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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.

A Big Question in Hollywood Today: Why Did Ronan Farrow’s Piece on Harvey Weinstein Appear in The New Yorker and Not on NBC, Which Employs Him?

Ronan Farrow and NBC have two different versions of what went wrong with the Harvey Weinstein story Farrow was originally working on for the network months ago that wound up being published Tuesday by The New Yorker. The Daily Beast…

Ben Affleck Under Scrutiny Over Alleged Improprieties — and This Wild Video Has Something to Do With It

Fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal has been spreading throughout Hollywood, and at least one high-profile actor, Ben Affleck, is now facing his own allegations of sexual misconduct. Affleck put himself in the line of fire Tuesday when he sounded…

High-Profile Projects in the Works at The Weinstein Co. in Jeopardy

At least two major projects that have been in the works at The Weinstein Co. are at risk of being scrapped because of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct scandal, the AP reports. Amazon Entertainment communications head Craig Berman said today that…

District Attorney Defends Decision Not to Prosecute Harvey Weinstein

The prosecutor who made the decision not to prosecute film mogul Harvey Weinstein when he was accused of groping a young woman two years ago is defending the decision, saying it wasn’t influenced by campaign contributions. “Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus…

Trump Goes After NBC, Threatens TV Licenses

Donald Trump went after a familiar target today in NBC and other media outlets, ramping up his attack with a threat against broadcast licenses. The attack, laid out in a series of tweets, was prompted by a story reported by…

Fox Casts Lead in Live Musical Production — and the Announcement Just Might Make You Cry

The beloved lead character in Fox’s upcoming live musical has been cast. The network’s presentation of “A Christmas Story Live!” on Sunday, Dec. 17, will have 11-year-old Andy Walken of Seattle in the role of Ralphie Parker. “More than 350…

Four Years Later, Seth MacFarlane Explains His Wisecrack About Harvey Weinstein

Now that Hollywood is purging en masse about its dislike of Harvey Weinstein, “Family Guy” and “The Orville” creator Seth MacFarlane has come out with a belated explanation of a wisecrack he made about Weinstein four years ago. MacFarlane appeared…

Last of the ‘I Love Lucy’ Writers Dies

The last living writer from the classic sitcom “I Love Lucy” — one of just four writers the show had — has died. The Los Angeles Times reports that Bob Schiller died Tuesday in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 98….

TV Actor Reveals He Was Sexually Assaulted by a Hollywood Executive

Actor Terry Crews, one of the stars of the Fox comedy series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” says he was the victim of a sexual assault by a man he described as “a high level Hollywood executive.” In a series of tweets posted…

With Harvey Weinstein Being Condemned by Almost All of Hollywood, One Famous Actress Comes to His Defense

With Hollywood almost uniformly aligned against Harvey Weinstein in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against him, one actress came out in support of the fallen movie mogul. EW.com reports that Lindsay Lohan posted a video on Instagram defending Weinstein….