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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.

CBS Posts Record Revenues and Profits

For a company that’s supposedly in crisis, CBS Corp. seems to be keeping its head above water. Even as the fate of company CEO Leslie Moonves hangs in the balance pending an investigation into allegations of sexual impropriety, the company…

Harvey Weinstein Claims to Have Emails Showing Alleged Rape Was Consensual Sex

Harvey Weinstein is reportedly claiming he has about 40 emails that will show that he had consensual sex with a woman who is accusing him of rape. “Weinstein’s lawyers just filed legal docs saying the emails show the accuser was…

Daytime Emmys Face Boycott Threat

After all four daytime dramas threatened to boycott the Daytime Emmy Awards, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said it will launch an inquiry into the shows’ concerns. Deadline reported Monday that “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Days…

Highlights From the TCA Cable Presentations

Large and controversial personalities, movie stars and revered industry figures dominated the proceedings during last week’s cable portion of the Television Critics Association summer press tour, known as CTAM, which wrapped up Sunday at the Beverly Hilton. Click here to…

Leslie Moonves Steps Down From Post With Anti-Sexual Harassment Group

CBS Corp. Chairman Leslie Moonves is under pressure on multiple fronts, including being suspended from the board of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The move comes as Moonves is caught in a scandal over…

Reboot of ’80s Sitcom in Development

Another “classic” sitcom is getting the reboot treatment, with Variety reporting that Warner Bros. is in the early stages of developing a reboot of “ALF.” The original ran for four seasons on NBC, wrapping up in early 1990. “No writer…

TV Host Returning to NBC Following Abuse Allegations

A familiar TV face will be returning to NBC after the network confirmed it will be bringing back Chris Hardwick. The confirmation comes a week after AMC announced that Hardwick would be returning to his gigs on “Talking Dead” and…

Both Lennon and McCartney Take Credit for Writing the Beatles Song ‘In My Life’ Alone — Which One Really Wrote It?

A pair of researchers say they’ve solved the controversy over which Beatle wrote the song “In My Life,” which both John Lennon and Paul McCartney claimed to have written alone. The New York Post reports that Harvard statistician Mark Glickman…

TV Star Says She’s the Secret Love Child of a Wall Street Mogul

One of the regulars on a major broadcast drama says she’s the secret love child of the late Manhattan financier John R. Jakobson. The New York Post reports that Marina Squerciati, who plays Kim Burgess on the NBC procedural “Chicago…

Margot Robbie Joins A-List Actresses in Roger Ailes-Fox News Movie

The parts of Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson are all set, and now Margot Robbie will reportedly be joining the lineup of top actresses who will battle the “toxic male culture” at Fox News in Annapurna’s untitled movie, according to…