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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.

R&B Singer Accused of Holding Young Women in an Abusive ‘Sex Cult’

“R&B singer R. Kelly has been accused of creating an abusive sex cult of young women known as ‘babies’ who called him ‘Daddy’ — with a ‘den mother’ who ‘trained’ newcomers on how to please him sexually, according to an…

Alec Baldwin Lands New Role at NBC

NBC is giving a high-profile gig to Alec Baldwin, casting the actor known for his Trump impersonations on “Saturday Night Live” in a key role in the network’s upcoming live presentation of “A Few Good Men.” Baldwin will play Col….

Muppets Studio Explains Firing of Kermit Actor

The longtime voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire, was fired by the Muppets Studio for a pattern of what the studio today called “repeated unacceptable business conduct,” the AP reports. Whitmire, who had been with the Muppets since 1978,…

On the TV Screen or the Movie Screen, He Was an Actor’s Actor: Oscar Winner Martin Landau Dead at 89

Martin Landau, beloved for his TV role on “Mission: Impossible” and an Oscar winner for playing Bela Lugosi in “Ed Wood,” has died. “His publicists Dick Guttman and Rona Menashe confirmed his death to USA Today. They said in a…

HBO Releases First-Look Photo of Al Pacino as Joe Paterno in Its Upcoming Barry Levinson Movie

The upcoming HBO project about Joe Paterno still doesn’t have a title, but HBO is giving us a look at what the star of the production, Al Pacino, will look like in his role as the legendary Penn State football…

ESPN to Air This Week’s O.J. Parole Hearing Live — Are We In for Another Media Blitz?

Nevada is bracing for a media blitz as O.J. Simpson closes in on a date with the parole board this week. Among the media outlets planning to cover the event, Deadline.com reports that ESPN will carry Thursday’s hearing live as…

Documentary Series Examines a Murder That Captured Headlines 15 Years Ago

A murder case that generated headlines starting in 2002 is the focus of the new documentary series “The Murder of Laci Peterson,” premiering on A&E on Aug. 15. The six-episode series, produced for A&E Network by Left/Right and BQE Films,…

‘Game of Thrones’ Stumbles Out of the Gate as Season Premiere Is Dogged by Digital Problems

In what has become an unpleasant tradition for HBO, another season of the hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones” got off to a bumpy start on the network’s digital platforms. “Twitter saw elevated levels of grousing from fans all over…

Haunted Towns to Be Focus of New Series — Is Your Town on the List?

A new television series premiering next month will investigate the most haunted towns in America. The program, appropriately titled “Haunted Towns,” is scheduled to debut Aug. 15 on Destination America. The program will focus on efforts by the ghost hunting…

‘Doctor Who’ Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before

BBC America’s “Doctor Who” made an announcement Sunday that will be a game changer for the popular time travel series. For the first time in the long history of the show, the Doctor will be played by a female. The…