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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.

Read Why Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Say Felony Charges of Sexual Assault Filed Against the Comedian Should Be Dropped

Bill Cosby’s attorneys have filed a motion asking a court to dismiss sexual assault charges filed against Cosby in Montgomery County, Pa., on the grounds that prosecutors agreed he could never be prosecuted “with respect to the allegations of sexual…

Watch the First Minute of Fox’s Upcoming ‘X-Files’

With the Fox Network’s reboot of “The X-Files” set to premiere this month, the network is “calling all X-Philes” to visit a website set up for the new series to watch the show’s first minute. The video is up at…

Netflix Orders Latino Remake of ‘One Day at a Time’

A remake of the classic comedy series “One Day at a Time” centering on a Latino family has a series order at Netflix, Deadline.com reports. Rita Moreno will star in the Sony Pictures TV project, which has a 13-episode order….

Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson Celebrate Natalie Cole’s Life

At a funeral service at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, family and friends — including Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson — remembered singer Natalie Cole, ABC News reports. During the three-hour funeral, Wonder sang, Kurt Carr performed…

NFL Game Sets Viewership Record

One of the NFL playoff games aired over the weekend set a viewership record as the Seahawks-Vikings contest became the most-watched NFL wild card game on record in the early Sunday slot. NBC reports that the game, which ended in…

Playboy Mansion Put Up for Sale

Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion in L.A. has hit the market, with the price set at $200 million, Forbes reports. “The nearly 20,000-square-foot mansion is on five acres in Holmby Hills, a neighborhood that together with Bel Air and Beverly Hills…

Sean Penn Breaks His Silence on ‘El Chapo’ Meeting

Two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn has offered his first comment on his interview with a Mexican drug lord since the story of the meeting broke over the weekend. Soon after “El Chapo” — Joaquin Guzman — was captured Friday by Mexican…

No Drug Charges for Lamar Odom

Former NBA star Lamar Odom will not face drug charges in connection with an incident last year in a Nevada brothel that left him near death, Reuters reports. “Nye County District Attorney Angela Bello said while evidence showed Odom had…

Lottery Fever Builds as Prize Surges Even Higher. Here’s Some Advice for the Whoever Wins (Hey, You Never Know…)

As Lotto fever has swept across the country, Powerball officials on Monday upped the jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing from $1.3 billion to $1.4 billion. “…[T]he person who wins the $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot during Saturday night’s drawing, assuming one person wins…

Is Amazon Interested in Buying Time Warner?

According to respected New York Post business columnist Claire Atkinson and her colleague Josh Kosman, ”Two of the New York media giant’s [Time Warner] largest longtime investors are … running out of patience and would support a sale of all or…