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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.

Guess Which Celebrity Has Been Named the Riskiest to Hire to Endorse a Brand

Readers may be surprised — or not — to learn that a new report named Kim Kardashian as the riskiest choice to hire as a brand spokesperson. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that the 37-year-old reality star received…

Tribune Sues Sinclair for $1 Billion

Tribune Media has pulled out of its $3.9 billion buyout by Sinclair Broadcast Group, saying Sinclair broke its merger agreement, TVNewsCheck reports. Tribune is suing Sinclair for “approximately $1 billion of lost premium to Tribune’s stockholders and additional damages in…

Late-Night Joke Finds Its Way Into Man’s Wedding Vows

A recent wedding ceremony included a line that was part of a bit on late-night TV, earning T-shirts for the groom and members of the wedding party. The incident happened after viewer Paul Glassman took CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert…

CBS Announces Premiere Dates for its 2018-2019 Daytime Lineup

CBS released premiere dates today for its entire daytime lineup, including the series that the network says has been the No. 1 daytime drama for 29, consecutive years, “The Young and the Restless.” The show’s new season will premiere Monday,…

CBS Announces Season Premiere Dates for Entire Emmy Award-Winning Daytime Lineup

Press release from CBS, Aug. 9, 2018: CBS, the #1-rated network in daytime for 31 years, today announced season premiere dates for its entire Daytime Emmy Award-winning schedule for the 2018-2019 season. The full lineup was just recently honored with…

CBS Delays Charlie Rose Findings

The report on the Charlie Rose investigation by the law firm of Proskauer Rose, which had been expected to be released this month, will be delayed, with the results to be folded into the recently begun Leslie Moonves investigation, according…

Lindsay Lohan Offers an Odd Take on #MeToo

Lindsay Lohan added her voice to the #MeToo conversation, but the actress’s views might best be described as provocative. In an interview with the U.K. publication The Times, Lohan started by saying, “I don’t really have anything to say,” when…

How ‘New’ Will the ‘New Fox’ Be?

The people at Fox are calling it the “New Fox” with the acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets by Disney, but just what does that mean? Fox TV Group boss Dana Walden offered her thoughts on the subject at…

The Academy Awards’ Big Change Is Already Getting Backlash

In the few hours since the Motion Picture Academy announced it will add a category for popular films, the complaints have already begun pouring in. “The new film category quickly drew negative attention, with ‘popular film’ becoming a trending topic…

Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for His Latest Project — Fox, Disney, NBCU, Viacom and WarnerMedia Are All In

Former Disney and Dreamworks executive Jeffrey Katzenberg is generating some serious funding for a project he says will combine the “best of Silicon Valley and Hollywood.” Katzenberg’s WndrCo announced that it has hit the $1 billion mark in fundraising efforts…