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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.

Alarming New Data: Exodus of Younger Viewers From Traditional TV Is Accelerating

The accelerating rate of cord cutting and the flight of viewers from traditional television to digital options such as streaming services — especially among younger millennials — have changed the very definition of television, according to a new report by…

Bidding War for Tribune Media Taking Shape

A new suitor has emerged for big TV broadcaster Tribune Media, with its 42 TV stations. The New York Post reports that ION Media, a privately held operator of 70 stations across the country, has joined forces with buyout firm…

Disney Casts Star of Its New ‘Star Wars’ TV Series

An actor who has received strong reviews for a couple of recent high-profile TV roles will star in Disney’s new “Star Wars” TV series. Variety reports that Pedro Pascal is on track to land the role in “The Mandalorian,” which…

NBC Breaks Out Holiday Lineup

NBC today took the wraps off a lineup of holiday programming that kicks off Nov. 21 with a special “Hollywood Game Night” and “A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving” and wraps up on New Year’s Day with the “130th Annual Tournament…

Can Steve Carell — Now a ‘Serious Actor’ — Make a Successful Return to Comedy Hosting ‘SNL’?

Steve Carell hosts NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this week, but it may require a serious adjustment for the actor who has been tackling more serious roles lately. Here’s a look at what Carell has been doing to get ready …

TV Show to Broadcast Live From the Bottom of One of the World’s Largest Submerged Sink Holes

An upcoming TV program is making the unusual claim that it will broadcast live from the bottom of one of the largest submerged sink holes in the world. The program is the two-hour special “Discovery Live: Into the Blue Hole,”…

Here’s a Look at the New Jennifer Aniston Project

“Friends” star Jennifer Aniston has a new project coming out next month, which will premiere both on Netflix and in selected theaters. The movie, “Dumplin’,” comes out Dec. 7. “Directed by Anne Fletcher, ‘Dumplin” follows an outspoken plus-sized teenage girl…

‘Little House on the Prairie’ Actress Dies

An actress best-known for her role on the long-running NBC drama series “Little House on the Prairie” has died. The AP reports that Katherine MacGregor, who played “petty, gossiping mother Harriet Oleson” on the hit family drama, died Tuesday at…

Another Channel Taken Off Dish in Carriage Dispute

It may not be as high-profile as HBO’s group of pay-cable channels, which went dark on Dish systems a couple of weeks ago, but now the Spanish-language sports channel Univision Deportes is also on the list of Dish’s blacked-out channels….

Report: Subpoenas Issued for ‘Apprentice’ Tapes in Trump Lawsuit

Subpoenas have been issued to MGM Holdings Inc. and Trump Productions LLC demanding unaired footage from the NBC reality show “The Apprentice” from when Donald Trump hosted the program, the AP reports. The subpoenas were issued by Lawyers for Civil…