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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 ‘America’s Got Talent’ Adds Celebrity Judges, New Host

NBC named three celebrities who will join “America’s Got Talent” for season 14. The judges’ panel will add Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough, and Terry Crews will be the new host. The three stars join returning judges Simon Cowell, who…

Trump Critic Vows to Keep Up Tradition of Skewering Him on the Night of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

One of Donald Trump’s most outspoken critics hopes to fill the void left when the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner broke with tradition by eliminating the comedian from the program. Samantha Bee announced plans to air her second annual “Not…

Comedy Project From ‘SNL’ Alum Moves Forward

A single-camera comedy project from a “Saturday Night Live” alum is moving forward, with the announcement by TBS that it picked up “Chad” to pilot. The project comes from actress and comedian Nasim Pedrad, who spent five seasons as a…

Will ‘The Right Stuff’ Have What It Takes? Tom Wolfe Book to Become a TV Series

Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff” has been greenlighted as a TV series, with Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio on board as an executive producer. The adaptation of Wolfe’s account of the early days of the U.S. space program is in the…

Big Night for Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino at Sunday’s Grammys — See the Full List of Winners

Sunday’s 61st annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Alicia Keys and broadcast live on CBS, had their share of surprises, and when the dust settled, Kacey Musgraves claimed the big prize, Album of the Year, for her “Golden Hour.” Childish Gambino,…

Moonves Has a New Company — and Guess Who’s Paying the Rent?

After being ousted as chairman and CEO of CBS Corp., Leslie Moonves is running a new company, Moon Rise Unlimited. The New York Times reports that the company is operating out of a 10th-floor suite on Sunset Boulevard — and…

You’ve Heard His Voice, Even If You Never Saw His Face — The ‘King of the Voice-Overs’ Dies

A television and stage actor and Tony-winning producer who was known as “the king of the voice-overs” has died. The New York Times reports that Joe Sirola died Sunday in Manhattan. He was 89. Sirola, whose prolific TV career included…

NBC Show Moves to a New Network

A series that has been airing on NBC since its premiere is moving to a new network. Nat Geo announced that “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” is headed to the cable channel, where it is slated to premiere this December….

National Geographic Greenlights to Series ‘The Right Stuff,’ an Adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s Best-Seller that Recounts the Pioneering Chapter of the Historic U.S. Space Race

Press release from Nat Geo, Feb. 11, 2019: National Geographic, with Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, announced today that The Right Stuff, an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s iconic, best-selling nonfiction account of the early days of the U.S….

Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough and Terry Crews Join Season 14 of NBC’s Summer Blockbuster ‘America’s Got Talent’

Press release from NBC, Feb. 11, 2019: NBC’s unrivaled and beloved summer sensation “America’s Got Talent” revs up the excitement for season 14 with award-winning actress, author and producer Gabrielle Union and actress, dancer, singer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Julianne…