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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.

‘King Kong,’ the TV Show? Yes! … And That’s Just the Beginning

One explanation for why television seems to be drifting more than ever toward remakes, sequels, prequels and other familiar properties is that, with thousands of hours of scripted TV now in the marketplace, it’s more important than in the past…

New Amazon Series Brings Dorothy Back to Oz

Amazon will soon be unveiling a series that updates the story and characters of “The Wizard of Oz” for a new generation of kids. “Lost in Oz,” a new animated series aimed at children ages 6-11, premieres Aug. 4 on…

Filmmaker Dives Right In — and We Do Mean Right In — to the Russian Doping Scandal

With the tagline “Truth is the new banned substance,” a new film coming out next month on Netflix takes an extremely personal approach to examining Russia’s Olympic doping scandal. “Icarus,” a documentary from director Bryan Fogel, premieres Aug. 4 on…

Fox Wraps Upfront Deals

The Fox Networks Group, which includes both the Fox broadcast network and a lineup of cable networks that includes FX, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, has completed its upfront advertising sales, with MediaPost reporting that the company achieved…

Amazon Original Kids Series ‘Lost in Oz’ Debuts August 4 on Prime Video

Press release from Amazon, July 6, 2017: Amazon today announced that Lost in Oz, the highly-anticipated animated kid series for children ages 6-11, is scheduled to premiere August 4 on Prime Video in the US and UK. The new series,…

Hollywood Writers Take a Hit

The Writers Guild of America-West’s annual report contains double-barreled bad news for Hollywood writers, revealing that the total number of writers working in the industry declined in the latest fiscal year, as did total salaries, Deadline.com reports. “The report, mailed…

Kathy Griffin Interrogated by Secret Service

Comedian Kathy Griffin was reportedly grilled for more than an hour by the U.S. Secret Service in connection with that stunt about a month ago involving a mockup of the bloody severed head of Donald Trump. Vulture.com reports that according…

NPR Attacked for Its Fourth of July Tweets

NPR came under attack this week — especially from supporters of Donald Trump, according to media reports — after it marked the Fourth of July holiday by sending out the Declaration of Independence, line by line, on Twitter. “Some of…

Newsmag Co-Anchor Exits Show

A TV personality who has been a fixture on the entertainment beat is stepping down as co-anchor of “E! News.” E! confirmed over the holiday weekend that Maria Menounos is off the show. Menounos joined E! in 2014 and has…

New KFC Commercial Upsets ‘Game of Thrones’ Viewers

A new commercial for KFC — you can watch it below — seems intended to be amusing while also paying tribute to HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” But some fans of the series have responded negatively to the spot, which is…