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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.

Lindsay Lohan TV Series Greenlighted

Here’s some good news for TV viewers who have been missing their Lindsay Lohan fix. The new show “Lohan Beach Club” (working title) has been given a green light by MTV. The docuseries, executive produced by Lohan in partnership with…

CBS Plots Course of Action Over Allegations Against Boss Leslie Moonves

The Board of Directors of CBS Corp. is meeting today to determine how to move forward after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced late last week against company Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves. The allegations from six women spanning several decades…

PBS Names Multifaceted Television Executive Perry Simon as New Programming Chief

Press release from PBS, July 30, 2018: Perry Simon, an accomplished television leader who has held top posts at BBC America, Vulcan Productions, Viacom Productions and NBC Entertainment, will join PBS as the organization’s next chief programming executive and general…

Addressable TV Breakthrough: How the AMC Networks Will Deliver Targeted TV Ads

“AMC Networks is moving more deeply into addressable TV advertising on internet-connected TV devices,” reports Wayne Friedman on MediaPost. “In a deal with Sorenson Media and its targeted advertising unit Sorenson Addressable, AMC Networks will use the platform on its…

Actor Avoids Prosecution Over Rape Allegations

Prosecutors have declined to file charges against an actor who’s familiar to TV viewers for his role on the teen drama series “Gossip Girl.” Ed Westwick, who played Chuck Bass on the CW series, was investigated by authorities in Los…

Must-Watch ‘Mission Impossible’ Stunt: Tom Cruise Jumps Out of Plane With … Well, Just Watch

Tom Cruise had a reluctant companion when he jumped out of an airplane from 15,000 feet over Perris Valley, Calif., in a nod to his stunts in “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.” CBS late-night host James Corden accompanied Cruise on the…

Roseanne Barr Explains Her Valerie Jarrett Tweet Again — and Fires Off Another Insult at Her

Roseanne Barr got a chance to explain — again — a tweet that was widely seen as racist, but her appearance on the Fox News show “Hannity” may have added more fuel to the controversy surrounding Barr’s appraisals of former…

One of the First Reality TV Stars Is Dead at 97

A man who was one of the first stars of what came to be known as reality television has died. Deadline reports that William Loud died Thursday of natural causes. Loud reportedly died at home, surrounded by his surviving family…

A+E Networks Group Names New President

A+E Networks Group has a new president after Steven R. Swartz, president and CEO of Hearst, and Ben Sherwood, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television, today announced the appointment of Paul Buccieri to the post. In…

Hit Drama Series Gets New Writer and Directors

A hit drama series is undergoing an overhaul behind the cameras, with a new lead writer and two new directors coming aboard BBC America’s “Killing Eve.” Variety reports that Emerald Fennell is taking over from Phoebe Waller-Bridge as lead writer…