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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.

Network That Went Off the Air in 2008 to Be Relaunched

A channel that was on television for more than 20 years is about to be brought back. Katz Networks announced plans today to relaunch Court TV. The new network, due to launch in May 2019, will be “devoted to live,…

Netflix Reveals Key Details About the New Season of ‘Stranger Things’

Netflix just released a teaser for “Stranger Things,” the main takeaway being we now know the episode titles for season three. The titles revealed in the teaser are: “Suzie, Do You Copy?” “The Mall Rats” “The Case of the Missing…

Crew Member Dies on Set of TV Series

An accident this morning on the set of a television series left one member of the production team dead. Deadline reports that Pedro Jimenez, a longtime production assistant, was killed when he was hit by an SUV while setting up…

Front-Runner Emerges in the Race for the Best Picture Oscar

One movie just became the front-runner for Best Picture at the upcoming Academy Awards, with both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Online declaring Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” to be the best movie of the…

‘The Favourite’ Leads Film Nominations for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards; ‘The Americans,’ ‘Escape at Dannemora’ and ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’ Lead Television Race With Five Nominations Each

Press release from the Critics’ Choice Awards, Dec. 10, 2018: The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced today the nominees for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards.  The winners will be revealed at…

Television Nominations for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

Announced by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, Dec. 10, 2018: BEST DRAMA SERIES The Americans (FX) Better Call Saul (AMC) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Homecoming (Amazon) Killing Eve (BBC America) My Brilliant Friend (HBO) Pose (FX) Succession (HBO)…

Film Nominations for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

Announced by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Dec. 10, 2018: BEST PICTURE Black Panther BlacKkKlansman The Favourite First Man Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk Mary Poppins Returns Roma A Star Is Born Vice BEST ACTOR Christian Bale –…

Court TV to Return to Television: Katz Networks to Launch New 24/7 Network Devoted to Gavel-to-Gavel Trial Coverage

Press release from Katz Networks, Dec. 10, 2018: One of the most iconic brands in television history will return when Katz Networks, part of The E.W. Scripps Company, relaunches Court TV — a new network devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage,…

Whaaat? Why Les Moonves Is Thinking of Suing CBS

“Disgraced media mogul Les Moonves is threatening to sue CBS,” reports the New York Post. The story continues, “In what’s expected to amount to a breach of contract suit, Moonves’ lawyers are preparing to allege that leaks to the New…

Tara Reid Files $100 Million ‘Sharknado’ Lawsuit

Actress Tara Reid, who has appeared in all six installments of Syfy’s “Sharknado” franchise, filed a lawsuit against production company the Asylum alleging that her likeness was used without her consent on beer cans and slot machines, The New York…