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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.

The NFL Has Its First White National Anthem Protester

National Anthem protests among NFL players appear to be spreading, with one key barrier falling Monday when Seth DeValve, a second-year tight end for the Cleveland Browns, took a knee during “The Star Spangled Banner” before a preseason game in…

Jerry Seinfeld Reportedly Has Legal Pads Containing Every Joke He Has Written Since 1975 — Here’s a Look

A new TV show centered on Jerry Seinfeld will reportedly include something remarkable and a little bit hard to believe: legal pads containing every joke Seinfeld has written since 1975. Netflix noted the legal pads in an announcement for the…

Court Ruling May Make It Easier to Sue Media and Entertainment Companies

Media companies just got some bad news, The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq., reports, and it’s all part of the fallout from that Gawker case in which Hulk Hogan won a $140 million verdict over a sex tape back in March…

Bill Cosby Trial Pushed to Next Year — Here’s Why

The retrial of fallen TV icon Bill Cosby, 80, on sexual assault charges became more of a waiting game today as Judge Steven O’Neill granted a request by Cosby’s defense team to postpone the trial. As we reported previously, Cosby…

Block Out Extra Time for Sunday’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale

The season finale of the HBO megahit “Game of Thrones” airs this Sunday, Aug. 27, and HBO revealed that the episode will be supersized — our term, not theirs — running 79 minutes, 43 seconds. Recent episodes have gradually been…

George and Amal Clooney Announce Big Donation

Actor George Clooney and his wife, Lebanese-British lawyer Amal Clooney, announced today that they’re making a $1 million donation to fight hate groups, the AP reports. The donation from the couple’s Clooney Foundation for Justice will go to support the…

Four Top Editors Get the Boot at the L.A. Times — New Publisher Named

The Los Angeles Times shook up its top editorial staff Monday, terminating four of the paper’s top editors and naming a new publisher, Variety reports. Among those to go is editor and publisher Davan Maharaj, the story reports. “Also leaving…

Dudamel Tour Canceled, and It’s Political — But It Apparently Has Nothing to Do With Trump

Here’s something different: a political feud that does not appear to have any connection to Donald Trump. The AP reports that a planned U.S. tour by Venezuelan-born classical music maestro Gustavo Dudamel has been canceled, apparently because Venezuelan President Nicolas…

New ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Series Gets a ‘Game of Thrones’ Opening — Watch It Now

The new “Carpool Karaoke” series, a spinoff of CBS’s “The Late Late Show with James Corden” that runs as an Apple Music exclusive, has unveiled a special opening sequence that parodies “Game of Thrones,” subbing the Los Angeles landscape for…

Bill Cosby Hires Michael Jackson’s Lawyer

For his upcoming retrial on sexual assault charges, Bill Cosby is going with an attorney who has a track record defending celebrities in criminal cases. Reuters reports that one of the three lawyers making up Cosby’s new legal team is…