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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.

Theater Chain Launching Unlimited Movie Ticket Subscription Program

A major theater chain is ready to roll out a subscription program at the end of this month that will provide unlimited movie tickets. Deadline reports that Regal Cinemas parent Cineworld is hammering out the final details with the major…

Video Evidence Appears to Contradict Jussie Smollett’s Version of Attack

Video footage from the night of the alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett appears to contradict Smollett’s account of what he has portrayed as a hate crime. You can click here to watch the footage, which was posted by…

Why Lindsay Lohan Posted a Nude Selfie

Actress Lindsay Lohan posted a nude selfie on her Instagram account, with The New York Post reporting that the former child star is “celebrating her 33rd birthday in her birthday suit.” “Just before the clock struck midnight on her actual…

Five Actors Vie to Play Elvis

Five actors are in the running for the iconic role of Elvis Presley in an upcoming biopic on the King, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Baz Luhrmann film has already cast Tom Hanks as Col. Tom Parker. “Ansel Elgort,…

Talent Agency Breaks Ranks, Offers to Drop Packaging Fees

With the increasngly contentious standoff between the Writers Guild and talent agents still at an impasse, Abrams Artists has broken ranks and is offering to drop packaging fees, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Abrams Artists, a 65-agent talent agency, issued…

Actor Discusses His Porn Addiction

An actor and TV host who’s a familiar face on television opened up about his addiction to pornography. Terry Crews, who hosts NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and is a regular on the network’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” discussed overcoming his addiction during…

ABC Unveils Prime-Time Schedule for Fall

ABC just took the wraps off a fall prime-time schedule that includes the premieres of the new shows “mixed-ish,” “Emergence,” “Stumptown” and “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” A new season of “Dancing with the Stars” kicks off the network’s prime-time…

AT&T May Sell Its Regional Sports Networks

“AT&T Inc. is weighing a sale of its regional sports networks as part of a plan to cut as much as $8 billion in debt by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reports….

ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates for 2019-2020 Season

Press release from ABC, July 2, 2019: ABC has set fall premiere dates for its new and returning series for the 2019-2020 season. It all starts with the return of TV’s preeminent competition series, “Dancing with the Stars,” on Monday,…

NBC News Hires Anchor from Fox 5 (WNYW) in New York

The free streaming service NBC News Now –just five weeks old –has hired its first full-time anchor, reports Todd Spangler at Variety. The new hire is “Alison Morris, who most recently was with Fox Corp.’s Fox 5 [WNYW] in New…