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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.

Report Cites Increased Level of Threats to Journalists

Journalists are facing the highest level of threats in recent years, according to a new report cited by The New York Times. Among the causes identified are “the ascendance of militant extremists and criminal gangs who abduct and kill reporters,…

Upgrades and Renewals for Court Show

A syndicated court show has received a number of station upgrades for its upcoming season. TVNewsCheck reports that Trifecta’s rookie show “Judge Faith,” starring former prosecutor Faith Jenkins, received upgrades “including in Fox TV Stations duopoly markets Dallas and Washington…

Apple Earnings Surge on Sales of iPhone

Apple reported a surge in its quarterly earnings, fueled by sales of higher-priced iPhones. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company posted a 33% increase in earnings for the recently completed quarter. “Led by the larger-display iPhones it introduced…

NAAAOM and Entertainment Studios to Amend $10 Billion Lawsuit against AT&T and DirecTV to Include the Newly Discovered Evidence of Racial Discrimination and Cover-up

Press release from the National Association of African American Owned Media, April 27, 2015: Knoyme King, an African-American female and a 30-year employee of AT&T, through her attorney Louis “Skip” Miller of Miller Barondess, has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit…

Viola Davis, the Star of the ABC hit ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ to Star in HBO Movie

Viola Davis, who stars in the ABC hit drama “How to Get Away with Murder” – and who was Oscar-nominated in the movie “The Help” —  “is attached to star in an HBO telepic about the life of Harriet Tubman, the…

He Was a Cable Public Access TV Phenom in L.A. in the Late 1970s and Early 1980s, Interviewing Stars Such as Sophia Loren, Robin Williams, Henry Fonda and Madeline Kahn. Later He Became a Correspondent for ‘ET.’ Paul Ryan Dies at 69.

By Chuck Ross “Paul Ryan, an actor, TV host and former ‘Entertainment Tonight’ correspondent, has died,” Deadline reports. Ryan, 69, “died April 23 of leukemia at Providence Saint Joseph Hospital in Burbank,” the report continues. Deadline also notes, “His acting career…

CBS Sets Celebration for Colleague Killed in Car Crash

The life of a veteran TV correspondent for CBS News who was killed in a car crash in February will be celebrated this week. The network announced a celebration for Bob Simon, set for Thursday, April 30, at 10:30 a.m….

Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Dies — He May Have Created at Least One TV Show You Loved

An Oscar-nominated screenwriter who was a part of a dynastic Hollywood family has died. The Los Angeles Times reports that Don M. Mankiewicz died Saturday at his home in Monrovia, Calif. His son said the 93-year-old Mankiewicz did of congestive…

CEO Headed Out at FremantleMedia North America; Two New Co-CEOs Named

The CEO of TV content company FremantleMedia North America is headed out, to be replaced by two company insiders. The company announced today that Thom Beers is departing, with Jennifer Mullin and Craig Cegielski to be elevated to co-CEOs. Beers…

FX Orders Road Comedy

FX has greenlighted a project from an award-winning team of writers and producers. The network ordered a pilot for a road comedy from Gillian Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm. “It’s like ‘Thelma and Louise’ — but nobody dies,” the network says…