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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.

Aaron Sorkin’s Controversial Adaptation of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Opened on Broadway Last Night — The Reviews Are In, and Here’s the Consensus

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee’s classic, beloved 1960 novel, arrived on Broadway last night in a controversial adaptation by Aaron Sorkin, and the consensus of the professional critics is that Sorkin has delivered a show worth seeing. Playbill tracks…

CBS Paid Actress $9.5 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment Claims

A well-known actress received a settlement of $9.5 million from CBS earlier this year after she complained about alleged sexual impropriety on the set of the network’s drama series “Bull” and was subsequently written out of the show. The network…

Grammy-Winning Singer Dead at 81

A singer who starred in an NBC series and chalked up a string of hits over the course of a five-decade career has died. Nancy Wilson died Thursday at her home in Pioneertown, Calif., following a long illness, according to…

MSNBC Host Apologizes for Comment That Incurred Trump’s Wrath

Donald Trump tore into one of his frequent sparring partners after she committed a blunder on live TV. After MSNBC fixture Mika Brzezinski made a comment that many viewers consider homophobic, Trump got on the Twitter this morning and wrote:…

Lindsay Lohan Explains Her New TV Series

Actress Lindsay Lohan has a new TV series premiering next month, and she explains it, sort of, in a new trailer released today by MTV — watch it below. The show, “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club,” premieres Tuesday, Jan. 8, on…

Here’s What Actress Cybill Shepherd Accuses Moonves of Doing to Her

Actress Cybill Shepherd revealed her own allegation against Leslie Moonves, the disgraced former head of CBS. Appearing on SiriusXM’s “The Michelle Collins Show,” Shepherd indicated that soon after she rejected an advance from Moonves, he canceled her sitcom. The show,…

Why Former ’60 Minutes’ Chief Jeff Fager May Sue CBS

CBS continues to face fallout from the sexual misconduct scandal that brought down former CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves and triggered a lengthy internal investigation. The New York Post reports that leaks last week from that investigation “are threatening to…

Media Giant GroupM Names New CEO

GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, has named a new CEO for North America, elevating Tim Castree to the post. “Castree remains a member of GroupM’s global executive committee and will continue his work with the Wavemaker leadership team…

CBS Launches New York News Service

CBS announced the launch of the first of its planned 24/7 direct-to-consumer news services that will stream anchored news coverage and live breaking news events from major markets served by CBS O&O’s. CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive on Thursday…

Greg Kinnear Joins ‘Twilight Zone’ Reboot

Greg Kinnear has signed on with “The Twilight Zone” and will appear in the episode “The Traveler.” The reboot is on track to premiere on CBS All Access in 2019. The Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Kinnear joins previously announced…