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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.

Roman Polanski Threatens to Sue Motion Picture Academy

Exiled director Roman Polanski is waging a battle with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after the group publicly expelled him, along with Bill Cosby. Deadline reports that Polanski says he will take the Academy to court unless…

Local TV News Salaries Rose Last Year, But Less Than They Did in 2016 or 2015

Growth in wages for employees of TV news operations slowed last year, with wages growing less than the U.S. average, according to the 2018 RTDNA/Hofstra University Newsroom Survey. You can click here to read the full report. The growth in…

CNN and PBS Launch New Late-Night Public Affairs Series ‘Amanpour & Company’ July 2018

Press release from CNN and PBS, May 8, 2018: Today, at the PBS Annual Meeting with public television stations, PBS and WNET announced that in collaboration with CNN, the new one-hour late-night public affairs series, Amanpour & Company, will launch…

New York Attorney General, Who Has Called Harvey Weinstein’s Alleged Treatment of Women ‘Despicable,’ Resigns Amid Allegations That he Physically Abused Four Women

Eric Schneiderman, New York’s attorney general, resigned Monday, just three hours after the New Yorker published a story wherein four women accused him of physical abuse. The story, by Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, says  “As [Schneiderman’s] prominence as a…

Star of TV’s ‘Supergirl,’ Melissa Benoist, Sets Broadway Debut

Melissa Benoist, who stars as “Supergirl” on the CW series — and who played Marley Rose on Fox’s ‘Glee’ — “will star beginning next month as the lead of ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,’ which will mark her Broadway debut,”…

NBC Renews Dramedy, Orders Two New Drama Series

NBC has just made a number of programming moves, picking up a dramedy series for a second season and ordering two new dramas to series. Variety reports that the network renewed “Good Girls,” which stars Christina Hendricks, Retta and Mae…

Actor Jumps Off Stage to Help Woman Having a Seizure in the Audience

An actor who’s a familiar face on TV and in feature films — who also happens to be a doctor — put his medical training to use over the weekend. ET reports that Ken Jeong interrupted his live comedy performance…

Well-Known Actor Sued for Allegedly Groping Youngster

A Golden Globe-nominated actor has been hit with a lawsuit accusing him of groping an 11-year-old girl at a photo shoot. The AP reports that the lawsuit was filed in Utah today against Tom Sizemore. “Kiersten Pyke, 26, spoke for…

Drama Series Renewed

Two weeks into its current season, a broadcast drama series picked up a renewal for season six. Deadline reports that the CW gave the pickup to “The 100.” “The CW last month renewed the bulk of its lineup — 10…

ESPN Completes Its ‘Monday Night Football’ Broadcast Team — and the Last Position to Be Filled Marks a First for the Show

In an unprecedented move for “Monday Night Football,” ESPN rounded out its broadcast team for the show by adding an on-field analyst. The Athletic reports that the network has given the job to Booger McFarland, who joins a team made…