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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.

Official Press Release Announcing Deal Between The Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox on Dec. 14, 2017

The Walt Disney Company to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., after Spinoff of Certain Businesses, for $52.4 Billion in Stock 21st Century Fox to spin off Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1, FS2 and Big Ten…

ABC Show Pulled Off the Air Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations

An ABC show has been abruptly pulled from the network’s schedule and the network has ended its relationship with one of the show’s judges over allegations of sexual misconduct. Variety reports that the network pulled “The Great American Baking Show”…

‘Baffling’ Personnel Move for ‘Saturday Night Live’

In a staffing change that Vanity Fair is calling the show’s “most baffling move yet,” NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” promoted “Weekend Update” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che to co-head writers. “Confusingly, this choice feels like one that will move…

First Charlie Rose, and Now a Second PBS Talk Show Host Suspended Following Sexual Misconduct Investigation

PBS told Variety that “Effective today [Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017], PBS has indefinitely suspended distribution of ‘Tavis Smiley’ produced by TS Media, an independent production company. PBS engaged an outside law firm to conduct an investigation immediately after learning of…

Netflix and DreamWorks Animation TV Partner to Create Six New Series

Six new series are on the way in 2018 — beginning as soon as Jan. 19 — as part of a joint venture between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television. Things get rolling Jan. 19, 2018, with “DreamWorks Trolls: The Beat…

Bryan Cranston to Guest-Host Late-Night Show Tonight

It was just announced that actor Bryan Cranston, a four-time Emmy winner for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Walter White on “Breaking Bad,” will guest-host tonight’s installment of CBS’s “The Late Late Show with James…

Anderson Cooper’s Twitter Account Hacked, Says CNN

CNN is saying Anderson Cooper’s Twitter account was hacked, after a tweet appeared on the account calling Donald Trump a “tool” and a “pathetic loser” following the win by Alabama Democrat Doug Jones in Tuesday’s Senate election. The tweet has…

Trump on Alabama Senate Election: ‘I Was Right!’

Donald Trump responded to Tuesday’s defeat of GOP candidate Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate election by doing a little chest thumping in a tweet this morning even though he had backed Moore. Trump said he predicted Moore’s defeat, declaring:…

Salma Hayek: Harvey Weinstein Threatened to Kill Me

Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress Salma Hayek reveals some painful experiences with Harvey Weinstein in a guest column published Tuesday by The New York Times — including saying the disgraced film mogul threatened to kill her. In the opinion piece running…

Reality TV Personality Omarosa Exits White House Post Amid Reports of Drama

Did she quit or was she fired? That’s one of the questions surrounding the abrupt exit of reality personality Omarosa Manigault Newman from her job in the Trump White House. Another question some media outlets are weighing is just what…