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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.

Hillary Clinton to Executive Produce TV Drama

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is an executive producer on a new TV project from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Amblin today announced plans to adapt the Elaine Weiss book “The Woman’s Hour,” about the activists who led the…

Landmark Sci-Fi Movie Marks Its 50th Anniversary With a Return to Theaters in Imax

A consensus masterpiece of the science-fiction genre turns 50 this year, and to celebrate the occasion, “2001: A Space Odyssey” is returning to theaters — in Imax this time, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Warner Bros. announced Wednesday that a…

‘Shark Tank’ Lands NBA Great as Guest Shark

ABC’s “Shark Tank” announced a lineup of guest sharks and other details on the show’s upcoming 10th season. NBA great Charles Barkley will be a guest shark, along with entrepreneur, investor and Miami Dolphins Vice-Chairman Matt Higgins and former “Shark…

Anthony Bourdain to Return to TV Posthumously

Even though celebrity chef and world traveler Anthony Bourdain died in June, he will be making a return to television. CNN is putting together a final season of Bourdain’s series “Parts Unknown,” which will air this fall, The Los Angeles…

Back for a Momentous 10th Season Beginning Sunday, Oct. 7, ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ Announces Stellar Slate of Brand-New Guest Sharks and a Former Entrepreneur Earns a Seat in the Tank as a Shark

Press release from ABC, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018: “Shark Tank,” the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning entrepreneurial-themed reality show, today announced the addition of three brand-new guest Sharks including Charles Barkley, Matt Higgins and, for the first time, former “Shark…

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television Lands Rights to Elaine Weiss’s Book ‘The Woman’s Hour’

Press release from Amblin Television, Aug. 1, 2018: Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television announced today that it has optioned the rights to Elaine Weiss’s critically acclaimed book “The Woman’s Hour,” and will develop it as a long-form project for premium cable…

Former CBS Fixture Meredith Vieira Cites Sexism at ’60 Minutes’

Meredith Vieira, who spent 11 years at CBS including stints as a reporter and anchor for “60 Minutes” and “CBS This Morning,” was asked for her reaction to Ronan Farrow’s New Yorker piece on CBS and Leslie Moonves during an…

Judy Woodruff Explains Why ‘PBS Newshour’ Refuses to Call Trump a Liar, Even When They Catch Him Saying Something Blatantly False

“‘PBS Newshour’ anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff defended the broadcast network program’s unwillingness to call President Trump a ‘liar’ when they catch him saying something that’s blatantly false,” James Hibberd reports for EW.com in a piece on Woodruff’s appearance…

Revenues and CPMs Both Were Up in This Year’s Upfront

The recent upfront sales period for the 2018-2019 TV season saw both ad revenues and CPMs rise, MediaPost reports. “Combined broadcast and cable networks deal-making saw upfront TV advertising grow 5.2% to just over $20.7 billion, according to Media Dynamics,…

‘M*A*S*H’ Star Reveals He Has Parkinson’s Disease

An Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor who was one of the stars of the hit CBS comedy “M*A*S*H” revealed that he has Parkinson’s disease. Alan Alda said during an appearance today on “CBS This Morning” that he was diagnosed with the…