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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.

ABC Releases First On-Set Photo From the ‘Roseanne’ Spinoff

The first photo was just released from the set of “The Conners,” ABC’s replacement series for its suddenly canceled sitcom “Roseanne” featuring essentially the same cast minus Roseanne Barr. The photo shows a table read with Sara Gilbert, Jayden Rey,…

New CBS Fall Series Premieres Early on Digital Platforms

CBS is making a new series available ahead of its fall premiere on digital platforms starting today, Friday, Aug. 31. The pilot of “God Friended Me” is being made available on the CBS app, CBS All Access, CBS.com, Facebook Premieres,…

Coen Brothers’ New Netflix Movie Headed to Theaters

The latest movie from Joel and Ethan Coen, which features an ensemble cast that includes Liam Neeson, Tyne Daly, Tom Waits and Tim Blake Nelson, will be released in theaters in the U.S., according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Western…

Disneyland to Introduce Alcohol

A new attraction at Disneyland will bring alcohol to the park for the first time since it opened in 1955. Fox Business reports that the California theme park’s Star Wars Land, due to open in summer 2019, will feature alcoholic…

Net Neutrality Clears Major Legislative Hurdle in California

Net neutrality took a big step forward this week in California, Deadline reports, with the state Assembly on Thursday approving a bill that would restore Obama-era protections that were abolished this year by the Federal Communications Commission. “The legislation would…

Football-Themed Late-Night Show in the Works at Fox — With an Unusual Ad Arrangement

Fox will be adding a program that extends its coverage of the upcoming season of the National Football League. Variety reports that the broadcaster will offer “NFL GameDay Prime” Sundays at 11:30 p.m. to its affiliates. The report cites two…

NBC Sets Sneak Preview for New Comedy Series

NBC announced plans to air a sneak preview of the first two episodes of the new fall comedy series “I Feel Bad.” The first two episodes will air Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 10 and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT before the show…

Justice Department Warns It Will Keep an Eye on Comcast

The U.S. Department of Justice intends to continue to scrutinize Comcast Corp. even after the antitrust restrictions placed on the company with its takeover of NBCUniversal expire Sept. 1, Bloomberg reports. “The department’s antitrust division wrote a letter to Comcast…

Snapchat and Weather Channel Maps Hit With Anti-Semitic Hack

“A location data company powering maps on services such as Snapchat and The Weather Channel said someone vandalized the label on New York City with anti-Semitic language,” USA Today reports. “On Thursday, several Snapchat users on Twitter pointed to an…

Star of Long-Running Series Says She’s Leaving the Show

An actress who stars on a long-running TV series made a surprise announcement today, saying she is leaving the show. Emmy Rossum, who has played Fiona Gallagher for nine seasons on Showtime’s “Shameless” — season nine premieres next month —…