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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.

This Popular Rock Band Will Perform at Halftime of the College Football Playoff Championship Game (Hint: One of Their Songs Holds the Record for Spending the Most Weeks on the Billboard Hot 100)

Before moving to Las Vegas this band began when two of its members met at BYU. They’re the popular rock group Imagine Dragons, and they will perform at halftime of the College Football Playoff Championship Game on Jan. 7, 2019,…

As CBS Announces It Is Selling Its Iconic Television City, We Celebrate Its Birth 66 Years Ago

“CBS Corporation on Monday announced that it had reached an agreement to sell its 25-acre CBS Television City property in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, as well as its soundstage operation, to real estate developer Hackman Capital Partners for…

Netflix and HBO Lead TV Nominations for Critics’ Choice Awards — We Have the Full List of Nominees in TV and Film Categories

The Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced the nominees Monday for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in film and TV categories. On the TV side, Netflix and HBO tied for the most nominations with…

CNN Readying New Original Series — Does It Sound Like a Winner?

CNN announced plans today for a new original series premiering next month. The cable channel will unspool “American Style,” a four-part documentary series, starting Sunday, Jan. 13. The program, produced by Vox Entertainment in collaboration with Doc Shop Productions, examines…

Spice Girl Hospitalized With Severe Injuries

Spice Girl Mel B reportedly underwent more than three hours of surgery after being hospitalized with severe injuries including a nearly severed right hand. What caused her injuries was not reported. She later posted a message online, writing: “Thank you…

Acclaimed Graphic Novel to Become TV Series

An acclaimed graphic novel by a former rock ‘n’ roll star is being developed into a series by TBS. Variety reports that the project is based on “Strange Times,” by former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge. DeLonge left the popular band…

Verizon to Cut Thousands of Jobs

Verizon Communications revealed plans Monday to cut thousands of U.S. jobs by the middle of next year. Reuters reports that the wireless carrier will eliminate about 10,400 positions through the company’s voluntary separation program. “The New York-based company has been…

Here Are the Top Ten Candidates for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

The shortlist for Time magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year was unveiled Monday, with the list of 10 names revealed on NBC’s “Today” show. The winner will reportedly be announced Tuesday. Here’s the list: Donald Trump Separated Families Vladimir Putin…

Elon Musk Rips the SEC

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tore into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over the weekend, providing tough talk during an appearance on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that apparently raised questions about whether he intends to comply with the agency’s requirement that…

Google Reveals Security Bug Exposed Data of 52 Million Users; Company to Pull Plug on Google+ Ahead of Schedule

After announcing back in October that it would be shutting down Google+ in August 2019, Google now says it will move up the termination date to April 2019 after a massive exposure of user data, Wired reports. The original shutdown…