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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.

Judge Orders R. Kelly Held in Jail Without Bond

R&B singer R. Kelly was ordered held in jail without bond on sex crime charges in Chicago, the AP reports. “U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber handed down the ruling Tuesday after Kelly was arrested last week and charged in Chicago…

Popular TV Personality Joins ‘Access Hollywood’

The long-running entertainment news and lifestyle magazine series “Access Hollywood” is adding veteran TV personality Mario Lopez to its on-air lineup. Beginning Monday, Sept. 9, Lopez will join Kit Hoover and Scott Evans as a host of both “Access Hollywood”…

Remember Doing Cannonballs Off the Diving Board as a Kid? Now the Cannonball Has Its Own TV Show

A new TV show that owes its inspiration to the “cannonball” dives off the diving board that many of us did as kids has a 10-episode series order at USA Network. The network announced plans today for “Cannonball,” based on…

Alicia Keys to Produce Drama Series

Multiple Grammy winner Alicia Keys is joining forces with Oscar, Tony and Grammy winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul to executive produce a new musical drama series for Showtime. Showtime announced today that it has made a series commitment to…

Animated Show Renewed for 13th Season

An animated series that has found an audience among adults as well as kids was just picked up for a 13th season. Nickelodeon announced the renewal for “SpongeBob SquarePants.” The announcement follows a big turnout for the show’s live-action and…

Grammy Winner Alicia Keys and Oscar and Tony Winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Team Up to Executive Produce Untitled Musical Drama Series for Showtime

Press release from Showtime, July 17, 2019: SHOWTIME has made a series commitment to an untitled musical drama series executive produced by multiple Grammy winner Alicia Keys and the Oscar, Tony and Grammy winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin…

Nickelodeon’s ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Gets Season 13 Pickup, as Anniversary Special Scores Double-Digit Gains Bringing In More Than 2 Million Total Viewers

Press release from Nickelodeon, July 16, 2019: As Nickelodeon prepares to bring SpongeBob SquarePants’ Bikini Bottom to life at Comic-Con International: San Diego July 18-21, 2019, the network has announced the pickup for a 13th season of the hit animated…

Former Fox News Star Tests New Rule About Sexual Harassment Claims

UPDATED at 12:30 am on 7/17 with a statement from Fox News In a test case for a new rule about sexual harassment claims, former Fox News personality Andrea Tantaros is trying to bring her fight with the channel into…

Television Takes a Giant Leap Into the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

July 16, 1969, dawned bright, hot and sunny on Florida’s Atlantic coast. It was the perfect weather on Earth to send its very first three inhabitants to the moon. Now, the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 flight and…

CBS Warns It Could Be Dropped in About 24 Million Homes

CBS has issued a warning that the network and many of its top stations — including those in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — could be dropped from DirecTV and AT&T U-verse systems because of an impasse in carriage…