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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.

No Joke: Late-Night Show Bans Donald Trump

One of the late-night broadcast talk shows has placed a ban against Donald Trump’s appearing on the show. Entertainment Weekly reports that the move by NBC’s “Late Light with Seth Meyers” is in retaliation for Trump’s revoking of The Washington…

Toddler’s Body Found After the Boy Was Snatched by Alligator at Orlando Disney Resort

Searchers today found the remains of a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in the Orlando, Fla., area. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the youngster was identified by…

Al Michaels, Dan Patrick and Others Join NBC’s Rio Olympics Coverage

NBC released details on its lineup for the Summer Olympics in Rio, with Al Michaels, Dan Patrick, Rebecca Lowe, Liam McHugh and Carolyn Manno announced as hosts for coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. The Opening Ceremony is…

HBO Announces Return of Acclaimed Series After Five Years Off the Air

A series that was a fixture at the Primetime Emmys during its run on HBO will be back for another season. The pay-cable net announced Tuesday that “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which hasn’t aired an original episode since 2011, will return…

Wow! Sign of the Times: Check Out This DVR Milestone

A milestone that has been on the horizon for some time — and was generally seen as inevitable — has finally arrived. Media Life Magazine reports that for the first time, a show aired by the Big Four broadcast networks — two…

NBC Names New Head of Business Operations and Late Night

NBC has appointed a new President, Business Operations and Late Night Programming, with the network promoting George Cheeks to the position, Deadline.com reports. The appointment marks the second big promotion for Cheeks since he joined NBC in 2012, Deadline notes….

TNT Reschedules Two Shows Following Orlando Nightclub Shootings

TNT has announced new dates for two season premieres, part of the fallout from a schedule change in the aftermath of the deadly nightclub shootings in Orlando early Sunday morning. The cable net postponed the season 3 premiere of “The Last…

Amid Viacom Drama, Shari Redstone Is Reportedly Talking With a Prominent Business Magnate About Selling Paramount Pictures

Shari Redstone, the daughter of Viacom boss Sumner Redstone, has been in talks about a possible sale of Paramount Pictures, according to a report by The New York Post. The report cites unnamed sources saying Redstone has been talking with…

Tribune Broadcasting Lashes Out at Dish Network

Tribune Broadcasting had harsh words today for Dish Network as the two companies remain at an impasse in their retransmission dispute. As we reported previously, Tribune Media pulled 42 stations in 33 markets off Dish systems due to the stalled…

Byron Allen Acquires Digital News Platform

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations, has acquired the New York-based African-American-focused digital news and social media platform TheGrio.com. “TheGrio — which means ‘storyteller’ in…