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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.

Mistakes Were Made in Game Four of the NLDS — and Not Just on the Field

With game five of the National League Division Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals scheduled for tonight, TVWeek Open Mic writer Rance Crain examines some questionable decisions made during game four — including whether the team calling…

Valerie Harper Returns to the Screen

The beloved TV actress Valerie Harper, who won four Primetime Emmy Awards playing Rhoda Morgenstern — three in a supporting role on “Mary Tyler Moore” and one as the lead in the spinoff “Rhoda” — is back in action despite…

Latest Time Magazine Cover Reflects Hollywood Scandal

The cover of the new issue of Time magazine deals with the sexual misconduct scandal surrounding film mogul Harvey Weinstein, which has been spreading throughout Hollywood. The cover, which you can see below, includes a photo of Weinstein along with…

Netflix’s Secret Weapon Is Fueling Its Massive and Fast-Growing Content Budget

Netflix has a secret weapon in Hollywood’s multibillion-dollar arms race, and that’s the streaming service’s international growth, according to a report published today by Variety. The report cites calculations from MoffettNathanson indicating Netflix is in fifth place in overall spending…

A+E Networks Realigns Ad Sales Division

A+E Networks has realigned its ad sales division in a move aimed at positioning the operation to deploy resources more strategically, the company announced today. The company, which oversees A&E, Lifetime, History, Lifetime Movies, FYI and Viceland along with its own…

Linkin Park Releases ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Segment Taped One Week Before Suicide of Frontman Chester Bennington

The rock band Linkin Park has released a joyful video taped just a week before the death of the band’s frontman, Chester Bennington. In the “Carpool Karaoke” segment, Bennington drives while Ken Jeong sits shotgun, with band members Mike Shinoda…

Spike Lee TV Series to Bow Next Month

A new comedy series from Spike Lee appears to be a shout-out to his early career as a film director. “She’s Gotta Have It,” unspooling on Netflix on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, is clearly inspired by Lee’s 1986 film of…

CBS Inks New Deal With Tony Awards

CBS just signed a new agreement to keep the Tony Awards on the network through 2026. The gala awards ceremony has aired on CBS since 1978. The network announced the agreement today with the Broadway League and the American Theatre…

Peep the Official Trailer for Spike Lee’s New Joint ‘She’s Gotta Have It,’ A Netflix Original Series

Thirty years ago, Spike Lee burst onto the independent filmmaking scene with his groundbreaking look at one free-spirited artist making it happen for herself in Brooklyn, New York. Now, Miss Nola Darling returns in Spike Lee’s first series, an update…

A+E Networks Realigns Ad Sales Division to a Fully Cross-Portfolio, Cross-Platform Organization

Press release from A+E Networks, Oct. 12, 2017: A+E Networks has realigned the company’s Ad Sales division, the announcement was made today by Peter Olsen, EVP, Ad Sales at A+E Networks.  The move positions the Ad Sales division to more…