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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.

Hannity Shifts His Position on Controversial Senate Candidate After Advertisers Exit His Fox News Show — Here’s What He’s Saying Now

Fox News regular Sean Hannity warned viewers ahead of his show Tuesday night that they might be surprised to hear his latest thoughts on embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore — and then Hannity followed up by taking a much…

Series Gets Good News — It’s Renewed — and Bad News — It’s Canceled

It was a case of good news, bad news for a comedy series running on the cable channel FXX, as the channel announced today that it will bring back “You’re the Worst” for a fifth and final season. FX Networks…

Trump Sends Message of Support After Mass Shooting — But He Sends It to the Wrong Town

Donald Trump apparently got his mass shootings mixed up when he attempted to send a message of support Tuesday night to victims of shootings Tuesday in multiple locations in Rancho Tehama in Northern California. CBS News reports that Trump sent…

Founder Pulls the Plug on the Longest-Running Touring Music Festival in North America

An annual music tour that has been making the rounds of the U.S. and Canada since 1995 will rock no more, after a final installment in 2018. Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman announced plans today to wrap up the…

Spruced-Up ‘Titanic’ Sails Back Into Theaters — TV Celebration Planned Too

James Cameron’s box office smash “Titanic” is returning to theaters in the next few weeks, and the movie will be the focus of a new National Geographic TV special. The events coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 1997 film….

Lawmakers Call for FCC Chair to Recuse Himself on Sinclair-Tribune

A group of 15 senators led by Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Tom Udall, D-N.M., ratcheted up pressure on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, calling on him to recuse himself from actions involving the proposed merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and…

CW Orders New Seasons of Three Series

The CW will bring back three of its series, announcing this week that it ordered new seasons of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” “Masters of Illusion” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” All three shows will return in 2018. Premiere…

Fox Pairs ‘X-Files’ Return With New Procedural

Fox will pair the return of “The X-Files,” with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back on board, with the new procedural drama “9-1-1,” with the premiere date set for Wednesday, Jan. 3. The launch will follow the fall finales of…

De Niro Among Celebs Joining All-Star Event Set for This Weekend

Robert De Niro is one of the big names just added to the all-star lineup set to appear this Saturday, Nov. 18, on HBO’s “Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs.” Others who have just been confirmed…

‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us,’ ‘Masters of Illusion’ and ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ Will Return to The CW in 2018

Press release from the CW, Nov. 14, 2017: The CW Network has ordered new seasons of the hit magic series PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and MASTERS OF ILLUSION. Fixtures of The CW’s original summer programming strategy, PENN & TELLER:…