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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.

TNT Releases Video of ‘Animal Kingdom’ Table Read — Check It Out Here

TNT has released video of a table read for “Animal Kingdom,” the Ellen Barkin drama series that premieres its second season tonight, June 14, with a two-hour episode. The cable channel also put out this blurb: “‘Animal Kingdom’ is an…

CBS Announces Houseguests for Upcoming Season of ‘Big Brother’ — and Reveals That They’ll Have to Do Something No Past Houseguests Have Done

CBS took the wraps off plans for the next season of “Big Brother,” which launches with a two-night, three-hour premiere event June 22 and 23. The 12 new houseguests — click here for details about who they are, where they’re…

Must-See: Anderson Cooper on the Attack, as He Takes On the Florida Attorney General’s Record of Fighting Against the LGBT Community. Appropriate at This Time or Over-the-Line? Watch the Interview Now

CNN’s Anderson Cooper, in a live interview this afternoon, confronted Florida’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, about the fact that she has expressed sympathy toward the LGBT victims of Sunday’s early-morning massacre in Orlando, while in the past she has been opposed…

Huh? Millennials Are Binge Watching WHAT on Snapchat??

The Internet has a new hit on its hands as social media sites including Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram have seen a surge in interest in video of surgeries, especially among millennials. “Surgical voyeurism has reached new heights in the…

Voice Actress Dead at 96 — She Played One of the Baby Boomer Generation’s Quintessential TV Teenagers

A voice-over actress whose character, like many baby boomers, was a teenager in the 1960s has died. The AP reports that Janet Waldo, best known as the voice of Judy Jetson on “The Jetsons,” died Sunday at her home in…

Here’s Why You May Soon Be Seeing Inflatable Blue Gorillas Everywhere

We may soon start seeing blue gorillas all over the place, and it’s all because of a new car-selling platform. The platform, Beepi, has ramped up its funding and is launching its first TV campaign. The inflatable gorillas, which you…

An Emotional Night for Late-Night Talk Hosts — Here Are Some of Their Comments on the Orlando Nightclub Tragedy

Monday night brought emotions to the surface for a number of television personalities in the aftermath of the tragic shootings early Sunday at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Late-night hosts on broadcast and cable addressed the tragedy Monday, with many…

El Nino Has Pushed the Earth Past a Major Climate Milestone

Planet Earth has just passed a major climate milestone, and we have “the monster El Nino of 2015-2016” to thank for it, Gizmodo reports. While El Nino is reportedly over now, “scientists are still coming to terms with its impacts…

Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26 Billion

Microsoft is moving aggressively in an effort to reclaim its former dominance in the technology market, The New York Times reports, with the company announcing Monday that it will acquire LinkedIn in a $26.2 billion cash deal. “The acquisition, by…

Sling TV Adds Channels, Expands Availability to Apple TV

Sling TV, the IP-based video service from Dish Network, continued its rapid evolution with the addition of Viacom channels along with Apple TV access, FierceCable reports. “After signing a broad-reaching carriage renewal agreement with Viacom in April, Dish will add…