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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.

Size Doesn’t Matter in ‘Project Runway’s’ Sweet 16 Season Featuring Size Inclusive Models in Celebration of Body Diversity

Press release from Lifetime, July 12, 2017: For the first time in Project Runway history, season 16 breaks out of the conventional modeling mold and celebrates body diversity by incorporating size inclusive models on the catwalk. As a true reflection…

Meet the New Kings of Cocaine: ‘Narcos’ Season Three Premieres Sept. 1 on Netflix

Press release from Netflix, July 14, 2017: “Agent Peña, how much do you know about the Cali Cartel?” In a post-Pablo Escobar world, those final words spoken in the last season of the Netflix original series “Narcos” foreshadow the upcoming…

Former NBC News Anchor Developing Talk Show

A TV personality who is familiar to audiences through her work on MSNBC, NBC’s “Today” show and other NBC News programs is reportedly developing a daytime talk show. Variety reports that Tamron Hall, who left NBC News in February, is…

Rocker Says He’s Running for Senate

In a message on his website that some fans initially took as a publicity stunt, Kid Rock confirmed today that he intends to run for the Senate in Michigan. Rock is poised to run against Democratic incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow….

‘Walking Dead’ Halts Production After Serious Injury on the Set

Production on season eight of the AMC zombie series “The Walking Dead” was halted after an incident in which a stuntman suffered life-threatening injuries in a fall on the set, The New York Post reports. In a statement today, AMC…

BBC News Bails Out on One U.S. Broadcast Net, Partners Up With Another

BBC News has shifted allegiances when it comes to U.S. television networks, with the announcement today that the organization is entering into a new partnership with CBS News. The deal ends BBC’s long-running agreement with ABC News to share reporting…

CNN’s Anderson Cooper Calls Trump Aide ‘the Hungarian Don Rickles’ — Here’s the Interview That Set Him Off

Following an insult-laden exchange with a White House aide on his CNN show, anchor Anderson Cooper described the aide, Sebastian Gorka, as “the Hungarian Don Rickles,” the AP reports. “On Cooper’s show Wednesday … Gorka faced questions about last summer’s…

Rapper Dead at 53

A rapper who was one of the founders of an influential U.S. hip-hop group has died. Rolling Stone reports that Christopher Wong Won, known as Fresh Kid Ice, died Tuesday due to an undisclosed medical condition. He was 53. Wong…

Hit Reality Show Roaring Back to Life

A reality television show whose title became part of the cultural lexicon is about to roar back to life. WE tv announced today that it is rebooting “Bridezillas,” which ended its run in 2013 after 10 seasons. The original series…

New Series Marks a First for Netflix

Netflix today took the wraps off a new series that marks a first for the streaming service. “Suburra,” which has been shooting in Rome, will be the service’s first Italian original series. Netflix released a date announcement video today that…