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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.

Subscriber Losses Set a Record — and as Records Go, It’s a Whopper!

A new report on multichannel subscriptions in the U.S. reveals that subscriber losses continue, and even though they slowed down a bit during the third quarter, the combined losses for the first three quarters of 2015 set a record —…

Noted Filmmaker, Oscar-Nominated Star Make a Movie That Almost No One Alive Will Ever See — Here’s Why

A well-known director and a well-known star have joined forces to make a movie that is unlikely to be seen by anyone reading this. That’s because the movie will not be released for another 100 years. The project from director…

TV Show Vows to Reveal ‘Everything You Didn’t Know About New UFC Champ Holly Holm And Her Crushing Defeat of Ronda Rousey’ — Tonight!

A special TV show will air tonight that will go in depth into one of the most stunning sports upsets in recent memory — Holly Holm’s knockout victory Saturday night over previously undefeated six-time defending bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey for…

Justin Bieber Does Something No One Has Been Able to Do Since John Lennon

Justin Bieber is hot right now, and he just pulled off a feat that no artist has managed since John Lennon did it posthumously in 1981. Reuters reports that Bieber “stormed the British singles charts” today, placing three singles from…

CNN Suspends High-Ranking Correspondent — Here’s the Tweet That Got Her in Trouble

CNN has issued a suspension to a top global affairs correspondent after the cable news channel received blowback over a tweet she sent out in response to a House vote to restrict the admission of Syrian refugees into the country. Elise Labott was suspended by the…

‘Vanity Card’ Aired on CBS Includes an Obituary for Network Television

A provocative “vanity card” appeared during the credits running at the end of the CBS show “The Big Bang Theory” Thursday night (Nov. 19, 2015). The message, presumably from producer Chuck Lorre, was an obituary for network television. The card…

One Stock Is the Best Performer This Year on the S&P 500 — and the Stock, of a Company Moving Increasingly Into Media, Has Been Surging Lately

The stock of one company is up 140% this year, making the company the best performer of 2015 on the S&P 500. The company is Netflix, and its stock has been hot lately. CNN reports: “Shares have rebounded nearly 20%…

NBC Offering Equal Time to Trump Rivals

NBC is responding to requests for equal time in the wake of Donald Trump’s appearance on the Nov. 7 episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Since we reported earlier this week that GOP presidential hopefuls John Kasich and Lindsey Graham had…

Reality Show Invokes Shield Law in Battle Against Subpoena; Nasty Case Includes Allegations of Death Threats by a Participant on the Show

A reality TV show is using a law that typically protects journalists in an effort to quash a subpoena requesting footage shot for the show. The New York Post reports that the show, A&E’s “Married at First Sight,” is invoking…

‘Weapon of Protest’ Unleashed Against Donald Trump at Latin Grammys

At the 16th Annual Latin Grammys, aired Thursday night on Univision, the presence of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was clearly felt even though Trump himself wasn’t present. USA Today reports that Trump, who has angered Latinos with widely publicized…