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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.

Moderators Named for First Democratic Presidential Debate

Plans are set for the first televised debate among 2020 Democratic presidential contenders, which airs over two nights and will be carried by NBC News networks. The AP reports that Lester Holt and four of his NBC News colleagues will…

Pop Singer Reveals He Has Alzheimer’s

A singer and actor who was a huge pop star in the ’50s and ’60s has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. People reports that Steve Lawrence, who was half of the musical duo Steve and Eydie with his late wife…

The Academy and ABC Announce Oscars 2022 Date

Press release from ABC, June 11, 2019: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 2022 Oscars show date and confirmed the 2021 date. Upcoming Oscars show dates are as follows: 92nd Oscars               Sunday, February…

Comcast’s $20 Billion Beef With Byron Allen Headed to U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a high-stakes dispute between Comcast and Byron Allen’s Entertaiment Studios Network. The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq., reports that Comcast is challenging a ruling allowing Allen’s $20 billion racial discrimination…

Justin Bieber Wants to Fight Tom Cruise, and Nobody Seems to Know Why

Pop star Justin Bieber is making noise about wanting to fight Tom Cruise, sending out a tweet Sunday challenging the actor to meet him in the octagon. You can see Bieber’s tweet below. “For a yet-to-be-explained reason, the pop star,…

Geena Davis Joins Hit Series

Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis, who is no stranger to television — she was nominated for an Emmy in 2006 for her lead role on “Commander in Chief,” which also won her a Golden Globe that year — is joining…

Cuba Gooding Jr. Under Investigation

Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is under investigation by police in New York, according to media reports, after he allegedly groped a woman’s breast Sunday night in a Manhattan bar. “Two spokesmen for the NYPD, Det. Hubert Reyes and Det….

CNN Tackles the Movies

CNN will be taking an in-depth look at the evolution of American cinema starting next month, with a new six-part original series, “The Movies,” premiering Sunday, July 7. The series examines the cultural, societal and political shifts that framed the…

Tony Winner Bryan Cranston Gets Political in His Acceptance Speech

Bryan Cranston, who won a Tony Award on Sunday for playing Howard Beale in “Network,” compared the plight of the news media in the current political climate to that of his character, the famously “mad as hell” TV newsman in…

HBO Cancels Show Amid Shakeup at News Operation

HBO is ending its partnership with a media company and canceling a show that has been a fixture on the pay-cable channel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO canceled “Vice News Tonight” and ended its seven-year relationship with Vice Media….