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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.

TV Mega-Personality Lands in the Smithsonian

A new exhibition that opened Friday at the Smithsonian focuses on one of the biggest personalities of the contemporary television landscape, Oprah Winfrey. The AP reports that “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture” is a yearlong exhibition…

New ‘Halloween’ Trailer Shows ‘Jamie Lee Curtis Means Business’

A trailer released Friday for the upcoming “Halloween” sequel features a no-nonsense Jamie Lee Curtis as she returns to the film franchise that launched her career in 1978. “It’s a sequel and reboot that ignores all other versions in the…

Two ‘SNL’ Veterans Reunite for a Raucous — and Maybe a Bit Raunchy — Interview Session

Two veterans of “Saturday Night Live” who have both done well following their graduation from the NBC sketch show got back together this week for a Writers Guild Foundation-sponsored event in Beverly Hills. TVWeek Open Mic writer Hillary Atkin reports…

Fox Sports Bolsters Lineup for ‘Thursday Night Football’

Fox Sports is adding to its “Thursday Night Football” broadcast team, with the news today that Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink are joining the program as co-reporters. “In addition, Andrews and Pink will contribute features to both ‘Fox NFL Kickoff’…

CBS to Burn Off Canceled Comedies on Saturday Nights

CBS has decided the fate of unaired episodes of two canceled comedy series that were pulled from the schedule during the 2017-2018 season. The network will air the remaining episodes of “Me, Myself & I” and “Living Biblically” in back-to-back…

How CNN Will Pay Tribute to Anthony Bourdain

CNN announced a lineup of special programming to pay tribute to its food and travel star Anthony Bourdain, who died today: A special tribute program, “Remembering Anthony Bourdain,” will air tonight, June 8, at 10 p.m. ET. On Saturday, June…

Fox News Commentator Says He Has Only Weeks to Live

A conservative commentator who appears regularly on Fox News announced today that he is dying from cancer and has just weeks left to live. Charles Krauthammer, 68, broke the news in The Washington Post, where he has written a column…

Acclaimed Series Renewed

The award-winning TV series that has been hailed as “the best show on TV” by Rolling Stone and “the funniest and smartest show in a generation” by Esquire was just picked up for a third season. The show is Donald…

NBC Tweaks Prime-Time Schedule

NBC flipped two shows in its prime-time lineup, with the network issuing an announcement that “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” will now lead off prime time on Mondays at 8 p.m. (7 p.m. Central), followed by “American Ninja Warrior” at…

Marcy Carsey, Who Produced Both ‘Roseanne’ and ‘The Cosby Show,’ Offers Thoughts on Two Scandals

Legendary TV producer Marcy Carsey, who happened to be behind the cameras on two high-profile sitcoms that have since been touched by scandal, offered her thoughts on the two scandals. Carsey, who left the business in 2005, was a producer…