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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.

The Captain of Music Duo Captain & Tennille, Daryl Dragon, Dead at 76

“Daryl Dragon, the hat-wearing musician familiar to 1970s music fans as half of the bestselling duo the Captain & Tennille, died Tuesday in Prescott, Arizona, at age 76,” reports Variety. His cause of death was renal failure, Variety says. Variety quotes…

Sharon Stone, Matthew Broderick and Others Book Appearances on Sitcom

A comedy series that will premiere its third season next month has has just unveiled a solid lineup of “new faces” for the season. FX announced that Sharon Stone and Matthew Broderick will be among the guests on season three…

Gray Television Completes $3.6 Billion Acquisition of Raycom

Gray Television has completed its $3.6 billion acquisition of Raycom Media, and thus “Gray now owns the first or second highest rated television station in 85 markets, according to Comscore’s audience measurement data between December 2017 and November 2018,” notes…

Presenters Announced for This Sunday’s Golden Globes

The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live coast to coast this Sunday on NBC (5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET), announced the lineup of presenters today. The ceremony will be hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg. Here’s the list…

Taye Diggs to Host 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

Press release from the CW, Jan. 3, 2019: Acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs will host the 24th annual Critics’ Choice Awards, the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced today. Diggs…

FX Sets Premiere Date for Third Season of ‘Better Things’

Press release from FX, Jan. 3, 2019: Better Things, the acclaimed and award-winning comedy series directed by, produced by and starring Pamela Adlon, will return to FX for its third season on Thursday, February 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, it…

Bob Einstein, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Star and Creator of ‘Super Dave Osborne,’ Dead at 76

Actor, comedy writer and producer Bob Einstein, who was known for playing Marty Funkhouser on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and for creating the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne in the 1970s, has died. Einstein, the older brother of comedian and…

Video of Wild Confrontation in McDonald’s Goes Viral, Leads to Arrest. Attack Reportedly Over a Straw

Story updated on Jan. 3 at 7:20 a.m. PT with information added from a CNN story about what preceded the altercation. A female McDonald’s employee who fought back — hard — after she was attacked by a male customer is…

CBS’s ‘The Talk’ Names New Host

The CBS daytime show “The Talk” has named a new full-time host, announcing today on the air that Carrie Ann Inaba has the job. Inaba has appeared as a recurring guest co-host for the past two seasons. “Everyone’s Talking about…

Fixture of WWE Wrestling Dies

The world of professional wrestling is mourning the death of a man who became a fixture of WWE broadcasts as an interviewer. World Wrestling Entertainment announced on its website that “Mean Gene” Okerlund, who interviewed wrestling superstars including Hulk Hogan,…