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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.

Who’s Your Choice to Host This Year’s Primetime Emmys on Fox? A. One of the Masked Singers; B. A Star from ‘Empire’; C. Chris Wallace; D. No One

It’s more than just a parlor game. Who will host this year’s primetime Emmys on Fox. Reports our good friend Mike Schneider at Variety, “The possibility of a host-less Emmys is among the leading options being considered by Fox and…

CBS Sets Fall Premiere Dates

CBS has set its premiere dates for the fall. Here they are: Monday, Sept. 23 8-8:30 PM — THE NEIGHBORHOOD 8:30-9 PM — BOB ♥ ABISHOLA 9-10 PM — ALL RISE 10-11 PM — BULL Tuesday, Sept. 24 8-9 PM…

Central Park Five Prosecutor Resigns from Columbia After Netflix Docuseries Starts Airing; Show Is Huge Hit For Streaming Service

“The assistant district attorney who prosecuted the now-exonerated Central Park Five said on Wednesday that she will leave her post as a part-time lecturer at Columbia Law School due to backlash over” the Netflix series “When They See Us,” reports…

Why the Marketplace for News Is Broken

The general counsel of News Corp., appeared earlier this week before a House subcommittee, slamming “the technology industry’s stranglehold on traditional media companies,” reports the New York Post. The Post is owned by News Corp. The story continues, “‘The marketplace…

Warner Bros. Exec Details Allegations Against ‘Full House’ and ‘Fuller House’ Creator

Allegations against Jeff Franklin, the creator of “Full House” and “Fuller House” who was dropped from the reboot last year, have been detailed by a Warner Bros. executive, Variety reports. “Franklin filed a lawsuit in April against writer Bryan Behar,…

Sequel to ‘The Shining’ Coming Out Later This Year — Have a Look

The sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1980 horror film “The Shining” will be released this year, and Roadshow Films unveiled the official trailer Thursday. “Doctor Sleep” continues the story of Danny Torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the…

HBO Has a Surprise Hit on Its Hands

On the heels of wrapping its ratings juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” HBO has another hit on its hands. Deadline reports that the miniseries “Chernobyl” has been a surprise ratings success for the pay-cable net. “Having seen an almost uninterrupted viewership…

Error on Emmys Ballot Forces TV Academy Into a Do-Over

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is amending its ballots in the Emmys category for unstructured reality programs after an error found its way onto the form. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the name of the network behind the…

Shakeup at MSNBC

Cable news channel MSNBC has just had a shakeup in its programming unit, with the former head of dayside, NBC News SVP Janelle Rodriguez, shuffled over to NBC News Now, the network’s streaming service, Mediaite reports. Jonathan Wald, SVP of…

Director Bryan Singer Settles Rape Claim

Film director Bryan Singer, whose credits include “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Superman Returns” and “The Usual Suspects,” has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle allegations that he raped a then-17-year-old boy on a yacht 15 years ago, the AP reports. The report…