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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.

In Case You Missed It — and Even If You Didn’t: Thursday’s Wild Congressional Hearing, Recapped by Stephen Colbert

Thursday’s opening segment on CBS’s “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” revisited what Colbert calls the “Red Hot Congressional Strzok-Fest 2018” — in which the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from FBI agent Peter Strzok. Naturally, Colbert got in his trademark…

Elite Military Weapons Maker Kevin ‘Mad Dog’ McClung to Star in All-New Discovery Channel Series ‘Mad Dog Made’ Produced by Rogue Atlas in Association With Lionsgate

Press release from Discovery, July 13, 2018: From first responders to U.S. Special Forces, these brave heroes test their limits every day by putting their lives on the line and trusting their tools. But can their tools get the job…

LeBron James In Talks to Star in Comedy

NBA superstar LeBron James, who recently signed a four-year deal to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, is already getting his side gig going, with news that he’s in early talks to star in an untitled feature comedy from writer…

Why the Upcoming Broadway Revival of ‘West Side Story’ Is Eagerly Anticipated

News of ‘West Side Story’s’ return to Broadway was huge in the first place, but what’s ratcheting up anticipation further for the upcoming production is the presence of hot director Ivo van Hove. Deadline quotes Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the…

Sandra Oh Reacts to Her Historic Emmy Nomination

Some observers have responded to the historic Primetime Emmy nomination for Sandra Oh with variations on “What took so long?,” but not the actress. Oh, nominated for BBC America’s “Killing Eve,” is believed to be the first woman of Asian…

Disney Inks ‘Arguably the Most Significant Rights Deal in eSports History’

In a deal that MediaPost calls “arguably the most significant rights deal in eSports history,” Disney has signed a multiyear pact with video game publisher Blizzard Entertainment to bring the Overwatch League to Disney’s channels, including ESPN, Disney XD and…

Sacha Baron Cohen Continues to Go After Sarah Palin

After Sarah Palin complained that she was duped into doing an interview for Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Showtime series “Who Is America?,” as we reported previously, Cohen continued to harvest material from the former GOP vice presidential candidate. Cohen penned…

Tyler Perry Sends Out a Warning to His Fans

Tyler Perry, the actor, writer, director and TV creator behind hit programs including OWN’s “The Haves and the Have Nots” and TBS’s “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” posted a video message to fans warning them about ongoing scams that are…

‘Superman’ Actor Apologizes for Rapist Comment

An actor who has been playing Superman is doing damage control after coming under fire for his not-so-super comments about the #MeToo movement. Henry Cavill, who stars in “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” and has played Superman in “Man of Steel”…

Charges Dropped Against Stormy Daniels

Porn actress Stormy Daniels, who is suing Donald Trump and his former attorney Michael Cohen in an effort to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement, was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, before the charges were dropped hours later, the AP reports. Daniels was…