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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.

Shakeup in Cable News: It’s the First Time in 17 Years That This Has Happened

In a ratings shakeup in the cable news universe, for the first time in 17 years MSNBC beat Fox News in the key news demo of viewers 25-54 for the week of Dec. 17-21. MSNBC also came out on top…

Song That’s 24 Years Old Sets Record on Spotify for Most Streams on a Single Day with Almost 11 Million

This past Monday, the day before Christmas, saw a record set on Spotify: a song was streamed 10.8 million times. And it was a song that’s 24 years old! The song was Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is…

Why Emmy-Winning Actor for ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’ Says He Will No Longer Play LGBTQ Characters

“Darren Criss has played numerous characters on TV, film, and stage, but he is best known for his roles as Blaine in ‘Glee’ and his recent turn as the real-life Andrew Cunanan in ‘The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime…

Movie Connected to Critically Acclaimed Netflix Series Drops…Tomorrow

Netflix “has dropped a trailer for the movie that releases tomorrow, December 28,” that’s connected to one of its signature series, reports Deadline. The title of the movie is “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” Notes Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione, although the “Black Mirror”…

MSNBC Is the No. 1 Cable News Network for Week of Dec. 17, Beating Fox News for 1st Time in 17 Years

Press release from NBCUniversal, Dec. 26, 2018: MSNBC finished the week of December 17, 2018 as the #1 cable news network in the key demographic of A25-54 and total viewers during M-F 6am-2am, according to Nielsen data for the week…

Angie Tribeca Is the Gift that Keeps on Giving This Holiday Season With a Season Four Weekend Marathon on Saturday, Dec. 29, and Sunday, Dec. 30

Press release from TBS, Dec. 27, 2018: This weekend, as a special holiday-binge treat, TBS is releasing the fourth season of Angie Tribeca in its entirety. Starting at 8pm ET/PT each night, fans (you’re welcome!) can watch all 10 episodes…

Report: Tyra Banks Is Leaving NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ — Here’s What She Plans to Do Instead

Tyra Banks is leaving her job on the NBC competition program “America’s Got Talent” and will focus on producing, The New York Post’s Page Six reports, citing unnamed sources. The report notes that Banks has been hinting around about exiting…

Roseanne Barr to Address Israeli Parliament

Roseanne Barr, whose ABC comedy reboot “Roseanne” was canceled in May amid a controversy over racist remarks on Twitter, will travel in January to Israel, where she has been invited to address the country’s Parliament. “Barr announced her visit to…

Seven Shows at Risk of Being Canceled — and Five That Are Pretty Much Toast

With the year 2018 drawing to a close, a number of broadcast TV series have “big shiny targets on their backs,” Michael Ausiello reports on TVLine.com. In a piece published Monday, Ausiello focuses on seven series he says are “on…

TV Art Critic Dead at 88

A sister of the Catholic Church who became a prominent art historian and critic through her appearances on BBC television programs has died. The AP reports that Sister Wendy Beckett died Wednesday afternoon. She was 88. “Her work included a…