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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.

AMC Theatres Rolls Out Movie Ticket Subscription Service

AMC Theatres unveiled a new movie ticket program that enables subscribers to see up to three movies a week for a monthly fee of $19.95, the AP reports. The program appears to be a response to MoviePass. “Unlike MoviePass, subscribers…

Here’s Who Will Be Joining Seinfeld on ‘Comedians in Cars’

Netflix just put out a trailer for the new 2018 episodes of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and the show has lined up a guest list that includes the late Jerry Lewis, Kate McKinnon, Ellen DeGeneres, Hasan Minhaj,…

Starbucks Braces for Store Closures

With almost as many U.S. locations as McDonald’s, Seattle-based Starbucks may have finally saturated the market. CBS News reports that the chain expects to close 150 underperforming stores next year, up from the usual rate of 50 store closures per…

Two Lawsuits to Be Coordinated in CBS-National Amusements Beef as Judge Declines Stay

“A group of shareholders will be fighting National Amusements on the same schedule as CBS after a Delaware judge denied NAI’s motion to stay the class action lawsuit and ruled it could be tried with the television company’s,” Deadline reports….

Piers Morgan Takes On Serial Killers

Former CNN mainstay and current “Good Morning Britain” presenter Piers Morgan is shifting his focus to serial killers, with Oxygen Media announcing plans today to premiere the new series “Serial Killer with Piers Morgan” on Monday, July 16. The series,…

The CW Network to Roll Out New Six-Night Schedule Starting in October

Press release from the CW, June 20, 2018: The CW Network has revealed the premiere dates for its new six-night primetime schedule starting this October, plus the time period switch for ARROW and DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW on Monday nights,…

The Walt Disney Company Signs Amended Acquisition Agreement to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. For $71.3 Billion In Cash And Stock

Press release from The Walt Disney Co., June 20, 2018: The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today announced that it has signed an amended acquisition agreement with Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21st Century Fox” —NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX), for $38 per…

ABC Announces Premiere Date for the Fifth Season of Hit Summer Series ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ and Series Premiere of ‘Castaways,’ Tuesday, Aug. 7

Press release from ABC, June 20, 2018: Summer lovin’ is sure to happen fast as the hit series “Bachelor in Paradise” returns for season five TUESDAY, AUG. 7 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand….

Disney Names New Heads of Animation, Pixar

Following news that Disney animation and Pixar chief John Lasseter is leaving Disney at the end of the year amid misconduct allegations, Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn said today that Jennifer Lee and Pete Docter will take over for…

New Anthology Gets Series Order

A new half-hour anthology series from two Oscar-nominated writers has just been picked up by Apple. Deadline reports that the company gave a series order to “Little America,” from Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, “SMILF” executive producer Lee Eisenberg,…