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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.

Bill Cosby’s Spokeswoman Responds to Outrage Over His Planned ‘Town Halls’ — One Women’s Advocate Called It Cosby’s ‘How to Get Away With Rape’ Tour

A spokeswoman for Bill Cosby clarified what the disgraced TV icon has in mind with his planned “town halls” that were mentioned just after a mistrial was declared in his criminal trial in Pennsylvania on sexual assault charges. His plans…

Freshman Comedy on Netflix Not Renewed

Netflix canceled a comedy series after rolling out just one season of the show. The streaming service pulled the plug on “Girlboss,” which debuted its 13-episode freshman season on April 21. Created by Kay Cannon and based on Sophia Amoruso’s…

Body of Salvador Dali to Be Exhumed

The body of surrealist painter Salvador Dali has been ordered exhumed in connection with a paternity suit in Spain, the BBC reports. Dali died of heart failure in 1989 at age 84 and is buried in a crypt at the…

CNN Retracts Story About Supposed Russian Meeting

CNN has retracted a story about what was first reported as an investigation into a meeting between a Trump associate and the head of a Russian investment fund, the AP reports. CNN did not provide a reason today for pulling…

Report Forecasts Huge Loss of Subs as Traditional Pay-TV Universe Continues to Shrink

The latest forecast projects continuing shrinkage for the traditional pay-TV universe. A new report by Kagan, a unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence, projects a loss of 10.8 million households among traditional multichannel subscribers by 2021, bringing the total to…

Numbers Are In for Week 4 of NBC’s ‘Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly’

The viewer numbers for NBC’s new prime-time Megyn Kelly program show that the broadcast has been experiencing viewer erosion. Variety reports that the latest installment of “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly” fell to a new low, both in total viewers…

Rumors Surface About a Weird Reason That Daniel Day-Lewis Quit Acting

When three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis announced last week that he is retiring from acting, his publicist issued a concise statement and offered no details other than to say it was a private decision, as we reported previously. But now…

Why Your Credit Rating May Look Better Soon

“About 12 million people will get a lift in their credit scores next month as the national credit reporting agencies wipe from their records two major sources of negative information about borrowers: tax liens and civil judgments,” The New York…

New President of Directors Guild Comes From the Ranks of TV

The newly elected president of the Directors Guild of America is Emmy-winning “West Wing” director Thomas Schlamme, Deadline.com reports. Schlamme was the guild’s third vice president, and co-chaired the organization’s last two film and TV contract negotiating committees, the report…

Digital Talent Search Under Way

A talent competition offering a broadcast network talent deal to the winner is under way as of today, with the announcement by ABC of the fifth annual ABC Discovers: Digital Talent Competition, running June 26-July 9. The winner will receive…