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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.

New Damon Lindelof Project Gets Series Order

A new series from producer and screenwriter Damon Lindelof, whose TV credits include “Lost,” “The Leftovers” and “Crossing Jordan,” has been given the green light at HBO. The pay cabler announced a series order for Lindelof’s “Watchmen.” The cast includes…

ESPN to Sit Out the National Anthem on ‘Monday Night Football’

“ESPN will largely avoid broadcasting the playing of the national anthem during ‘Monday Night Football,’ continuing a practice it has followed in past seasons even as controversy has swirled around that element of NFL games,” Variety reports. The report quotes…

Something Happened in Baseball Last Night That Hasn’t Happened in More Than 106 Years — and It Confused the Heck Out of Everyone

In the blink of an eye, one of the rarest plays in baseball happened during Thursday’s game between the Texas Rangers and L.A. Angels — and it left everyone scratching their heads. It was a triple play, which is already…

Sequel to Drama Series Greenlighted

A sequel to this year’s No. 1 new cable series in the key 18-49 demo received the go-ahead from TNT. The cable channel announced it has ordered the limited series “The Angel of Darkness,” a sequel to this year’s “The…

Reigning Miss America Lashes Out at Gretchen Carlson, Other Current Pageant Leaders

“The reigning Miss America says she has been bullied, manipulated and silenced by the pageant’s current leadership, including Gretchen Carlson,” the AP reports. “In a letter sent Friday to former Miss Americas, Cara Mund says she decided to speak out…

Who Is the Enemy of the People, Trump or the Press? A New Survey Asked the Question — Here Are the Results

A new survey asked the question, “Which do you consider to be more ‘the enemy of the people’?,” with the possible answers being The Media, President Trump or Neither. The results were pretty close. The survey of 400 U.S. adults,…

Academy Award Winner Renee Zellweger Lands Her First Major TV Role

“In her first major TV role, Oscar winner Renee Zellweger has been tapped to star in ‘What/If,’ a social thriller anthology drama series for Netflix from ‘Revenge’ and ‘Swingtown’ creator Mike Kelley and producer Robert Zemeckis,” Nellie Andreeva reports on…

Stormy Daniels Drops Out of Reality Show at the Last Minute

“Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress and nemesis of U.S. President Donald Trump, has pulled out of a British reality-TV show at the last minute after a dispute with producers,” the AP reports. “Daniels was due to take part in…

One-Hour Premiere Set for New ‘Star Wars’ TV Series

A new TV series providing its own take on the “Star Wars” universe is set to premiere Sunday, Oct. 7, on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW. Disney announced plans to roll out the animated adventure series with a one-hour premiere. The…

A Wonderful Script Awaits the Box Office Appeal of a Major TV or Movie Star to Bring It to Broadway

A production that “could be the hottest show on Broadway” and “would be a strong contender to win the Tony next year” has been unable to get a Broadway theater, The New York Post reports, and the problem is a…