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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.

Report: In Secretive Meeting, Tech CEOs and Top Republican Establishment Plot To Stop Trump

The main topic at a secretive meeting of billionaires, tech CEOs and top members of the GOP establishment, gathered this weekend on a private island resort near the Georgia coast, was how to stop the presidential bid of Donald Trump,…

Amazon Launches Its First Live TV Show

A new show premiering today on Amazon marks a first for the company — its first live program. Variety reports that the 30-minute daily program “Style Code Live,” focusing on fashion and beauty, begins streaming today. The show which will…

Shondaland Project Names Showrunner

A new project in the works at ABC from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland has a showrunner. Deadline.com reports that Gregg Mettler, co-executive producer of “The Muppets” and an alum of “That ’70s Show,” was named showrunner on the…

ABC Books Prime-Time Report on Heroin

ABC has set aside a block of airtime this week in prime-time for a report on the rise in heroin overdoses in New Hampshire. The AP reports that the special “20/20” installment, to be anchored by David Muir, will air…

Good News for Broadcast and Cable: Money Pours In as Anti-Trump Effort Gains Momentum

“Republicans hoping to halt Donald J. Trump’s march to their party’s presidential nomination emerged from the weekend’s voting contests newly emboldened by Mr. Trump’s uneven electoral performance and by some nascent signs that he may be peaking with voters,” The…

Kim Kardashian Sends Out Nude Picture to Her 64 Million Instagram Followers Because ‘like I have nothing to wear’

A nude photo of Kim Kardashian (see below) went out Monday on the reality star’s Instagram account to her 64.2 million followers, with the caption “When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL.” Kardashian is seen in her bathroom,…

ABC Announces This Season’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Celebrity Cast

Press release from ABC, Tuesday, March 8, 2016: The celebrity cast of “Dancing with the Stars” are slipping into their ballroom shoes and getting ready for their first dance on MONDAY, MARCH 21 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television…

GSN Heads Into Its 2016 Upfront With New Ambitious Programming Slate

Press release from GSN, March 8, 2016: Following four consecutive years of growth, driven by an increasingly aggressive original programming slate and new youthful brand refresh, GSN is introducing at its upfront presentation today in New York City a slate…

Sports Reporter and TV host Erin Andrews Awarded $55 Million in Peephole Lawsuit

“Erin Andrews has been awarded $55 million in her lawsuit against the owner of the Nashville hotel in which she was filmed while changing clothes in her room, the hotel’s former management group and the man who did it and uploaded…

Potential Third-Party Candidate Rules Out Presidential Bid

A major political figure who has been rumored to be mounting a third-party campaign has taken himself out of the running. The New York Times reports that Michael Bloomberg declared he will not run for president, The former New York…