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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.

If You’re Into Weird … the New Christopher Meloni Series May Be Right Up Your Alley

A trailer posted Thursday for the new series starring former “Law & Order: SVU” mainstay Christopher Meloni gives the distinct impression that the new Syfy series, “Happy!,” will be more than a little bit on the weird side. The show…

‘Liberal Redneck Comedy’ in the Works at ABC

ABC is moving forward with a project described as a “liberal redneck comedy.” Deadline reports that the network gave a script commitment with penalty to the single-camera comedy starring comedian Trae Crowder, who’s known for his stage persona the Liberal…

What Ryan Seacrest Had to Do to Avert a Meltdown by Co-Host Kelly Ripa

With the memory of the contentious Michael Strahan exit from Kelly Ripa’s morning show still fresh, another meltdown by Ripa appears to have been averted by Ryan Seacrest, Strahan’s replacement as Ripa’s co-host on the show now known as “Live…

Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Up in Response to Explosive Allegations

Indie film mogul Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company, has hired a team of attorneys to counter explosive allegations of sexual impropriety contained in new reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker. Variety…

Trump Calls for Senate Investigation of ‘Fake News Networks’

Donald Trump urged lawmakers in Washington, D.C., today to launch an investigation of the news media. Trump sent out a tweet this morning in which he wrote: “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in…

New Netflix Drama Offers an Unusual Twist on the Superhero Series

A new series that has a 10-episode order at Netflix twists the superhero genre, focusing on what it’s like for a mom who’s trying to raise a young son with superpowers. The project, “Raising Dion,” is based on a comic…

Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton Loses Sponsor Amid Firestorm Over His Gaffe at Press Conference — If You Haven’t Seen It, Here’s What He Said

Quarterback Cam Newton of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers is in hot water today after he made a comment during a press conference that is being widely criticized as sexist. You can see his remark in the video below, posted by…

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominations Announced — Here’s Who’s Nominated … and Who Isn’t

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today released the list of 19 acts nominated for induction into the Hall in 2018 — a list that includes first-time nominees Dire Straits, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, the Moody Blues and…

Netflix Implements a Price Hike — Will It Exacerbate the ‘Cord Cutter’s Dilemma’?

Netflix unveiled plans today to raise prices on its U.S.-based streaming plans, a move that The Washington Post notes will help pay the bills for the expensive programming that has fueled the service’s surge in popularity. “The cost of the…

TV Reporter Works Herself to Death

A television reporter’s death is being attributed to overwork after the woman reportedly took only two days off while logging 159 hours of overtime in the month before she died. The New York Post reports that Miwa Sado, 31, died…