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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.

Studio Doing Damage Control After ‘Riverdale’ Star’s Car Crash

A traffic collision involving the star of the CW series “Riverdale” has the studio defending its labor practices. Variety reports that Warner Bros. was sending out statements Thursday following a late-night crash involving K.J. Apa, who plays Archie on the…

‘SNL’ Unveils Lineup for New Season’s First Shows

NBC’s venerable sketch show “Saturday Night Live” rolls out its 43rd season later this month, and the network took the wraps off the guest list for the Sept. 30 season premiere along with the Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 shows….

CNN Contributor Working to Get Obamacare Repealed

A politician who has been working as a pundit at CNN remains employed by the cable channel while he is working to get Obamacare repealed. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rick Santorum, a former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, has…

Not Many Takers on the Sean Hannity Boycott — With One High-End Exception

“More than a month after a liberal advocacy group publicly called on advertisers to boycott Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News Channel, luxury carmaker Cadillac has been the only new company to publicly back away from the program,” the AP…

How Showtime Landed the Sought-After Clinton-Patterson Thriller

“Showtime has won a bidding war to develop former President Bill Clinton and powerhouse author James Patterson’s upcoming thriller, ‘The President Is Missing,’ into a television series,” the AP reports, noting that corporate connections had something to do with where…

Marilyn Manson Says Death Threats Interfered With His Drug Use

Rock weirdo Marilyn Manson just gave an interview that was weird even for him, with just a couple of the unusual moments being his blaming the Columbine school shooting for destroying his career and his revelation that the period after…

Fantasy Series Brings Aboard Talent From ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Harry Potter’

A centerpiece of the “Star Wars” movies and a “Game of Thrones” queen are among the actors who are joining the voice cast of the computer-animated Netflix fantasy series “Trollhunters.” Netflix announced that it is bringing aboard Luke Skywalker himself,…

Lady Gaga’s Lament to Fame

Pop superstar Lady Gaga, whose new feature documentary began streaming today on Netflix, bared her emotions in a message to fans to mark the release of the movie, “Gaga: Five Foot Two.” Gaga wrote on her Twitter account about the…

Showtime to Air Back-to-Back Title Fights

Showtime will keep the focus on bigtime boxing with two upcoming live programs, televising the heavyweight championship fight between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev on Saturday, Oct. 28, followed by the heavyweight title clash between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz…

Boxing’s Heavyweight Resurgence Continues on Showtime

Press release from Showtime, Sept. 21, 2017: SHOWTIME Sports will close out a banner year of world-class boxing with back-to-back Saturdays featuring heavyweight world championship fights live on SHOWTIME. The network announced today coverage of unified heavyweight world champion Anthony…