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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.

Dodgers Find Another Use for Dodger Stadium

The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team has entered into a new partnership that will bring events other than baseball to the team’s longtime home, Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Times reports that the team has an agreement with music industry veteran Irving…

Movie Sets Record With Biggest R-Rated Box Office Opening Ever

A movie that opened over the Presidents’ Day Weekend set a record for the biggest opening weekend ever for an R-rated movie. Variety reports that the new superhero movie “Deadpool,” starring Ryan Reynolds, surpassed expectations and dominated the box office…

HBO Reveals How Many Subscribers Have Signed Up for HBO Now Since Its April Launch

HBO has a reputation for keeping its numbers under wraps, but the company revealed that its HBO Now broadband-only service has gathered 800,000 subscribers since its launch back in April, the New York Post reports. “It has a way to…

Saturday’s GOP Presidential Debate on CBS — Compared by Some to a ‘Steel-Cage Wrestling Match’ — Has Ratings Growing Again

The contentious debate Saturday night among Republican presidential candidates, broadcast by CBS, delivered an audience of 13.51 million total viewers, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing Nielsen data. It was the ninth GOP debate of the cycle, and the highest-rated…

Watch Now — Video Highlights From the Grammys: The Opening Number From the Super-Hot Broadway Musical ‘Hamilton’ and Lady Gaga’s Terrific Salute to the Late David Bowie

The opening number from “Hamilton”: Lady Gaga’s Salute to the late David Bowie:

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia Dies at 79

“An El Paso source close to Justice Antonin Scalia tells ABC-7 that the 79-year-old died in his sleep last night after a day of quail hunting at Cibolo Creek Ranch outside of Marfa, Texas,” reports the website of KVIA-TV in…

ESPN and Popular Commentator Hit With Lawsuit

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith and ESPN have been hit with a lawsuit over an episode of “First Take” that aired about a year ago in connection with a Little League scandal. USA Today reports that parents and coaches associated…

Station Merger Gets Go-Ahead — With Strings Attached

A media acquisition that was approved by the Justice Department in December has cleared another hurdle, with the FCC giving its OK today. The proposed deal has Gray Television acquiring Schurz Communications’ TV and radio stations for $442.5 million, TVNewsCheck…

Plans Unveiled for Apple’s First Original TV Show

Apple is working on its first original television show, a “top-secret scripted series starring one of its own executives, Beats co-founder and rap legend Dr. Dre,” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “Multiple sources say the 50-year-old mogul is starring…

Moonves: CBS Is No Longer Talking With Apple

CBS boss Leslie Moonves says talks between the network and Apple are no longer under way. CNN reports that Moonves said of the talks with Apple, “We had conversations awhile back, and we haven’t had recent conversations with them.” The…