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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.

Dictionary.com Makes a Weird Choice for Word of the Year

Dictionary.com has settled on the word of the year for 2019, and we’d be surprised if you could guess that the word is “existential.” “Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called…

BBC America’s ‘Doctor Who’ Returns With a Brand-New Season New Year’s Day at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Press release from BBC America, Dec. 2, 2019: BBC AMERICA’s hit action-adventure series, Doctor Who, is back! Kicking off 2020, the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) returns with the launch of the latest season on Wednesday, January 1, at 8pm ET/PT,…

Executive in Charge of Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang Leaving the Company

In the latest departure of a high-ranking WarnerMedia executive since the company became a part of AT&T, Variety reports that Christina Miller will leave the company at the end of the year. Miller oversees Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic…

NBC Not Commenting as Controversy Swirls Around ‘America’s Got Talent’

NBC may not be talking but some other key players are as a controversy boils over about the network’s reality competition “America’s Got Talent.” Deadline reports that former NBA standout Dwyane Wade fanned the flames today with a series of…

‘Today’ Show Co-Host Suffers Eye Injury, Temporarily Loses Vision

One of the regulars on NBC’s “Today” show has been out of the lineup this week due to an eye injury. Savannah Guthrie called in to the show to explain what happened — you can see the video in the…

Celebrity Chef Dies

A restaurateur and TV chef who was seen on a number of cooking shows in the U.S. and in his native Britain has died. Gary Rhodes died Tuesday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to media reports. He had lived…

Promo Released for the Reimagined ‘Party of Five’ — Watch It Now

“The new promo for Freeform’s ‘Party of Five’ brings some major joy and pain as we see the Acosta family separate, but still maintain hope. At the same time, it is giving us all the feels,” Deadline reports. You can…

Special TVWeek Holiday Schedule for the Thanksgiving Weekend

TVWeek will have a special schedule in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be putting out our regular mailings today, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, and will be closed Thursday, Friday and through the weekend. We will be back on…

Cult Favorite Series Canceled

A TV series that became a cult favorite in a couple of different incarnations has been canceled. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Netflix pulled the plug on “Mystery Science Theater 3000” after a two-season run. The show was…

Actor Collapses and Dies on Set of Reality Show

A 35-year-old actor and model died early Wednesday after collapsing during filming of a reality show. According to media reports, Godfrey Gao, who is Taiwanese-Canadian, died on the set of the Chinese reality show “Chase Me.” According to some reports,…