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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.

‘Sopranos’ Actor Dead

An actor who made an impact playing mobsters, both on the big screen and on TV, has died. Frank Vincent, who had a long run as Phil Leotardo on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” died today in a New Jersey hospital while…

Primetime Emmys Announce Presenters

The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, which are coming up this Sunday on CBS, announced a number of additions today to the lineup of presenters. The network released the following list of additions: Iain Armitage, Alexis Bledel, Rachel Bloom, Matt Bomer,…

Cord Cutting ‘Explodes’: Millions More to Drop Pay TV This Year

U.S. consumers are canceling their traditional pay-television services at a much faster rate than previously thought, Variety reports, citing data from the research firm eMarketer. “In 2017, a total of 22.2 million U.S. adults will have cut the cord on…

TBS Renews Three Shows, Including the Year’s No. 1 New Cable Comedy

TBS has renewed three original series, all of which rank among the top 10 cable comedies in adults 18-49, based on Live+7 data. Included among the renewals is “The Guest Book,” which TBS says is 2017’s No. 1 new cable…

Larry King Reveals Battle With Lung Cancer

TV icon Larry King revealed that he has been dealing with lung cancer, talking about the diagnosis during an interview with “Extra’s” Mario Lopez. “Extra” reports that King, 83, told Lopez: “I have a checkup every year. I’ve gone through…

Guess Which Group Is the Latest to Find Itself Snubbed by Television

A new study reveals that another group is being spurned by TV. The group is seniors. Senior characters are “dramatically underrepresented on popular television, according to a new study from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism,” Variety reports. “Looking…

Serena Williams Says Delivery of Her Baby Had Complications

The baby who is believed to be the first to win a major tennis tournament while still in the womb is the focus of a new video in which her mom, 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, reveals that the…

Bill O’Reilly Explains Trump’s Controversial Charlottesville Comments

Former Fox News stalwart Bill O’Reilly offered his take on comments made by Donald Trump in the wake of the Charlottesville violence. O’Reilly discussed the incident during an in-depth interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Trump was widely criticized for his…

Alec Baldwin Tackles New Role as Another Real-World Person

Alec Baldwin will be getting away from his Donald Trump impersonation in his new role as fabled carmaker John Z. DeLorean. Deadline reports that Baldwin will play the man behind the iconic 1980s DeLorean car line in a new documentary…

Time Magazine Editor-in Chief Steps Down After 32 Years With the Magazine

The editor-in-chief of Time magazine is stepping down, effective immediately, following a long tenure with the publication. Time Inc. announced the departure of Nancy Gibbs after 32 years with the magazine. Gibbs will stay on as editorial director of Time…