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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.

Monty Hall to Be Remembered With All-Day Programming Marathon

Monty Hall will be the focus of a marathon that will include rare episodes of “Tattletales” featuring the iconic TV game show host appearing as a contestant along with his wife, Marilyn. The two “Tattletales” episodes will be shown along…

Disney Channel Fills Key Programming Post

Disney Channel has made a key executive appointment in programming. The channel announced today that Dina Hillier was named vice president, Original Series, Disney Channel. Making the announcement was Adam Bonnett, executive vice president, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide, to…

Amazon Unveils ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams,’ New Season of ‘The Man in the High Castle’

Amazon rolled out a clip from season three of “The Man in the High Castle” along with a trailer for the eagerly anticipated series “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.” You can see the trailer for “Electric Dreams” below, and click…

Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts! Disney’s Haunted Mansion Ghosts Head to TV

Characters from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion are throwing a fright into some TV characters in a series of stop-motion animated on-air promos that will debut this Saturday, Oct. 7, on Disney XD. The promos find characters from “DuckTales,” “Big Hero 6…

HBO and Steven Soderbergh Take Wraps Off Interactive Storytelling Project

A new storytelling experience that lets viewers choose their own path through the story has been unveiled by HBO and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. “Mosaic,” developed for HBO by Soderbergh and Casey Silver, in conjunction with writer Ed Solomon, will be…

Official Trailer of Amazon Prime Exclusive Series ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’ and Clip From New Season of ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Revealed at New York Comic Con

Press release from Amazon, Oct. 6, 2017: Set to debut in 2018 on Prime Video in the U.S., all-star cast of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams includes Steve Buscemi, Bryan Cranston, Greg Kinnear, Anna Paquin, Terrence Howard, Maura Tierney, Janelle…

Steven Soderbergh Gives First Look at Interactive Storytelling App ‘Mosaic’ at Future of Storytelling Festival

Press release from HBO, Oct. 6, 2017: This morning, in a conversation with film critic and radio host Elvis Mitchell as part of the Future of StoryTelling Festival, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic”; HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”) debuted a…

Attorney Lisa Bloom’s Defense of Harvey Weinstein Is Both Maddening and Hypocritical

On Thursday The New York Times published a bombshell piece titled “Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein.” One of Weinstein’s defenders is Lisa Bloom, a lawyer and the daughter of famed feminist attorney Gloria Allred. To read why…

Attorney Lisa Bloom’s Defense of Harvey Weinstein Is Maddening and Hypocritical

Lisa Bloom, the daughter of pioneering feminist attorney Gloria Allred, is herself a lawyer who has been, heretofore, uncompromising in her advocacy to end sexual harassment in the workplace. Most particularly, she has both represented and been outspoken in the…

Disney and Altice Announce Sweeping Distribution Deal

The Walt Disney Company and Altice USA announced details Thursday about their new distribution agreement, bringing an official end to what was a contentious carriage dispute. The agreement came just in time to avert disruptions in service. “As part of…