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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.

TV Series Revisits Moments of National Fear, Confusion and Resilience

Headline-making events that tapped into the emotions of Americans across the nation, including the troubled Apollo 13 flight in 1970, the D.C. sniper attacks in 2002 and a “super outbreak” of tornados across the Midwest in 1974, are revisited when…

Winning Mega Millions Ticket of $1.5 Billion Sold in This Rural South Carolina City

The winning ticket worth more than $1.5 billion in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing was sold in Simpsonville, S.C., a town of about 22,000 people, IndeOnline.com reports. The winner is expected to bring home almost $900 million before taxes in a…

Smithsonian Channel Remembers Moments of National Fear, Confusion and Resilience With All-New Episodes of ‘The Lost Tapes’

Press release from Smithsonian Channel, Oct. 24, 2018: Smithsonian Channel’s hit series THE LOST TAPES returns this fall with all-new episodes, transporting viewers back in time to relive iconic moments in American history. From the chaos of the 2002 sniper…

The Battle to Replace Jeff Fager as the EP of ’60 Minutes’

“Staffers at CBS News are growing anxious over which of two internal candidates is most likely to win the top post at ‘60 Minutes’ – and it’s making some people more cranky than Andy Rooney delivering one of his famous…

Amazon Studios Names Veteran Executive to Run Unscripted TV Division

Amazon Studios has selected a veteran TV executive to head up its unscripted television division. Variety reports that Chris Castallo has been picked for the post. “Castallo, formerly a programming exec at CBS and NBC, replaces Heather Schuster, who was…

TV Game Show Legend Bob Barker Hospitalized

TV game show icon Bob Barker was rushed to a hospital after paramedics from the L.A. Fire Department responded to a call Monday at his home in the Hollywood Hills, TMZ reports. The longtime “Price Is Right” host was taken…

VH1 Shakes Things Up Behind the Scenes on Two of Its Longest-Running Series

VH1 is shaking things up behind the scenes on two of its longest-running franchises. Deadline reports that the channel has removed the original production companies from “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” and “Basketball Wives.” “The Viacom-owned cable network has removed…

WWE Star Reveals He’s Battling Leukemia

One of the big stars of the wrestling world dropped a bombshell Monday night, revealing on live television that he’s battling leukemia. The New York Post reports that WWE superstar Roman Reigns made the announcement during the opening segment of…

Man Shot After Breaking Into TV Station

A man who had reportedly made threats to a TV station in the past was shot Monday after he broke into the Washington, D.C., station, WTTG Fox 5, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Police said the man was shot by…

Just One Ticket Was Sold Matching All Six Winning Numbers in Tuesday’s Record $1.6 Billion Mega Millions Lottery. Was It Where You Live?

Just one winning ticket was sold for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions lottery jackpot, worth a record $1.6 billion, according to the official Mega Millions website. ABC News reports that “The sole ticket to a historic Mega Millions jackpot — $1.6…