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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.

Pick a Scandal: Actress Pulls Out of ‘Today’ Show Interview Amid a Swirl of Controversies

A well-known actress canceled a scheduled interview on NBC’s “Today,” reportedly to avoid questions about any of a number of controversies that have been swirling around her. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Olivia Munn pulled the plug…

Oscar-Winning Composer-Arranger Dead at 100 — He Was Behind ‘West Side Story,’ ‘The Patty Duke Show’ and Many Others

A composer and arranger who won an Oscar, a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy for his work in film and television has died. Variety reports that Sid Ramin died Monday at his home in New York City. He was 100….

Why Meghan McCain Is ‘Seriously Considering’ Leaving ‘The View’

ABC’s daytime talk institution “The View” could be on the verge of losing one of its co-hosts, with The Daily Beast reporting that Meghan McCain is “seriously considering calling it quits.” McCain, the daughter of the late Arizona Sen. John…

Reasonable or Ridiculous? Why the Motion Picture Academy and Television Academy Should Merge

Two of the entertainment industry’s most high-profile institutions, the Motion Picture Academy and the Television Academy, should merge, writes Stephen Galloway, executive editor of The Hollywood Reporter, in a column published today. His reasoning is simple: The barriers that separate…

WarnerMedia Wraps Upfront With Double-Digit CPM Hikes

“AT&T’s WarnerMedia, the division that now includes all Turner ad-supported TV networks and platforms, has completed its upfront deals, posting double-digit percentage cost-per-thousand viewer increases, according to the company,” MediaPost reports. The report notes that a company representative said WarnerMedia…

TVWeek’s Fourth of July Holiday Schedule

TVWeek will be closed Thursday, July 4, and Friday, July 5, 2019, for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. We will resume our normal publication schedule on Monday, July 8. As always, if news breaks we will send out TVWeek…

Comedy Series to Wrap After Current Season

The end game is now in place for a comedy series, which will wrap with its current third season. Deadline reports that HBO’s Sarah Jessica Parker series “Divorce” will call it quits after a six-episode season. The third season premiered…

Dave Chappelle Talks About Meeting O.J. Simpson

In a new clip posted by Netflix under its “Netflix Is a Joke” banner, comedian Dave Chappelle details four occasions when he met O.J. Simpson — working the material into his stand-up set. Here’s the clip, which comes with a…

Four ‘Classic’ Sitcoms Eyed for Possible Reboots

Reboot fever is showing no signs of cooling down, especially when it comes to older sitcoms — which in this arena tend to be referred to euphemistically as “classic.” Deadline reports that following the success of Netflix with projects such…

Ad Giant Publicis Groupe Completes
$4 Billion Acquisition

The giant ad firm Publicis Groupe revealed today that it has completed its acquisition of Epsilon from Alliance Data Corp., MediaPost reports. The purchase of the data-driven and precision-marketing company is reportedly valued at $4 billion. “Publicis said its PeopleCloud…