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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.

Late-Night Hosts Critique Trump’s State of the Union Address — But Who Had the Line of the Night?

Many of the late-night talk show hosts sounded off Tuesday night about Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, but the line of the night may have belonged to CBS’s Stephen Colbert, who said: “This speech was like watching paint…

With Fox’s TV Studio Headed to Disney, Fox Starts a New Company to Get the Network More Content

Fox Entertainment is starting up a new company, headed by veteran media executive and producer Gail Berman, that will be responsible for developing scripted and unscripted programming to complement active development at the Fox network. The new company, Sidecar, is…

CBS Orders Three Comedy Projects

CBS has just picked up three multicamera comedy projects, including “The Emperor of Malibu” from “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan, Variety reports. “In the series, when the son of a Chinese billionaire announces his engagement to an American woman,…

State of the Union Tops Last Year’s Viewer Turnout

Despite being delayed by the government shutdown, this year’s State of the Union address by Donald Trump was seen by 46.8 million TV viewers, topping last year’s speech, the AP reports, citing Nielsen figures. Last year’s number was 45.6 million,…

Spectrum SportsNet LA and KTLA 5 to Simulcast 10 L.A. Dodgers Games During the 2019 Season — Here’s the Schedule

Spectrum Networks and Tribune Media announced an agreement Wednesday to simulcast 10 SportsNet LA Dodgers broadcasts on KTLA 5 during the 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers season, beginning with the April 2 game vs. the San Francisco Giants at 7:10 pm….

See the Striking Magazine Cover That Just Won the American Society of Magazine Editors’ Magazine Cover of the Year Award

The American Society of Magazine Editors awarded its magazine “Cover of the Year” for 2018 to Time magazine for its Oct. 15, 2018, cover “Her Lasting Impact,” depicting Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. MediaPost reports that the illustration by San Francisco-based…

Ariana Grande Drops Out of Grammys — Here’s What Went Wrong

The Grammy Awards, coming up ths Sunday, Feb. 10, will apparently have to get by without pop star Ariana Grande. Variety reports that Grande pulled out of the event after getting into a beef with the show’s producers. The clash…

TV Series That Was Named ‘Best Show of the 20th Century’ Gets Two More Seasons

An acclaimed and astonishingly durable prime-time TV show, which has already made history as the longest-running prime-time scripted show in television history, is poised to make even more history. “The Simpsons” was just picked up for its 31st and 32nd…

At Least 4,000 People to Lose Jobs in Big Media Merger

More than 4,000 layoffs are expected — with one analyst saying the number could climb as high as 10,000 — in the Disney acquisition of the 21st Century Fox entertainment assets, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Once Disney’s $71.3 billion…

CNN to Roll Out Two New Shows Focusing on Past Presidents

Two new programs that will premiere next month on CNN will spotlight the presidency of Richard M. Nixon and the political dynasty of the Bush family. The channel announced today that “The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power” will premiere Sunday,…