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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.

A&E IndieFilms Licenses ‘Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes’ to Magnolia Pictures

Press release from A&E, Sept. 10, 2018: A&E IndieFilms announced today that Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to DIVIDE AND CONQUER: THE STORY OF ROGER AILES from director Alexis Bloom (BRIGHT LIGHTS: STARRING CARRIE FISHER AND DEBBIE REYNOLDS)….

‘The Voice’ to Debut First-Ever ‘Comeback Stage’ Companion Series With Chart-Topping Country Music Star Kelsea Ballerini as the Fifth Coach

Press release from NBC, Sept. 10, 2018: Four-time Emmy Award-winning hit musical competition series “The Voice” will debut its first-ever, 10-part “Comeback Stage” companion series in its upcoming 15th season, which premieres Monday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on…

Moonves Out as Six More Women Make Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Him

Three hours after The New Yorker published sexual misconduct allegations against CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves today, “CNN reported that Moonves would step down from his position at CBS,” The New Yorker reports. The story reports: “Later [today, Sunday,…

Charlie Rose Lashes Out at Sexual Harassment Accusers

“Former CBS anchor Charlie Rose filed a motion Friday to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against him, claiming the three plaintiffs are ‘exploiting the #MeToo Movement,’” CNN reports. “The motion asserts that ‘none of the three plaintiffs,’ Katherine Brooks…

Discovery Honors the ‘Fast N’ Loud’ Side of Burt Reynolds

Discovery Channel is celebrating the life of Burt Reynolds, who died this week at 82, by airing a special two-hour episode of its muscle car series “Fast N’ Loud.” The episode, scheduled to run Saturday, Sept. 8, at 9 a.m….

NBC Developing New Single-Camera Comedy

NBC has just put a new comedy project in development, moving ahead with a single-camera comedy called “Uninsured,” from “The Goldbergs” writer and co-executive producer Dan Levy and executive producer Doug Robinson, Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline. The project comes…

Another ‘Classic’ TV Series Gets a Reboot — Drama Series Had a Good Run in the 1990s

A drama series that aired for six seasons in the 1990s was just greenlighted for a reboot pilot. Freeform announced plans to move forward with “Party of Five,” from the creators of the original Fox series. The project from Sony…

Moonves’ CBS Golden Parachute Runs Into Opposition

The lucrative severance package that CBS is reportedly offering embattled CEO Leslie Moonves as enticement to leave the company isn’t sitting well with some observers. Variety reports that the advocacy group Time’s Up is campaigning against the package, reported to…

Kimmel Says He Knows Who Wrote the Anonymous White House Op-Ed — Here’s His Take

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel tackled the mystery of which White House staffer wrote an anonymous op-ed piece for The New York Times, offering his own theory on who it was. Here’s the clip from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” posted by…

Vince Vaughn Faces Up to 360 Days in Jail

Actor Vince Vaughn has been hit with three charges after being arrested earlier this summer for an alleged DUI. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Vaughn faces up to 360 days in jail if convicted. “The 48-year-old ‘Wedding…