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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.

Coen Brothers Unveil Their Upcoming TV Series

The Coen brothers are headed to television with a new series. Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen will write and direct the Western anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” for Netflix. The brothers will also executive produce. Megan Ellison…

Oprah Headed to the Supermarket Aisle

Oprah Winfrey’s empire is about to expand again, with the media mogul set to debut a line of refrigerated soups and side dishes in supermarkets. Winfrey formed a joint venture earlier this year with Kraft Heinz, her partner in the…

Upcoming Movie Reunites Two Oscar Winners

Two of Hollywood’s top stars — who first appeared on screen together way back in the 1960s and who between them have three Academy Awards — are reunited in a new movie coming out on Netflix. Jane Fonda and Robert…

Cinematographer Elected President of Motion Picture Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected a new president, with the Board of Governors selecting veteran cinematographer John Bailey for a one-year term, the AP reports. Bailey succeeds Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who has held the office…

Performers Announced for ’11th Annual ACM Honors,’ Airing on CBS

CBS released the list of performers today for the “11th Annual ACM Honors,” airing on the network on Friday, Sept. 15. Kelsea Ballerini, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Brad Paisley, Thomas Rhett, Hillary Scott and George…

‘Snowfall’ Picked Up for Second Season

Press release from FX, Aug. 9, 2017: Snowfall has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming, FX Networks and FX Productions. The drama about the start of…

The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets Wasting Your Time

The man who created the rules we all now have to live by when setting up passwords — a certain number of digits, special characters, uppercase letters and so on — has essentially apologized for creating a headache for everyone….

Legendary Singer Glen Campbell Dead at 81

Musician and singer Glen Campbell, known for a string of country-pop crossover hits such as “Galveston,” “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Southern Nights” and “Wichita Lineman,” has died. Campbell’s family announced his death on his webpage. Campbell reportedly died Tuesday at a care…

David Letterman Returns to Television

David Letterman isn’t staying retired. The former late-night fixture is returning to television with a new series for Netflix. “The yet-to-be-named, six-episode series has Letterman combining two interests for which he is renowned: in-depth conversations with extraordinary people, and in-the-field…

Video Captures Jogger Shoving a Woman Into the Path of a Bus

A jogger can be seen shoving a woman to the ground and into the path of an oncoming bus in video taken along a sidewalk on the busy Putney Bridge in London, The Washington Post reports. You can see the…