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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.

Trump Lashes Out at Media on Day Media Pushes Back Against Him

“President Donald Trump lashed out at the media Thursday morning, identifying the ‘fake news’ as ‘the opposition party’ on the same day that hundreds of newspapers nationwide printed editorials critical of the president’s rhetoric towards the media,” Politico reports. Trump…

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, Dead at 76

Legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin, who helped usher in the musical revolution of the 1960s and scored a string of huge hits after signing with Atlantic in 1967, died this morning, Thursday, Aug. 16, after a battle with pancreatic cancer….

USA Network Picks Up 14 More Episodes of Freshman Series

USA Network announced it has made a back-half order for 14 additional episodes of the freshman series “Miz & Mrs,” which tracks WWE power couple Mike “The Miz” Mizanin and Maryse Mizanin. The additional episodes will air in 2019. The…

Verizon to Offer Free Streaming Service With Rollout of 5G Internet Service in L.A. and Three Other Cities

Verizon says it will start rolling out 5G residential Internet service this year in four cities: Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Houston and Sacramento. “Along with that announcement, the company also said that its residential broadband subscribers in those cities would receive…

‘The Americans’ Star Heads to Broadway

One of the stars of the FX drama series “The Americans,” which wrapped in May after six seasons, is on her way to Broadway. Variety reports that Keri Russell, who played Russian spy Elizabeth Jennings on the series, will join…

Reality Show Cast Member, Former Politician, to Exit Show Amid Rape Investigation

A reality show cast member and former politician who is under investigation for multiple rape allegations is quitting the show. The AP reports that Thomas Ravenel says he will exit the Bravo series “Southern Charm,” where he has been one…

Why Matt Lauer Is Agreeing to Give His Soon-to-Be Ex-Wife Everything She Wants in Their Divorce Settlement — Including as Much as $20 Million

According to friends of Matt Lauer the former NBC morning fixture feels so guilty about cheating with multiple women at work that he is willing to give his soon-to-be ex-wife Annette Roque “everything she wants in their divorce,” The New…

Report: Moonves Accuser Shopping Tell-All Memoir

One of the accusers of Leslie Moonves — who is also the former girlfriend of Sumner Redstone — is close to a deal with a major publisher for a tell-all memoir, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cites an unnamed…

Twenty-Five Years After Its Final Show, a Sitcom That Was Once a Mainstay on CBS Is in the Works for a Reboot

The latest “classic” sitcom that’s being positioned for a reboot — with the creator of the original series on board — is “Designing Women,” which ended a seven-year run on CBS 25 years ago. “Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is behind…

Drama Series Canceled

A drama series currently in its third season won’t be back for a fourth, with Variety reporting that USA Network has canceled “Shooter.” “Since Season 3 began back in June, the series has seen a steep fall-off in its Live+Same…