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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.

NBC’s Robert Greenblatt Jumps to WarnerMedia to Oversee HBO, TBS, TNT and truTV; Where Does CNN’s Jeff Zucker Fit In?

NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt has been hired to run HBO, the Turner cable networks TNT, TBS and truTV and other properties that were previously run separately, with Greenblatt named chairman of WarnerMedia’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer divisions as part of…

Former Contestant on NBC’s ‘The Voice’ Dead at 33

A singer who competed on the NBC reality show “The Voice” in 2017 has died. CNN reports that Janice Freeman died Saturday following an extreme case of pneumonia and after a blood clot traveled to her heart. “Freeman’s husband, Dion,…

Golden Globe-Winning Sitcom Actress — a Seven-Time Emmy Nominee — Dead at 89

An actress who became a familiar face on television through a string of high-profile sitcom roles, winning Golden Globes for “Soap” and “Who’s the Boss?,” has died. Katherine Helmond died Feb. 23 at her home in Los Angeles of complications…

Why Dozens of Small Community Theaters Across the U.S. Are Shutting Down Their Productions of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Dozens of small community and nonprofit theaters across the country are abandoning their productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird” because of a legal threat by Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott Rudin, the AP reports. “Rudin is arguing that author Harper…

Civil Rights Group Slams HBO for ‘Posthumous Lynching’ of Michael Jackson

A prominent civil rights group has come to the defense of Michael Jackson, slamming HBO’s upcoming documentary “Leaving Neverland” as a “posthumous lynching” of the late pop superstar. Variety reports that Charles Steele, president and CEO of the Southern Christian…

Michael J. Fox Reveals Recent Health Struggles

Michael J. Fox has battled a series of health issues during the past year, detailing them in an interview published today by The New York Times. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, but more recently has been dealing…

Martha Stewart’s Brands Are Reportedly for Sale — Why She May Be to Blame

The company that bought Martha Stewart’s company a little more than three years ago appears to have become disillusioned with it and is reportedly trying to sell it, according to The New York Post. A big reason, the story says,…

Brothers Issue Statement on Their Alleged Role in Jussie Smollett Attack

Two brothers who have become a part of the Jussie Smollett story, with the “Empire” actor accused of arranging with the brothers to stage a fake hate crime, have issued a statement through their attorney expressing regret for their roles…

New Book Found: Picasso and Pollock Meet the Cat in the Hat as Pablo and Jackson Get the Dr. Seuss Rap

Following the discovery of an original Dr. Seuss manuscript in the home of the author 21 years after his death, a new Dr. Seuss book will be published this year. Random House Children’s Books announced that “Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum”…

President of Turner Leaving the Company After Three Decades

In another high-profile casualty of AT&T’s acquisition of Turner and the rest of WarnerMedia, Turner President David Levy is out the door after more than three decades with the company, CNN reports. In an internal memo, Levy told staffers: “I…