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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.

Garrison Keillor Responds to Allegations After New Details Are Released

Garrison Keillor, the former host of Minnesota Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” answered allegations of sexual impropriety after MPR, which severed ties with Keillor back in November, released new details about the allegations against him. “MPR said in a…

CNN’s Don Lemon Points the Finger in Death Threats Against CNN Employees

CNN host Don Lemon didn’t pull punches when reporting on the arrest of a man who allegedly made death threats against CNN employees. Lemon pinned the blame for the incident on Donald Trump, and in particular his attacks on the…

Head of Cable Channel Steps Down

A cable channel has a new boss after the man who has overseen it as executive VP and general manager stepped down. Variety reports that Paul Greenberg is leaving his position at A+E Networks-owned FYI to launch a digital video…

Pop Star Sues Universal Music Group

Streaming rights are at the center of a lawsuit filed against Universal Music Group by pop star Enrique Iglesias, the AP reports. “The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court claims that Universal is paying Iglesias far less than the 50…

Netflix Boosts Its Marketing Budget by 50%

Netflix is in the process of increasing its marketing budget by 50%, to a whopping $2 billion. MediaPost reports that the company announced plans during its fourth-quarter earnings call to expand the budget dramatically from the $1.3 billion spent on…

Sting, Emmylou Harris Among Latest Additions to Grammys Lineup

CBS and the Recording Academy announced a number of performers who have been added to the lineup for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Sunday, Jan. 28. Jon Batiste, Gary Clark Jr., Emmylou Harris, Zuleyka Rivera, Chris Stapleton…

Fantasy Writer Extraordinaire, Ursula K. Le Guin (‘The Left Hand of Darkness,’ the Earthsea series), Dies at 88

“Ursula K. Le Guin, the immensely popular author who brought literary depth and a tough-minded feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy with books like ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ and the Earthsea series, died on Monday at her home…

‘Judge Judy’ Being Taken to Court

The wildly profitable court series “Judge Judy” is headed to court, with the sale of rights to the show’s library sparking a lawsuit against Big Ticket Television, CBS and Judge Judy Sheindlin, The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq., reports. Kaye Switzer…

NBC Orders Four Comedies

NBC has ordered its first comedies for the 2018-2019 TV season, placing orders for four multicamera pilots, Variety reports. “Two of the projects boast ‘Will & Grace’ star Sean Hayes as an executive producer,” the report notes. “The first is…

L.A. Location Filming Declines

Filming in the greater Los Angeles region was down last year, with FilmLA reporting that on-location filming dipped 3.4% to 38,284 shoot days, Variety reports. Both feature film and television production slipped. “TV production slid 7.6% to 15,218 days and…