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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.

Alec Baldwin to Bring His ‘Trump’ Back to ‘SNL’

Alec Baldwin will be reprising his polarizing impression of Donald Trump. The actor revealed during the “Origins” podcast with “SNL” chronicler James Andrew Miller that he will appear as Trump during the show’s upcoming 44th season, Variety reports. Baldwin is…

Slasher Freddy Krueger Comes After Sitcom Cast

Freddy Krueger, the slasher from “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and a string of sequels, will pay an unwelcome visit to ABC’s “The Goldbergs” for a special Halloween episode. ABC announced today that Robert Englund will reprise his role as…

A&E Network Orders 450 Additional Hours of ‘Live PD’ — No. 1 Series on Cable Friday and Saturday Nights — From MGM’s Big Fish Entertainment

Press release from A&E, Sept. 21, 2018: A&E Network has ordered 150 more episodes of the hit original series, “Live PD,” which documents policing in America in real time, from Big Fish Entertainment, an MGM Company. Totaling 450 hours, the…

Julie Chen’s ‘Big Brother’ Plans Take Shape

The question of whether Julie Chen, who bailed out on her job on “The Talk,” will stick with her other CBS job on “Big Brother” appears to have been answered. Deadline reports that Chen, the wife of deposed CBS boss…

Why Glenn Weiss’ Marriage Proposal During the Emmys Rubbed Some People the Wrong Way

For many viewers it was a highlight of Monday’s Emmys ceremony, but not everyone was thrilled by longtime Tonys director Glenn Weiss’ show-stopping marriage proposal to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen. “Some Broadway insiders bristled” at the stunt, The New York…

Disney Boss Says Company Will Back Off on the ‘Star Wars’ Releases

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger took the blame for cranking out what some people think is too many “Star Wars” movies in too short a time, and indicated the company will be backing off in the future. Iger discussed…

Suge Knight Cops a Plea, Will Get Massive Prison Sentence

Record producer and music executive Suge Knight will receive a stiff prison sentence after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter. TMZ reports that Knight, 53, will be sentenced to 28 years behind bars. Knight, who has been in jail waiting…

Tussle Between Fox and Comcast Will Come to a Head This Weekend

A winner will soon be declared in a power struggle that has been playing out between 21st Century Fox and Comcast for control of the broadcaster Sky. The AP reports that the U.K. media company will go to the highest…

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Finally Does What It Has Resisted Doing for 175 Years

The Harvard University Hasty Pudding theater troupe has managed to hold out for 175 years, but has finally cast women in a production for the first time. The move comes after almost two centuries of all-male productions. The group was…

‘Twilight Zone’ Revival Names TV Personality as Host — Check Out the Clip

The host of the new “Twilight Zone” TV series takes over for Rod Serling midway through the opening in a clip posted by CBS announcing Jordan Peele as the new host. The new series, described by CBS as “a modern…