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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.

Can’t Wait for the Return of ‘Empire’? Here’s How You Can Get a Fix Tonight!

Those anxiously awaiting the return of Fox’s breakout hit “Empire” can get a fix tonight, June 18, when Taraji P. Henson and Terence Howard co-host the ninth annual Spike TV Guys Choice Awards, airing at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Get a…

Freshman Comedy Sets Ratings Records for Cable Channel

A comedy series that recently wrapped its freshman season wound up setting ratings records for TV Land, the cable channel announced. The series is “Younger,” from Darren Star, which posted double-digit and triple-digit ratings growth following its launch. The show…

YouTube Ramps Up Its Role in Citizen Journalism

YouTube appears to be going all in on citizen journalism. The company today announced three new initiatives “designed to expand the video-sharing site’s role in new media journalism, including eyewitness news,” TechCrunch reports. “Most notably, the company is launching a…

MTV Plays the Race Card

MTV has announced plans to air a project that examines race — an especially timely announcement considering the recent controversy over former NAACP Chapter President Rachel Dolezal, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The project is the documentary “White People,…

NBA Finals Wrap Up as the Highest-Rated Ever on ABC

The 2015 NBA Finals, in which the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2, wound up as the most-watched and highest-rated ever on ABC, based on Nielsen figures, the network announced. The six-game series, which concluded Tuesday night, averaged…

TV Land’s Hit Comedy ‘Younger’ Wraps First Season, Setting Audience Records for TV Land

Press release from TV Land, June 17, 2015: TV Land’s critically acclaimed “Younger” from TV icon Darren Star was a runaway hit with audiences in its freshman season. The series, which stars Sutton Foster as Liza, a 40-year-old woman trying…

The Comedy Continues at NBC News With Reports That Brian Williams Will Become the Face of MSNBC. Have Burke and Lack Missed the Point? The Real Funny Business

Is this a joke? It appears that Brian Williams will soon reappear, but not at his old job as the anchor of the “NBC Nightly News.” On Wednesday night Brian Stelter of CNN wrote, “So what will [Brian] Williams do?…

Breaking: Reports Say a Decision Has Been Made That Brian Williams Will Not Come Back as Anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’

“NBC is planning to announce on Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his position as the anchor of its ‘Nightly News’ show, four months after the network suspended him for exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in…

Why AT&T Was Hit With a $100 Million Fine by the FCC

The Federal Communications Commission today slapped a hefty $100 million fine on AT&T for allegedly slowing down the data speeds of customers who had what the company billed as “unlimited data plans,” Time magazine reports. “According to the FCC, it…

Comedian Reveals He Has Cancer — and Jokes About It

A veteran comedian who is best known for his work as a member of a ’70s comedy duo joked about his fight with cancer. USA Today reports that Tommy Chong, half of the marijuana-focused duo Cheech & Chong, talked about…