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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.

The Weinstein Co. May Be Sold

The Weinstein Co., under pressure amid a sexual misconduct scandal surrounding its co-founder Harvey Weinstein, is in talks to be sold to Colony Capital, according to media reports. The New York Times reports that Colony has already agreed to provide…

New Late-Night Show on the Way

Plans have surfaced for an addition to the late-night television landscape, with a show focusing on hot-button issues in the works for a spring 2018 debut on HBO. The satirical docuseries starring former “Daily Show” writer and correspondent Wyatt Cenac…

Lawsuit Against Fox Goes Forward

A court ruled today that a lawsuit against the Fox Network can go ahead after Fox sought to have the suit dismissed. The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq., reports that the case stems from the network’s use of an Illinois youth…

Tony Winner Who Appeared in ‘Game of Thrones’ Dies

A stage, film and television actor who won a Tony Award and who was seen on the big screen in “Amadeus” and on television in “Game of Thrones” has died. The New York Times reports that British actor Roy Dotrice…

NBC Play-by-Play Man Al Michaels Apologizes for Weinstein Joke

Veteran sportscaster Al Michaels found himself apologizing during the fourth quarter of last night’s “Sunday Night Football” game on NBC for a quip he made earlier in the broadcast. “Michaels mused in the middle of the third quarter of the…

Amid Lurid Headlines About Sexual Misconduct, Women Take Center Stage for a Very Different Reason

Against the backdrop of the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal’s barrage of lurid headlines and mounting allegations of widespread harassment in the entertainment industry, a gathering Thursday night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel cast an entirely different light on the…

HBO Casts a Wider Net

HBO Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler, appearing today in Cannes at Mipcom, revealed that the HBO U.S. service will be making available to its customers some of the most acclaimed international original series from HBO Europe, HBO Latin America and…

‘Daily Show’ Trump Library Opens in Chicago; Guest List Released for Special Broadcasts

Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” announced the Chicago opening of the show’s Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, which had its New York premiere in June. “The library will be located inside Chicago Union Station’s newly renovated Burlington Room (225…

Who Will Be America’s Top Hero Dog? Here’s What We Know …

The country’s most heroic dogs will have their day in a special event billed as the “Oscars for Dogs” and “television’s biggest night of the year” for animal lovers and star gazers. Hallmark Channel announced plans today for the 7th…

Best of HBO International Series to Arrive on U.S. Service in December

Press release from HBO, Oct. 16, 2017: During his keynote conversation in Cannes at Mipcom today, HBO Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler announced that the HBO U.S. service will be making available to its customers some of the most acclaimed…