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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.

Fox Drops Monday and Wednesday Installments of ‘Paradise Hotel,’ Moves Up Return of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ to June 3

Press release from Fox, May 17, 2019: MONDAY, MAY 20 “9-1-1” – (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) — CC-AD-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1 A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE ROCKS LOS ANGELES ON “9-1-1” MONDAY, MAY 20, ON FOX When a massive earthquake rocks Los Angeles,…

Drama Behind the Scenes as Showrunner and Writers Quit ‘90210’ Revival

“There is drama behind the scenes of Fox’s upcoming ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ revival that is worthy of — well, ‘Beverly Hills 90210,’” Variety reports. “Showrunner Patrick Sean Smith and several senior writers have quit the six-episode series, which is titled…

Stephen King TV Series Adaptation in the Works — Will It Fill the Void Left by ‘Game of Thrones’?

This Sunday’s finale of “Game of Thrones” will leave a void on television for fans of the HBO fantasy series, but Deadline reports that there’s a new project in the works that might help fill that void. “Maybe there’s epic…

Why James Corden Is Poised to Get a Huge Raise From CBS

CBS late-night host James Corden, who is still on the original deal he signed with the network when he arrived from the U.K. in 2014, is in “advanced talks” on a new multiyear deal with the network, Variety reports. The…

Show Canceled After 17 Years

A TV show that has been on the air for 17 years and has televised almost 3,000 episodes has been canceled. Variety reports that the syndicated game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” is ending. The report quotes a…

Report of CBS Interest in Starz Sends Lionsgate Stock Higher

Stock in Starz parent Lionsgate surged Friday following a report that CBS made an informal bid to acquire the premium channel for $5 billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Shares in Lionsgate rose $1.66, or 12 percent, to $15.23 after…

Report: Former WWE Star and ‘Survivor’ Contestant Committed Suicide

Former WWE star and “Survivor” contestant Ashley Massaro, who was reportedly found unconscious Thursday morning at her home in Smithtown, N.Y., died after apparently taking her own life, The Blast reports. Massaro, 39, had said for years that she suffered…

Longest-Tenured Reporter on ’60 Minutes’ Steps Down

A television news fixture who is one of the most familiar faces of CBS’s “60 Minutes” is retiring. The network announced today that Steve Kroft, who has been a part of CBS News since 1980, will step down after the…

Why One Huge Hollywood Star, With Three Golden Globes and an Oscar, Has Never Watched ‘Game of Thrones’ — and It’s Probably Not the Same Reason You’ve Never Watched It

One of Hollywood’s biggest stars revealed two reasons she has never watched the HBO hit series “Game of Thrones” — and no, it’s not because she doesn’t have HBO, which is one of the top reasons many of us have…

Internet Sensation ‘Grumpy Cat’ Dies

A pet cat who became a meme and an Internet star thanks to the grumpy expression on her face has died. The owners of Grumpy Cat, whose real name was Tardar Sauce, confirmed the news today that the animal died…