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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.

NBC Show Canceled After Star Says He’s Out

An NBC series has been canceled after the show’s star got the ball rolling by announcing he was headed out. Jerrod Carmichael’s announcement pretty much sealed the fate of “The Carmichael Show,” and NBC soon followed with a confirmation that…

Not a Fan: Legendary Actress Sues TV Series

An actress who was a star of Hollywood’s Golden Age apparently is not a fan of the recent FX limited series “Feud: Bette and Joan.” Olivia de Havilland, who is played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the series, filed a lawsuit…

Disneyland to Remove Part of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Ride That Has Drawn Criticism

Disneyland says it will pull the plug on a part of the popular “Pirates of the Caribbean” ride that has been a hot button for accusations of sexism. The Orange County Register reports that the theme park will remove a…

‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Fire Back After Attack by Trump

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the couple who co-host the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” responded to a Twitter attack by Donald Trump with an opinion piece in The Washington Post running today under the headline “Donald Trump is not well.”…

Hit Broadcast Series Renewed

The series that had the broadcast networks’ No. 1 regular time slot premiere of 2017 in the key 18-49 demo has been picked up for a second season. NBC announced the renewal of the competition series “World of Dance,” which…

Actor James Cromwell Sentenced to Jail

Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actor James Cromwell, known for his roles in features including “Babe” and on the small screen in shows such as “Six Feet Under” and “ER,” was sentenced to seven days in jail. The AP reports that the…

AT&T’s DirecTV Now Adds Stations — With One Broadcast Network Conspicuously Absent

The AT&T pay TV service DirecTV Now is adding more than 35 local broadcast affiliates starting next week, but Variety reports that the stations are affiliated with ABC, NBC and Fox — with CBS remaining absent from the over-the-top service’s…

Controversial Series to Return

A series that has been a lightning rod for controversy from the moment the first trailer surfaced will return for a second season. Netflix announced plans today to bring back “Dear White People.” The official trailer for the show, which…

TVWeek’s Fourth of July Holiday Schedule

TVWeek will be closed Monday and Tuesday, July 3 and 4, 2017, for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. We will resume our normal publication schedule on Wednesday, July 5. As always, if news breaks we will send out TVWeek…

Colbert: Stop Pretending Trump Is a Symptom of the Country’s Ills

CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” pounced on the latest Donald Trump controversy Thursday night, noting that Trump has come under fire from his own party over his attack on MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski. Colbert cited tweets from Republicans Ben…