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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.

Riders Stranded in Power Outage at Disneyland

A power outage hit Disneyland this morning, stranding riders on attractions in the Southern California theme park’s Toontown and Fantasyland, The Los Angeles Times reports. The outage hit during the park’s busy holiday season. Guests had to be escorted from…

FX Orders New Series From Ryan Murphy — ‘Pose’

Press release from FX, Dec. 27, 2017: FX has ordered Pose, a new dance musical series from Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) award-winning producers Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson and Brad Falchuk, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO,…

Elizabeth Vargas Leaving ABC News

“Elizabeth Vargas is leaving ABC News after 22 years with the network,” reports the U.K. newspaper the Daily Mail, in a story scooping U.S. publications. “Multiple sources have revealed to DailyMail.com that the longtime ’20/20′ co-anchor will be stepping down…

Miss America Pageant Loses TV Partner After Publication of Offensive Emails from Pageant CEO Sam Haskell. Haskell Is a Former EVP and Head of Worldwide Television at the William Morris Agency

“Dick Clark Productions says it has cut ties with the Miss America Organization over internal emails by pageant senior leadership that ridiculed past winners’ appearance, intelligence and sex lives,” the Associated Press reports. The AP story continues, “The Huffington Post…

Oh My! Hall of Fame Broadcaster Dick Enberg Dies at 82

“Dick Enberg, the Hall of Fame broadcaster whose ‘Oh my!’ calls rang familiar with so many sports fans, has died, his wife and daughter confirmed Thursday night,” reports ESPN. Enberg would have been 83 on Jan. 9th. The story adds,…

Three Amazon Execs Move to Apple

Three Amazon Studios executives are leaving the company for jobs at Apple, including the head of children’s programming, Variety reports. “Tara Sorensen, the head of Amazon kids programming, will take on a similar role at Apple as the company pushes…

Is It the End of the World on ‘The X-Files’? Maybe Not

After a cliffhanger that presented viewers with the prospect of what might be the end of the world, Fox’s revival of “The X-Files” appears poised to get back on with life — but maybe not exactly as we knew it….

‘The Royals’ Showrunner Fired

E! has severed ties with the creator and showrunner of its drama series “The Royals” after he was accused of sexual harassment. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the NBCUniversal-owned cable network parted ways with Mark Schwahn after he…

Just in Time for Christmas: Here’s ‘SNL’s’ Deleted Swipe at Hallmark Channel

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” didn’t get to air its spoof Hallmark Channel Christmas promo, as the bit was cut for time, but the network posted the clip today — and you can watch it below. The clip, which stars James…

TVWeek Holiday Schedule

TVWeek will be closed for the Christmas holiday from Friday, Dec. 22, through Tuesday, Dec. 26, and will not be sending out our regular mailings during that time. We will be back to our regular schedule on Wednesday, Dec. 27….