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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.

YouTube Red Greenlights Comedy Series

A new ensemble comedy series has received the green light from YouTube as part of its YouTube Red originals initiative. The service announced plans today for “Swipe Right,” from Carly Craig and Daniel Reisinger. “After a lifetime of saying no…

Actress Who Starred in What Some Critics Say is One of the Best Movies of All Time Dies: Danielle Darrieux was 100

“Danielle Darrieux, a prolific French actress whose movie and theater career spanned eight decades, has died,” reports the Associated Press. Darrieux was 100. The obituary continues, “One of France’s best-loved actresses, Darrieux appeared in dozens of plays and more than 100…

Academy Award-Winning Actress Lupita Nyong’o Is the Latest to Accuse Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment

Lupita Nyong’o, who won a supporting actress Oscar for “12 Years a Slave,” has written an op-ed piece for The New York Times detailing how she says Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed her over a period of several years. Nyong’o begins…

LAPD Launches Rape Investigation Against Harvey Weinstein

Police in Los Angeles have launched a rape investigation against disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein after a new accuser came forward, The Los Angeles Times reports. “An Italian model-actress met with Los Angeles police detectives for more than two hours…

Variety TV Critic Reveals She Was Sexually Assaulted by Television Executive

A television critic reveals in a column published Wednesday by Variety that she was sexually assaulted in 2014 by a television executive. Maureen Ryan writes that the attack caused her to question whether she wanted to remain in the business….

Hearst Buys Up Magazine Group

Hearst has acquired the global content business and magazine titles of the company that publishes Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention, Runner’s World, Bicycling and other titles. MediaPost reports that the deal encompasses all of Rodale’s publications, which will be incorporated…

Shia LaBeouf Pleads Guilty in Drunken Rant Case

Shia LaBeouf entered a guilty plea in a case that got a lot of attention earlier this year after the actor was caught on tape in what has been described as a drunken, racist rant. TMZ reports that LaBeouf was…

CBS Renews Series

CBS will be bringing back a drama series for another season. The broadcast network unveiled plans today for a second season of its summer thriller “Salvation,” starring Santiago Cabrera, Jennifer Finnigan, Charlie Rowe, Jacqueline Byers, Rachel Drance and Ian Anthony…

George W. Bush Unleashes ‘Anti-Trump Manifesto’

Former President George W. Bush delivered a speech today at a George W. Bush Institute event in New York that The Washington Post is calling an “anti-Trump manifesto.” The Post describes the speech as “an unexpected and rather eloquent speech…

Why Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Are Celebrating

Attorneys representing fallen TV icon Bill Cosby are celebrating a win in federal appeals court in Boston, after the court decided on Wednesday not to revive a defamation suit against Cosby that was filed by Katherine McKee, Vanity Fair reports….