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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.

Sexual Abuse Movie Scrapped; Project Was in Development at The Weinstein Co.

A movie focusing on a boy who was dealing with the aftermath of sexual abuse is no longer in development at The Weinstein Co., with Channing Tatum announcing on Instagram that he “will no longer develop it or anything else…

Cable Channel Pulls the Plug on Signature Show

A series that became a fixture of the cable landscape following its launch back in 1995 is about to end its run. Variety reports in an exclusive that E! is pulling the plug on “Fashion Police,” which has been a…

Legendary TV Executive Linda Bloodworth-Thomason on Four Decades of Harassment in Hollywood: ‘The No. 1 casting criterion in Hollywood is that, above all else, an actress must be ‘hot and f—able’’

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, a veteran of decades as a Hollywood writer and TV producer best-known for creating “Designing Women” and for her long allegiance with the Clintons, tells of years of sexual impropriety and abuse of power in Hollywood in a…

Creator of Hit Children’s Show Suspended Amid Accusations of Sexual Harassment

A TV producer and animator who is the creator and executive producer of the popular children’s show “The Loud House” has been suspended from the hit Nickelodeon program amid allegations of sexual harassment. Cartoon Brew reports that Chris Savino was…

Series Revived Five Years After It Was Canceled

A TV series that was canceled in 2012 is being brought back. After running in various incarnations on Discovery Channel and TLC from 2003 to 2012, “American Chopper” was canceled five years ago. Now Discovery is reviving the show, according…

NBC Announces the Fourth Coach for ‘The Voice’

NBC announced today who will occupy the fourth and final spot on the coaches’ panel for “The Voice.” Alicia Keys will return for her third stint on the panel. The show made the official announcement with a video clip posted…

Netflix Says Nielsen Measurement Is ‘Not Even Close’

Netflix and Nielsen are having what might be politely described as a misunderstanding about Nielsen’s newest effort to measure Netflix viewing. USA Today reports that Nielsen “is offering its first data on how many people actually watch the streaming giant’s…

Fox Reports Massive Live+7 Lift, With Two Shows More Than Doubling

Fox reported viewing figures today that show the network’s prime-time programs are getting a huge bump from multiplatform and delayed viewing. Citing Nielsen Live+7 linear data along with Fox Broadcasting Audience Research Multi-Platform Ad Hoc Reporting for the week of…

U.S. Olympian Says Team Doctor Molested Her

Adding her voice to the #MeToo movement that has spread since allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced in connection with Harvey Weinstein, gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney has accused former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of molesting her….

‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin’s Family to Carry On His TV Legacy

The family of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, who was killed by a stingray in 2006, has just signed a deal to return to Animal Planet with a new show. “The network said Wednesday that Irwin’s widow, Terri, and…