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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.

Paramount Launches Teaser Trailer for Its Elton John Movie

“It’s going to be a wild ride,” Paramount Pictures says in promo material accompanying today’s release of the official teaser trailer for “Rocketman,” the studio’s upcoming Elton John biopic. Taron Egerton stars as Sir Elton John in the “epic musical…

Telenovela Star Arrested on Shoplifting Charge

An actress who stars on a Mexican telenovela was arrested and charged with shoplifting after she allegedly stole items worth between $100 and $750 from a designer store. Danielle Stefani Arellano, who also goes by Daniela Castro, was arrested Friday…

‘Mayans M.C.’ Revs Up for a Second Season on FX

Press release from FX, Oct. 1, 2018: Mayans M.C., the hit biker drama created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, has been renewed for a second season on FX, it was announced today by Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, Presidents…

CBS Is Subpoenaed to Provide Moonves Information

CBS has been subpoenaed for information related to sexual misconduct allegations against its former chairman, Leslie Moonves, the AP reports. “CBS said in regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday that it received subpoenas from the Manhattan…

Scheduled ‘SNL’ Performer Dropped Out for ‘Emotional Reasons’

A performer who had been scheduled to appear on this weekend’s season 44 premiere of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” dropped out at the last minute for what executive producer Lorne Michaels said are “emotional reasons.” CBS News reports that Ariana…

Filming Suspended on Reality Show Amid Sexual Assault Charges

Filming of a reality show was halted and one of the personalities on the show was suspended after he was reportedly charged with sexual assault. TMZ reports that Michael Darby is no longer filming Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Potomac.” Darby,…

NBC Chalks Up Its Most Time-Shifted Series Premiere on Record

A series that recently premiered on NBC has become the network’s most time-shifted series premiere on record. The network announced that in its first two days of time-shifting, the drama series “Manifest” added 4.9 million viewers, the biggest lift to…

‘Murdoch Moolah’: Massive Pay Increases for Rupert, James and Lachlan Murdoch

The Murdoch family is “making out like bandits” in the days before the close of the acquisition of much of the family’s media holdings by Disney, Variety reports. “Rupert, Lachlan, and James Murdoch were rewarded handsomely for their decision to…

CNN Founder Ted Turner Reveals What He Thinks Is Wrong With CNN

Ted Turner has one main problem with the current state of CNN, the cable news network he founded. Turner said he doesn’t keep up much with the news anymore but still occasionally watches the network he started nearly four decades…

Disney Restructures Its Ad Sales Unit

Disney has created an integrated ad sales unit representing all of The Walt Disney Company’s entertainment, sports, news and kids linear and digital TV and radio businesses. Rita Ferro, president, Disney Advertising Sales, said in making the announcement: “Combining world…