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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.

Celebrity Contestant Suffers Stroke After ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Appearance

One of the celebrity contestants on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” was temporarily paralyzed after suffering what is being described as a “mini-stroke” just hours after her appearance. TMZ.com reports that Kim Zolciak suffered a TIA — a transient ischemic…

WGN Apologizes for ‘Extremely Offensive’ Yom Kippur Graphic

Chicago-based WGN-TV issued an on-air apology for a news segment it aired about Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, that included a symbol of Nazi Germany, The New York Times reports. The segment was illustrated by a graphic featuring…

Oprah’s OWN Has Its Biggest Night in History

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network had a record-breaking night this week, when the network aired back-to-back programs that delivered big audiences. OWN reported that the season finale of “The Haves and the Have Nots” and the season premiere of “If…

Massive Turnout for ‘Empire’ Premiere as Fox Crushes the Competition

Wednesday night’s eagerly anticipated season two premiere of Fox’s drama hit “Empire” drew a huge crowd as Fox rolled to a big ratings win over its broadcast rivals. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the 9 p.m. broadcast delivered just over 16 million…

Trump’s War With Fox News Heats Up as Both Sides Launch Verbal Attacks

Fox News Channel and GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump are firing verbal jabs back and forth. The New York Times reports that after Trump sent out a tweet Wednesday saying he won’t be appearing on Fox “for the foreseeable future,”…

It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over — and It’s Over: One of Baseball’s Greatest Legends Dies

A baseball great who became known as much for his tortured use of the English language as for his exploits on the field has died. Yogi Berra, recognized for popularizing a string of “Yogi-isms” such as “It’s deja vu all…

Why One Drama Series Is Being Called the Most Important Show on TV

In a new analysis, one series has been declared “the most important show on TV.” The declaration is being applied to the Fox drama “Empire,” and comes from television critic Willa Paskin, writing for Slate. The show, which was a…

Comedy Series From Denis Leary Coming Back

[Editor’s note: Updated Sept. 24, 2015, at 11:50 a.m. PT, to remove incorrect reference to Leary being a former “Saturday Night Live” star.] A comedy series created by and starring comedian and actor Denis Leary has been picked up for…

Where Did All the Viewers Go? Premiere Week Stumbles Out of the Gate

With the second night of the broadcast TV networks’ fall premiere week in the books, one report politely declares the early ratings results for the Big 4 nets “underwhelming.” Ad Age reports that the results have been especially troubling when…

Jamie Lee Curtis Says She ‘Invented Instagram’ — Here’s the Story, Caught on Video

“Scream Queens” star Jamie Lee Curtis says she was the one who came up with the idea for Instagram. EW.com reports that the actress told Jess Cagle during an interview for Sirius XM’s EW Radio that she invented the concept…