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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.

Michael Gladis and Lorenza Izzo Join ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ as Upcoming Showtime Drama Series Rounds Out Cast

Press release from Showtime, June 25, 2019: SHOWTIME has announced that Michael Gladis (Mad Men) has joined PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS, the next chapter of the PENNY DREADFUL saga, as a series regular. Lorenza Izzo (Aftershock) will recur in…

Fox Unveils Prime-Time Schedule for Fall

Fox took the wraps off its fall schedule, with a super high-profile kickoff to the season when the network presents the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 22. In the week that follows, Fox will roll out two new…

Samuel L. Jackson Goes All ‘Samuel L. Jackson’ — Here’s What Has Him Worked Up

Samuel L. Jackson, who stars in the upcoming “Spider-Man” movie, is none too pleased with a new poster for the movie. You can see the poster below, along with Jackson’s comment on Instagram — which has a language warning because,…

Star-Studded Cast to Perform Live Reading of Mueller Report Tonight

While it may take a while for the Mueller Report’s revelations about the special counsel’s investigation of Donald Trump to make their way to theaters, Fortune reports that a reading of parts of the report by some big-name Hollywood actors…

Cable’s Most-Watched Original Telecast of the Summer Is Anointed — Already!

It seems summer has just begun, but one show has already been declared cable’s most-watched original telecast of the summer. Paramount Network sent out word today that its hit show “Yellowstone” has the honor. The show’s season two premiere on…

War of Words Breaks Out Between ‘The View’ Co-Host and Reality Star

A heated feud has erupted between one of the co-hosts of the chat show “The View” and one of the stars of “Real Housewives of New York City.” The New York Post’s Page Six reports that “The View’s” Sunny Hostin…

Premiere Dates Set for FX, FXX

FX Networks just announced the fall premiere dates for FX and FXX, with “Mayans M.C.,” “Mr Inbetween,” “American Horror Story” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” all set to return. The premiere dates are as follows: Season two of the…

Wow: Check Out the Comic Book Version of ‘The Orville’

Fans of Seth MacFarlane’s Fox space series “The Orville” — think “Star Trek” with one-liners — won’t get to see the Dark Horse comic book adaptation of the show in all its glory until next month, but The Hollywood Reporter’s…

Warner Bros. Names First Female CEO in Its 96-Year History

Warner Bros. has named its new chair and CEO, and for the first time in the 96-year history of the studio, it will be run by a woman. Ann Sarnoff, currently the president of BBC Studios Americas, will take the…

‘Curse of Oak Island’ Team Tackles a New Project

A number of the key players behind History’s hit nonfiction series “The Curse of Oak Island” are setting their sights on a new mystery. The cable channel announced that it has greenlighted “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch” (working title), from…