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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.

MTV Personality Dead at 34

A TV personality who became a celebrity through appearances on MTV was found dead on Monday. TMZ.com reports that Danny Dias, an alum of MTV reality shows, died in an apparently drug-related incident. The report notes that authorities are treating…

Play’s Director Says Stacy Keach Suffered a Heart Attack on Opening Night

Actor Stacy Keach has reportedly been in a Chicago-area hospital after having a heart attack midway through the opening-night performance of the play “Pamplona.” Keach stars as Ernest Hemingway in the one-man show. The AP cites Goodman Theatre artistic director…

Trump Releases Comey Attack Ad — Here It Is

“In what appears to be a political media first, a Super Pac controlled by President Trump has released an ad attacking the character of a witness in advance of a highly anticipated Senate hearing,” MediaPost reports. “The ad, entitled ‘Showboat,’…

Report: Apple Announced the Future This Week — and It Almost Went Unnoticed

Apple this week quietly unveiled what the future will look like. The company used a subtle approach at its developer conference Monday, Business Insider reports, but without calling it a 10-year plan, Apple revealed the tech roadmap it will be…

Ed Sheeran and James Corden Stuff Their Faces With ‘Malteses’ in Hilarious ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Segment

On a new episode of “Carpool Karaoke” posted by CBS’s “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” pop singer Ed Sheeran competes with Corden to see who can get more “Malteses” — essentially the same thing known as malted milk…

New Series Tracks Ex-Lovers as They Spend One More Night Together

A new 10-episode docuseries examines what happens when former couples are reunited to spend one more night together. Bravo Media’s “A Night With My Ex” premieres Tuesday, July 18, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. “Over the course of 10 self-contained episodes,…

Deaf Singer Kills It on ‘America’s Got Talent’

A deaf singer created a sensation with her appearance on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” performing an original song, “Try.” Mandy Harvey left many in the audience in tears, both with her performance and with her story story of losing her…

Fox Sports Hires Rules Analyst

Fox Sports announced this week that it is bringing aboard a new rules analyst, hiring former NFL official Dean Blandino in a move that doubles Fox Sports’ stable of rules analysts. Blandino will work on Fox Sports’ NFL and college…

Emmy- and Tony-Winning Actress to Host TCA Awards

The Television Critics Association has settled on a host for the 33rd Annual TCA Awards, which will take place Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The organization announced today that actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth…

What Did Mary Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt and Laura Bush Have in Common? A New TV Series Answers That Question and Many More About U.S. First Ladies

A series premiering in a few weeks goes behind-the-scenes to reveal what was going on with the women who served as first lady of the U.S. The four-episode series, “First Ladies Revealed,” debuts July 2 on Smithsonian Channel. The first…