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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.

Disney Reveals Every Movie and TV Show Coming to the Disney Plus Streaming Service — See the List

Disney is closing in on the highly anticipated launch of its Disney Plus streaming service, and the company took to social media Monday morning to reveal a comprehensive list of movies and TV shows that it says will be available…

White House Reacts to Video Depicting Violent Trump Attack on Media, Celebrities

After a graphically violent parody video was shown at a meeting of Donald Trump supporters at his Miami resort, the White House said Trump “strongly condemns” the video, the AP reports. The video reportedly shows a likeness of Trump shooting…

New Craig Ferguson-Hosted Game Show, ABC’s ‘The Hustler,’ Challenges Viewers to Hone Their Detective Skills

Press release from ABC, Oct. 14, 2019: ABC announced today the network has picked up the mind-bending new game show series, “The Hustler.” Hosted by Emmy Award-winning game show host, actor, writer, comedian and ABC alum Craig Ferguson, “The Hustler”…

List of Movies and TV Shows Coming to Disney Plus

List compiled from Disney tweets and media reports, Oct. 14, 2019: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Fantasia (1940) Pinocchio (1940) Swiss Family Robinson (1940) Dumbo (1941) The Reluctant Dragon (1941) The Three Caballeros (1945) Miracle on 34th Street…

Fox News Fixture Exits the Network

One of the most familiar faces at Fox News Channel is leaving the cable network. Shepard Smith, the chief news anchor and managing editor of the channel’s breaking news unit, announced his exit today after 23 years at the channel….

CNN Anchor Apologizes for Comment at Town Hall

A CNN anchor was doing spin control after coming under fire for comments made during the network’s LGBTQ town hall debate Thursday night. Chris Cuomo sent out a tweet later that night reassuring the LGBTQ community that he’s on their…

Carriage Dispute Settled, Ending Eight-Month Blackout

A carriage dispute that has dragged on for almost eight months has been resolved between AT&T and Northwest Broadcasting, meaning 20 local stations owned by Northwest can return to DirecTV, U-verse and AT&T TV Now, TV Answer Man reports. “The…

Will His Writings as a Student at Harvard Come Back to Haunt NBC News Boss?

NBC News President Noah Oppenheim, who’s already on the defensive over allegations in Ronan Farrow’s upcoming book “Catch and Kill,” may have another set of fires to put out after the media began digging up some of his writings from…

Part Three of an HBO ‘Trilogy’ Won’t Be on HBO

A new series from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone has landed at Apple. Deadline reports that the limited event series, based on Donald L. Miller’s book “Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who…

Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith to Step Down as Chief News Anchor and Managing Editor of Breaking News Unit

Press release from Fox News, Oct. 11, 2019: Fox News Channel’s (FNC) Shepard Smith will step down from his role as Chief News Anchor and Managing Editor of the network’s breaking news unit and Anchor of Shepard Smith Reporting, announced…