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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.

Why Egypt Banned ‘Saturday Night Live Arabia’

Egyptian authorities have banned the Arabic version of “Saturday Night Live,” with an official explaining today that the action was taken because the show allegedly used “sexual expressions,” the AP reports. “An investigation of the show’s content by the Supreme…

Patton Oswalt Keeps It Light at WGA Awards — Here’s a Wrapup of the Winners and (Uncensored) Jokes

Despite the serious subject matter of many of the projects in contention for the 2018 WGA Awards, with Patton Oswalt hosting for the third year running, a large thread of humor ran throughout the proceedings. Click here for a roundup…

ABC Moves ‘American Music Awards’ to a Weeknight

ABC announced today that it will move the “2018 American Music Awards” from its traditional spot on Sunday nights to a weeknight, with the show’s live broadcast now set for Tuesday, Oct. 9. Produced by dick clark productions, the show…

‘Gangsters’ Season Premiere Pushed Back

The premiere of new episodes of the series “Gangsters: America’s Most Evil” has been pushed back. Originally slated to debut March 6, the new cycle for the Reelz documentary series will instead bow Tuesday, March 27, Reelz announced today. “When…

Writer of ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ – Which Became a Hit Series for Netflix – Is Accused of Sexual Harassment

The writer of “Thirteen Reasons Why,” the heavy drama about teen suicide that became a must-see series on Netflix for many older teens and young adults, has been accused of sexual harassment. Author Jay Asher, who wrote the 2007 novel,…

Amazon Prime Video Greenlights Season Five of Emmy-Nominated Series ‘Bosch’

Press release from Amazon, Feb. 13, 2018: Amazon today announced it has greenlit a fifth season of the longest-running one-hour Prime Original Bosch. Executive Producers Eric Overmyer and Daniel Pyne are slated to team up as co-showrunners. Season four of…

Country Music Star Dead at 46

A country singer who was a honky-tonker and a traditionalist, delivering a string of hits in the 1990s, has died. Rolling Stone reports that Daryle Singletary died this morning at his home in Lebanon, Tenn., near Nashville. He was 46….

Lead Cast for ABC’s ‘Greatest American Hero’ Reboot

ABC has found its “Greatest American Hero,” with Deadline reporting that the title role in the reboot will be played by “New Girl’s” Hannah Simone. The single-camera comedy pilot comes from the “Fresh Off the Boat” duo of Rachna Fruchbom…

Suspected Poacher Eaten by Lions

The mostly eaten remains of a man found over the weekend are believed to be the body of a poacher who was apparently attacked and killed by lions at a private game park just outside Kruger National Park in South…

NBC Parts Ways With One of Its Olympics Analysts After Embarrassing Incident

An analyst who was a part of NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang won’t be involved in any further coverage of the Games after he angered Koreans with comments made during the Opening Ceremony, The Washington Post reports….