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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.

Shakeup at Imagine as CEO Steps Down

The Gores Group, the private equity owner of Imagine, announced internally today that Imagine Communications CEO Charlie Vogt is stepping down, TVNewsCheck reports, citing industry sources. Imagine is expected to announce Vogt’s exit publicly on Wednesday. Vogt departs after four…

TV Shows Forced to Shut Down Production as Wildfires Spread in Southern California

“Filming on HBO’s big-budget drama ‘Westworld’ – which shoots in Santa Clarita near where [a wildfire is raging in Southern California] — was temporarily suspended due to the flames fueled by the Santa Ana winds, the cable network has confirmed,” reports Bryn…

‘Gunpowder,’ Three-Part Historical Thriller Starring Kit Harington, Peter Mullan, Mark Gatiss and Liv Tyler, Debuts Dec. 18, Exclusively on HBO in the U.S.

Press release from HBO, Dec. 5, 2017: Every year on Nov. 5 the English mark the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in London in 1605 with bonfires and fireworks. Though known as Guy Fawkes Day because many people believe Fawkes…

Director Bryan Singer Fired From Movie After ‘On-Set Chaos’

20th Century Fox parted ways with director Bryan Singer in the midst of filming on the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement today, the studio said: “Bryan Singer is no longer the director of ‘Bohemian…

Fox Sports Partners With Advertisers Group in Major Initiative for Girls and Women

Fox Sports announced today that it has formed a partnership with the Association of National Advertisers to support the group’s #SeeHer movement. The initiative has the goal of increasing the accurate portrayal of women and girls in media 20 percent…

New Late-Night Programming Announced

Two new late-night public affairs programs are in the works, with the announcement today that “Amanpour on PBS,” from PBS and WNET and starring CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, will roll out nationally on PBS stations starting Dec. 11, following its debut…

Actress to Be SAG Awards’ First Host

The Screen Actors Guild Awards will break ground next month by having an emcee for the first time, and the emcee will be actress Kristen Bell. The 24th annual SAG Awards will take place Sunday, Jan. 21, with a live…

Netflix Series Canceled

A series whose second season rolled out on Netflix in October has been canceled. The network will not be bringing back the comedy series “Haters Back Off” for a third season. Created by and starring Colleen Ballinger, the show is…

Former Fox News Producer Sues Bill O’Reilly

A woman who was a producer at Fox News has filed a lawsuit against former Fox News Channel personality Bill O’Reilly, the AP reports. The ex-producer claims O’Reilly violated a confidentiality agreement that was part of a 2002 settlement. “The…

Did Trump Really Say That? Billy Bush Clears the Air About the Notorious ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape

Billy Bush laid out the story of the infamous tape that surfaced during the presidential election in which Donald Trump can be heard making crass comments about women. In an opinion piece published Sunday by The New York Times, Bush…