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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.

In a First for Disney Channel, Character on One of Its Shows Will Come Out as Gay

A character on a popular Disney Channel tween show will feature a story arc about a character coming out as gay. The Los Angeles Times reports that the arc on “Andi Mack” will mark the channel’s first story arc about…

CBS Corp. and the Association of National Advertisers Announce Partnership

CBS Corp. and the Association of National Advertisers announced a new multi-pronged partnership today through which they are supporting the #SeeHer initiative. The initiative’s mission to accurately portray girls and women in media, with the goal that by 2020 women…

Emmy Winner, Alums of Acclaimed Shows Join New Ryan Murphy Series

Ryan Murphy, whose resume includes “Glee,” “American Horror Story” and “Feud,” is putting together an impressive lineup for his upcoming FX drama “Pose.” Deadline reports that Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany of “Orphan Black,” “Dawson’s Creek” alum James Van Der Beek,…

CBS Corp. and the Association of National Advertisers Announce New Multi-Pronged Partnership Supporting #SeeHer Initiative

Press release from CBS, Oct. 26, 2017: Today CBS Corporation and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) announced a new multi-pronged partnership supporting the #SeeHer initiative and its mission to accurately portray girls and women in media. The goal of…

Multiplatinum Pop Superstar Selena Gomez to Perform at the 2017 American Music Awards

Press release from ABC, Oct. 26, 2017: dick clark productions and ABC announced today that multiplatinum singer and actress Selena Gomez will perform her brand-new single at the “2017 American Music Awards.” The influential and inspiring pop superstar, who continues…

Amazon Shakes Things Up in Programming

Amazon Studios has had a programming shakeup, with Deadline reporting that the company has a new head of unscripted programming: Conrad Riggs is out, replaced by Heather Schuster. Schuster, formerly with Ryan Seacrest Productions, joined Amazon back in August, Deadline…

Albert Einstein Reveals the Secret of Happiness — and It Just Sold at Auction for $1.3 Million

A scrawled message from Albert Einstein in which the noted physicist, who developed the theory of relativity, explains how to live a happy life has just sold at auction for $1.3 million. The New York Post reports that the short…

Fired Fox News Correspondent Lashes Out

John Huddy, who was fired Monday from his Fox News Channel job, isn’t going quietly. As we reported Tuesday, Huddy, who was a foreign correspondent for the network, was fired hours after his sister, Juliet Huddy, discussed her sexual harassment…

Kellogg’s Redesigns Corn Pops Box, Apologizes for ‘Racist’ Packaging

Kellogg’s said it has redesigned the artwork on its Corn Pops box, with the new packaging to be in stores soon, after a Twitter user posted artwork from the current box and suggested it is racist. You can see the…

‘CBS Evening News’ Names New Anchor

CBS has named a new anchor for its flagship “CBS Evening News,” with the network today appointing Jeff Glor to the post, the AP reports. Glor ascends to the role after Scott Pelley, who held down the job since 2011,…