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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.

Hmmm … Following Up on Success of ‘The Masked Singer,’ Fox Announces New Format

Fox just took the wraps off plans for a new series offering an intriguing twist on the successful format “The Masked Singer.” In the new show, “The Masked Dancer,” celebrity contestants will perform dances while covered from head-to-toe in elaborate…

AMC Announces ‘Breaking Bad’ Marathon and World Television Premiere of ‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’

Press release from AMC, Jan. 7, 2020: AMC announced today a marathon of the Emmy Award-winning drama Breaking Bad in January and February, leading into the world television premiere of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie on Sunday, February 16…

Harvey Weinstein Hit With New Charges in L.A. — Disgraced Film Producer Faces New Counts of Rape, Sexual Assault

Former Hollywood film magnate Harvey Weinstein was hit with new felony charges Monday in Los Angeles. CNN reports that L.A. County procecutors charged Weinstein with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents that allegedly took place over…

New Gwyneth Paltrow Series Looks Pretty Wild

A new series premiering this month from Gwyneth Paltrow promises to push its way into edgy wellness topics including psychedelics, cold therapy, female pleasure, anti-aging and energy healing. The show, “the goop lab,” premieres Jan. 24 on Netflix. Here’s the…

TV Show Triggers Surge in Calls to Sexual Assault Hotline

The National Sexual Assault Hotline experienced a big increase in calls following the premiere earlier this month of the Lifetime series “Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning.” Lifetime announced today that the five-part series, which bowed Jan. 2, has…

In Memoriam

Here are some of the notables we lost in 2019. Passings in just the few weeks since we last published included movie producer David Foster, 90 (“The Getaway,” “McCabe and Mrs. Miller”); Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, 88, (“Hello,…

MTV Delves Into Investigative Journalism

A new series premiering this week on MTV is part of a renewed emphasis by the youth-focused cable channel on investigative journalism and true crime as it expands its “True Life” franchise. “True Life Crime,” which launches Wednesday, Jan. 8,…

Network Boasts Cable’s No. 1 Prime-Time Comedy for Seventh Year in a Row

2019 was a good year for one cable network, according to an announcement today declaring that Comedy Central ended 2019 as the No. 1 full-day entertainment network in the 18-34 male demo while also increasing year-over-year in adults 18-49 for…

Golden Globes Awarded — ‘Succession’ and ‘Fleabag’ Among the Big TV Winners; Which Oscar Contenders Received a Bump?

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out the 2020 Golden Globe Awards in television and film categories at a star-studded gala Sunday night, declaring “Fleabag” television’s best musical or comedy series and anointing “Succession” as the medium’s best drama series….

Golden Globes by the Numbers: Which TV Network Won the Most?

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association released a breakdown of Sunday night’s 77th annual Golden Globe Awards by the numbers, tallying which TV shows, networks, motion pictures and movie distributors won the most awards. In the TV categories, a familiar network…