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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.

Grand Jury Weighing Possible Criminal Charges Against Harvey Weinstein — Subpoenas Issued to Potential Witnesses

A Manhattan grand jury is considering whether to charge fallen Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein with sexual assault, The New York Post’s Page Six reports. “Subpoenas have been sent out by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to the disgraced movie mogul’s…

A&E Investigates Explores NXIVM in the Premiere of ‘Cults and Extreme Belief’ Hosted By Elizabeth Vargas on May 28

Press release from A&E, May 4, 2018: In the series premiere of A&E Investigates “Cults and Extreme Belief,” A&E examines the timely topic of the “self-help” group NXIVM which has been catapulted into the spotlight with the recent arrest of…

Comedy Series Calls It Quits

A quirky comedy series that has chalked up 16 Primetime Emmy nominations since its premiere in 2015 is ready to wrap it up. Deadline reports that the Netflix series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” will end its run with season four, which…

Sandra Bullock’s Stalker Reportedly Kills Himself

“A man who killed himself during a standoff with Los Angeles police was convicted last year of breaking into Sandra Bullock’s home and stalking the Oscar-winning actress, his lawyer said Thursday,” the AP reports. “Joshua James Corbett missed a court…

NBC Corrects Story on Monitoring of Trump Attorney’s Phones

“NBC News corrected a story Thursday that said federal investigators had placed a wiretap on the phone lines of President Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, saying it subsequently learned that the feds were only monitoring the source of calls and weren’t…

FX Orders Comedy Series

FX placed an order for a first season of a comedy series based on the feature film “What We Do in the Shadows.” The series, which has the same title, comes from co-creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. Nick Grad…

Charlie Rose Allegations Far More Extensive Than Previously Reported

Allegations of misconduct by Charlie Rose at CBS were widespread and three managers at the network were warned about his conduct toward women, according to an investigation by The Washington Post. “An additional 27 women — 14 CBS News employees…

Celebrity Judge Offers Bitter Recollections of Her Time on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

A former celebrity judge on NBC’s “The Voice” had more than a few unkind words to describe her time on the show. In an in-depth interview with Billboard, Christina Aguilera likened the show to a “churning hamster wheel” and said…

TBS’s ‘Conan’ to Shrink as Cable Net Tweaks Deal With O’Brien

In a shift for the cable network’s deal with Conan O’Brien — described by TBS as an expansion of their partnership — O’Brien’s nightly show on the network will be reformatted and will shrink to 30 minutes in 2019. The…

Geraldo Rivera’s Son Arrested

The son of television personality Geraldo Rivera was arrested in New York and charged with assault, criminal obstruction of breathing, aggravated harassment, attempted assault and harassment, according to a report by the New York Daily News. Cruz Rivera, 30, was…