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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.

Director Re-Ups With ABC Studios

A TV and film director who has been a key player at ABC Studios has entered into a new agreement with the studio. Deadline reports that James Griffiths extended his overall deal for an additional two years. “Under the new…

Lindsay Lohan Signs Record Deal

On the heels of news that her MTV show was canceled and her beach club in Greece that was the focus of the series has shut down, Lindsay Lohan has apparently landed on her feet. The New York Post’s Page…

Programming Event Expands to Three Weeks and Two Networks

An upcoming programming event is expanding this year to three weeks and two networks, with the announcement today from National Geographic Channel that the seventh annual installment of its summer “SharkFest” event will run from Sunday, July 14, through Friday,…

Netflix and Amazon Poke Fun at Misguided Campaign Against ‘Netflix’ Series

After news broke that a Christian group had launched a petition to have the series “Good Omens” removed from Netflix — even though the show actually runs on Amazon Prime — both streamers had some fun with the misdirected protest…

Final Trailer Drops for Season Three of ‘Stranger Things’ — Watch It Now

With the hotly anticipated third season of the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things” due out in two weeks, the streamer released the final trailer for the season — an intense three-minute clip, which you can watch below. Here’s what Netflix…

New Bond Villain Shoots Down Rumors of Chaos on the Set

The latest James Bond villain, TV star and freshly anointed Best Actor Academy Award winner Rami Malek, addressed rumors about the set of “Bond 25,” which has been portrayed as being in chaos following an injury to star Daniel Craig…

Special Prosecutor to Investigate Jussie Smollett Criminal Case

A judge in Illinois’ Cook County ruled Friday that a special prosecutor should investigate the Jussie Smollett case, including how Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office handled the decision to drop charges against the “Empire” actor, the…

Nat Geo and Nat Geo Wild’s ‘SharkFest’ Is So Big, It Needs Three Weeks and Two Networks

Press release from National Geographic Channel, June 21, 2019: SHARKFEST sighted: watch at your own risk! To mark the first day of summer, Nat Geo and Nat Geo WILD announce the return of SHARKFEST – truly the only fish in…

NBC, NFL and Carrie Underwood Hit With ‘Sunday Night Football’ Lawsuit

The stakes are high in a lawsuit filed against NBC, the NFL and country singer Carrie Underwood over the song Underwood has been singing to introduce NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” broadcasts. The show has been a huge ratings draw for…

Christian Group Petitions Netflix to Cancel Series — But It’s Not on Netflix

A Christian group that took offense to a new TV series apparently got its signals crossed when it tried to petition for the show’s cancellation. The U.K. publication The Guardian reports that more than 20,000 people signed a petition started…