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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.

Sorry, Brad: Shania Twain Reveals the Embarrassing Reason She Invoked Brad Pitt’s Name in Hit Song

Shania Twain gave the full story behind her use of Brad Pitt’s name in the hit song “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” something that has been speculated about for years. Twain confirmed that the reference was based on her reaction…

Alec Baldwin Breaks Out His Trump Impression

Alec Baldwin returned to the Donald Trump impression that polarized NBC viewers along political lines during the election season and beyond in a series of “Saturday Night Live” appearances. Baldwin appeared as Trump addressing his rally this week in Phoenix,…

TV Gives Diana the Royal Treatment

“I want to be the queen of people’s hearts,” Princess Diana said in a televised interview two years before her death in a Paris car crash on Aug. 31, 1997. Now 20 years later, it appears that the beloved princess…

Fox Readies Probe Into Two of the Greatest Murder Mysteries in Pop Culture History

The Fox Broadcast Network today locked down plans for its upcoming probe into the deaths of hip-hop legends Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur — killings the network calls “two of the greatest murder mysteries in pop culture history.” The network’s…

New TV Documentary Series Announced

A new series of documentaries to launch this fall, airing on Monday nights, will examine a range of topics from food waste to the story of three U.S. hikers who were captured while on an outing in Northern Iraqi Kurdistan…

Syfy Might Be Onto Something With Its New Original Series Starring Christopher Meloni — Check Out the Teaser … Along With Fall and Winter Schedules for All the Syfy Shows

Syfy revealed today that its new series starring longtime “Law & Order: SVU” fixture Christopher Meloni will premiere Nov. 29. Meloni’s performance in the series, “Happy!,” “puts the graphic in graphic novel,” the cable channel said in today’s announcement. Based…

HBO Revisits Charlottesville

After examining the recent incidents in Charlottesville, Va., in an installment of “Vice News Tonight” that aired Monday, Aug. 14, HBO announced today that the episode will air as an encore presentation this Sunday, Aug. 27. The original airing came…

Showtime Enlists Artists Tristan Eaton and BossLogic, The Killers, Sean Combs and Mark Wahlberg for Digital Content Ahead of Showtime PPV Boxing Match Mayweather vs. McGregor

Press release from Showtime, Aug. 24, 2017: SHOWTIME Sports is putting digital at the forefront of the upcoming August 26 SHOWTIME PPV match between pound-for-pound boxing king Floyd “Money” Mayweather and UFC champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor, highlighting artists and…

VH1 Expands Cable’s No. 1 Unscripted Franchise with ‘Love & Hip Hop: Miami,’ Premiering This January

Press release from VH1, Aug. 25, 2017: VH1 today announced the newest installment of cable’s #1 unscripted franchise with “Love & Hip Hop: Miami.” Set to debut in January, the series will delve into Miami’s rich Latinx culture and highlight…

‘Who Shot Biggie & Tupac?,’ a New Two-Hour Investigative Crime Special That Uncovers Explosive New Details About Two of Pop Culture’s Biggest Unsolved Murders, to Air Sunday, Sept. 24, on Fox

Press release from Fox, Aug. 25, 2017: WHO SHOT BIGGIE & TUPAC? is an investigative crime special examining two of the greatest murder mysteries in pop culture history. The special, which digs deep into the entangled murders of hip-hop’s most…