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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.

Travel Channel Ups Brian Leonard to Vice President of Programming and Development

Press release from Travel Channel, March 30, 2015: Travel Channel has announced the promotion of Brian Leonard to vice president of programming and development. Leonard will now oversee the team of directors of programming and development as well as manage…

‘Downton Abbey’ Writer and Creator Julian Fellowes to Receive 2015 International Emmy Founders Award at International Emmy Gala in New York on November 23

Press release from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, March 30, 2015: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present the 2015 International Emmy® Founders Award to Julian Fellowes, the writer and creator of Downton Abbey,…

‘The Walking Dead’ Season 5 Finale Is Highest-Rated Finale in Series History

Press release from AMC, March 30, 2015: The special 90-minute season five finale of “The Walking Dead” [Sunday] night was the highest-rated finale in series history, delivering 15.8 million viewers and 10.4 million adults 18-49. The episode capped the show’s…

It’s Movie Time! This Year Marks the 50th Anniversary of An Astonishingly First-Rate Screenplay. And Even Though the Resulting Movie Won the Oscar for Best Picture of the Year, No One Else Will Be Writing About This Until 2020. Why We are Jumping the Gun

This movie is on the American Film Institute’s 100 Best Movies Ever Made and on the Writers Guild of America’s List of 101 Best Ever Screenplays. Please click here to get the fun, insightful behind-the-scenes story of this classic movie…

In Interview, Katie Couric Says, ‘When I came to CBS [to anchor the evening news] people said I lacked gravitas.’ Then Couric Gives Her Jaw-Dropping [And Funny] Definition of ‘Gravitas’

Katie Couric, in an interview in the current Time magazine: Time: What makes a good anchor? Couric: Someone who’s experienced and who has credibility. When I came to CBS, people said I lacked gravitas, which was frankly an unfair assessment….

The Best Reaction to the News That ‘The Daily Show’ Has a New Host

Since news broke today that Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” has settled on its replacement for Jon Stewart, the media has offered a wide range of reactions, many of them along the lines of “who the heck is Trevor Noah.”…

Report: Jon Hamm Wanted the Part in ‘Gone Girl’ That Went to Ben Affleck. Why He Didn’t Get It

“Jon Hamm was up for a starring role in the smash hit movie ‘Gone Girl,’ but wasn’t allowed to do the film because ‘Mad Men’ creator Matt Weiner wouldn’t let him out of his contractual obligations to his series,” reports…

Most Money In the History of Kickstarter Has Been Raised for This Product. We’ll Give You a Minute To Figure Out What It Is…

“The most successfully funded campaign in the history of Kickstarter (in terms of amount raised)” happened this past week, reports Hot Hardware.com. In a Kickstarter campaign that ended yesterday, Friday, March 27, 2015, Pebble Time smartwatch successfully raised $20,338,986 with 78,471…

It’s Movie Time! This Year Marks the 50th Anniversary of An Astonishingly First-Rate Screenplay. And Even Though the Resulting Movie Won the Oscar for Best Picture of the Year, No One Else Will Be Writing About This Until 2020. Why We are Jumping the Gun

David Lean, often the most dazzling of directors, was once asked about the main characters in his two war epics, “Lawrence of Arabia” and “The Bridge on the River Kwai”: “Characters like T.E. Lawrence or Colonel Nicholson seem to be…

‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff Gets a Title

Details about AMC’s hotly anticipated spinoff to its hit zombie series “The Walking Dead” have been scarce, but thanks to a tweet today from executive producer Robert Kirkman, we now know the show’s title: “Fear the Walking Dead.” USA Today…