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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.

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Hires Reid Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures

Press release from Entertainment Studios, Nov. 7, 2019: Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television, with 64 shows on the air, and owner of nine 24-hour HD television networks now serving nearly 160…

NBC Gets Into the ‘Oh, What Fun’ Spirit With Full Slate of Holiday Season Programming Overflowing With Good Cheer

Press release from NBC, Nov. 7, 2019: NBC is sledding into the holiday season with lineup full of spectacular perennial and annual specials that accentuate an “Oh, What Fun” spirit only a broadcast network can bring into the most festive…

Comedy Central Greenlights D.L. Hughley Docu-Comedy Special ‘How Not to Get Shot and Other Advice From White People’

Press release from Comedy Central, Nov. 7, 2019: Comedy Central today announced a greenlight for a one-hour comedic documentary from D.L. Hughley, How Not to Get Shot and Other Advice from White People, based on Hughley’s New York Times bestselling…

ABC Rebooting Drama That Wrapped in 2015

ABC is reaching back just a few years for its latest drama development project, with The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reporting that the network is working on a reboot of “Revenge.” The original series, which starred Madeleine Stowe and Emily…

The Impeachment Gets Its Own TV Show

Ongoing impeachment efforts appear to be the inspiration behind a new TV series, titled, appropriately, “The Impeachment Show.” Viceland announced plans this week for the show, and released a brief teaser, which you can watch below. Hosted by Michael Moynihan,…

Catherine Deneuve Hospitalized

Legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve, known for her work with acclaimed directors such as Luis Bunuel, Francois Truffaut and Roman Polanski, was hospitalized in Paris after suffering what her family says is “a very limited and therefore reversible ischemic stroke,”…

Why Ellen DeGeneres and Sandra Bullock Are Involved in a Court Case Together

Sandra Bullock and Ellen DeGeneres are working together on a legal case, joining forces to file a lawsuit against 100 anonymous individuals and entities over fake endorsements, The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq. reports. “According to a complaint submitted Wednesday to…

New Series From M. Night Shyamalan to Premiere This Month — Watch the Creepy Trailer Now

A new half-hour psychological thriller from Academy Award nominee M. Night Shyamalan premieres later this month on Apple TV+, and the streamer just released the official trailer, which you can watch below. The show, “Servant,” premieres Nov. 28. The series…

Fox and Nexstar in Five-Station Deal

“Fox Corp. has agreed to acquire three TV stations from Nexstar Media Group, and sell Nexstar two stations,” MediaPost reports. “Fox will pay $350 million in cash for KCPQ and KZJO in Seattle and WITI in Milwaukee, expanding its market…

American Music Awards Add Top Breakout Artists to Lineup

Two of the biggest breakout artists of 2019 are among a number of additions to the lineup for the 2019 American Music Awards, which air live on ABC on Sunday, Nov. 24. Breakout artists Billie Eilish and Lizzo have been…