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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.

People’s Choice Awards 2016: Full List of Winners

Announcement from the People’s Choice Awards: The votes have been tallied, and the winners are in! The biggest stars in entertainment stepped out for People’s Choice Awards 2016 on Wednesday night, and a number of them walked away with some…

With No Jackpot Winner in Wednesday’s Powerball Lotto, Saturday’s Powerball Expected to Have the Biggest Lotto Jackpot in U.S. History

“No one had the winning numbers for the estimated $524 million Powerball jackpot — 47, 2, 63, 62, 11 and the Powerball of 17 — which means Saturday’s jackpot will be an estimated $675 million, the largest lottery jackpot in…

Wow: Only One Scripted Series Makes the Top 20 in Prime-Time Viewership Totals for Last Week

Viewership data released by Nielsen for the week of Dec. 28 paints a vivid picture of how dominant football has become — and how hard it is for scripted programming to compete. On the list of the top 20 prime-time programs…

Parliament Set to Debate Banning Trump From U.K.

The British Parliament will debate putting a ban on U.S. businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump in response to a petition that surfaced soon after Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. BloombergBusiness reports that the…

Nelson Mandela Miniseries Set, With a Familiar Face as Mandela

A miniseries is in the works that will tell the story of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela. The AP reports that BET is developing the project, with Laurence Fishburne on board to play Mandela. The project is expected…

L.A. County Prosecutors Will Not Pursue Sex Charges Against Bill Cosby

Prosecutors for Los Angeles County announced today that they have decided not to charge comedian Bill Cosby in connection with two separate incidents that took place in 1965 and 2008, the AP reports. “In L.A. County, the District Attorney’s Office…

Shocker: Longtime ‘NCIS’ Cast Member Leaving the Show

A mainstay of the hit CBS drama “NCIS” is exiting the show. The network confirmed that Michael Weatherly, who has been playing Special Agent Tony DiNozzo since 2003, will depart at the end of the current season, EW.com reports. In…

TV Actress Named Woman of the Year by Harvard Group

A popular television actress has been honored as Woman of the Year by the Harvard University group Hasty Pudding, the country’s oldest collegiate theatrical organization. The AP reports that Hasty Pudding announced the honor is going to Kerry Washington, who will…

Groundbreaking HBO Series to Wrap

The end game is set for a series that has become a fixture of the HBO lineup. E! News is reporting that the Lena Dunham comedy “Girls” will call it a wrap after season six. That means the show still…

Netflix Orders 10 Episodes of Sexy Psychological Thriller

Netflix has placed a series order for a new drama described as a sexy psychological thriller. In an exclusive for EW.com, our good friend James Hibberd reports that the streaming service ordered 10 episodes of “Gypsy,” which centers on “an…