Bud Spencer, an actor and filmmaker who appeared in a number of spaghetti Westerns, died Monday in Rome, BBC News reports. He was 86. The report quotes Spencer’s son saying the actor died peacefully “and did not suffer from pain.”…

Here’s How TV Networks Can Prove Their Importance to Advertisers vs. Digital Competition

A new study by Standard Media Index “goes a long way to solving one of the biggest quandaries that TV networks currently face: proving the full extent of their importance to advertisers in comparison with digital competitors,” MediaVillage reports. “The…

Why Jon Stewart’s Appearance in ‘Batman v Superman’ Wound Up on the Cutting Room Floor

Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart was supposed to appear in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” when it hit theaters, but Stewart’s cameo was cut from the movie. Cinema Blend explains that his omission from the theatrical cut of…