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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.

‘Silicon Valley’ Actress Says Cast Members Were ‘Complicit’ in T.J. Miller’s Bad Behavior

An actress who appeared on the HBO comedy “Silicon Valley” ripped the show’s male cast members, saying they were “complicit” in T.J. Miller’s “unprofessionalism.” In a scathing tweet posted Tuesday evening, Alice Wetterlund, who appeared as Carla Walton on six episodes…

Springsteen Takes His Broadway Show to TV

Bruce Springsteen just made it a lot easier for his fans to catch his Broadway show, which will be wrapping up its sold-out 236-show run at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre on Dec. 15. That same day, “Springsteen on Broadway” will…

Sinclair Shifts Strategy in Effort to Salvage Tribune Deal

After running into resistance against its Tribune Media acquisition in the FCC, Sinclair Broadcast Group said today it will shift its plans. Reuters reports that the company “will drop plans to divest stations in Dallas, Chicago and Houston to ‘expedite’…

Dangerous Stunt Goes Wrong on ‘America’s Got Talent’

Judges and audience members watched in horror Tuesday night on the NBC competition “America’s Got Talent” as a performance by a husband-and-wife trapeze team went wrong. The mishap came during the finale of a performance by Mary and Tyce that…

Netflix Moves Into Radio

Netflix just unveiled plans for a move into radio. The streaming service said it will create a comedy channel for Sirius XM as part of a partnership with the satellite radio provider, CNBC reports. “The radio channel’s focus is going…

What 765 Million People Worldwide Will Do Once a Month This Year

New research by eMarketer finds that almost 765 million people — 10.2% of the global population — will use a subscription over-the-top (OTT) video service at least once per month this year, MediaPost reports. Subscriptions to OTT services will rise…

Google Hit With Record $5 Billion Fine

Google has been hit with a $5 billion fine that follows a $2.8 billion fine imposed on the company a year ago. The New York Post reports that both fines were imposed by the European Union. The EU “fined Google…

‘Walking Dead’ Veteran Tackles ‘Creepshow’ Series Adaptation

A new anthology series based on the cult horror movie “Creepshow” has been given a green light, with “The Walking Dead’s” Greg Nicotero set to direct, executive produce, and supervise the show’s creative elements. The project is headed to Shudder,…

‘Narcos’ Moves On From Colombia

After spending three seasons fighting the drug war in Colombia, the Netflix drama series “Narcos” is shifting its focus to Mexico. “Narcos: Mexico” is scheduled to launch later this year as a new original series. “‘Narcos: Mexico’ will explore the…

Is Trump Walking Back His Walk-Back About the Helsinki Summit?

“President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied Russia is still targeting the United States, a claim sharply at odds with recent warnings from his top intelligence chief about ongoing threats to election security,” the AP reports. “Trump was asked at the…