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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.

Complete List of Winners and Nominees for the 2015 Gold Globe Awards

[Winners in BOLD] Best TV Series, Drama Downton Abbey The Affair Game Of Thrones House of Cards Good Wife, The   Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama Viola Davis(How to Get Away With Murder) Claire Danes(Homeland) Julianna Margulies(The Good…

The CW Orders Additional Season for All Scripted Series on Its Fall 2014 Schedule

“The CW Network has picked up eight of its current series for the 2015-2016 season, it was announced [Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015] by Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW.” The announcement continued, “In essence, The CW picked up all of the…

Rock ‘n Roll Star Who Once Won the Grammy for ‘Best Male Rock Vocal Performance’ Four Years in a Row to Join Katy Perry in NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show

The rock n’roll star who once one the Grammy award for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” four years in a row – 1999-2002 – will be joining Katy Perry during the halftime show at the upcoming NFL Super Bowl. That…

He Helped The Following Directors Early in Their Careers: Kenneth Branagh, Anthony Minghella, Jim Jarmusch, Ang Lee, David Lynch and John Sayles. His Dad Once Famously Said ‘Too caustic? To hell with cost; we’ll make the picture anyway.’ Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Dies at 88.

Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 88, died on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, according to a number of media accounts. “His death, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center [in Los Angeles], was caused by congestive heart failure, his son John said,” reported The New York…

Legendary Singer Dies. The Winner of Seven Grammys, He Was Known as the Father of Modern Gospel Music. Andraé Crouch Dies at Age 72

“Andraé Crouch, a gospel musician who bridged the worlds of church and mainstream music for more than 50 years, died Thursday afternoon,” reports USA Today. The story continues, “The 72-year-old singer, songwriter and choir director had been hospitalized since Saturday…

Here’s When Season 5 of ‘Game of Thrones’ Will Begin. Also, the Return of ‘ Veep’ and ‘Silicon Valley

HBO has announced when the next ten episodes of “Game of Thrones” will begin. It’s season five, and it will start on April 12th. HBO also announced that “Veep” and “Silicon Valley” return that day. Furthermore, a website devoted to…

Rod Taylor Dies at Age 84. He Starred in ‘The Time Machine’ and ‘The Birds’ and Was in A Lot of TV Shows as Well.

By Chuck Ross Actor Rod Taylor, 84, has died, his daughter Felicia, a former CNN News correspondent, has confirmed to People magazine. No cause of death was given. Taylor’s first lead role was in the baby-boomer childhood favorite “The Time…

Bill Cosby Jokes About Sexual Assault Allegations During His Show in Canada

This is from the New York Daily News: Bill Cosby performed in London, Ontario Canada tonight, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 before about 1,500 people. During the show a woman got up and started to leave the auditorium. Cosby asked her…

Why the Discovery Channel is Done with Fake Sharks

“Under Discovery Channel’s new regime, fake shark movies and man-eating anaconda stunts are out,” reports our good friend James Hibberd at the website of Entertainment Weekly. Rich Ross, the former Disney wunderkind who is Discovery’s new president,  knows a thing…

Moonves Explains Why He No Longer Opposes CBS Launching an Over-the-Top (OTT) Service

Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS, “said he had been opposed to the OTT idea when plans were initially proposed to him 18 months ago,” reports Variety from Moonves’ keynote conversation with MediaLink CEO Michael Kassan at the Consumer…