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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.

Smithsonian Channel Offers a Behind-the-Scenes Look at America’s Leading Ladies in ‘First Ladies Revealed’

Press release from Smithsonian Channel, June 6, 2017: First Ladies have played a key role in branding their husbands’ presidencies and have each left their own mark on history. Smithsonian Channel’s new series, FIRST LADIES REVEALED, examines some of the…

Kristin Chenoweth Named Host of the 33rd Annual TCA Awards

Press release from the Television Critics Association, June 7, 2017: EMMY and TONY-winning entertainer Kristin Chenoweth, who has appeared in such celebrated hits as YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, PUSHING DAISIES, the televised production of HAIRSPRAY LIVE!, and most…

Dean Blandino Joins Fox Sports as Rules Analyst

Press release from Fox Sports, June 6, 2017: The FOX Sports rules analyst stable has doubled in size. Dean Blandino joins FOX Sports as a rules analyst for the network’s college football and NFL coverage in 2017. The announcement was…

Emmy-Winning Producer Dies

An Emmy Award-winning producer and actress who was married to one of the most famous TV game show hosts has died. Variety reports that Marilyn Hall, the wife of Monty Hall, died today in Los Angeles. She was 90. Hall…

Awkward Encounter Between Kesha and Jerry Seinfeld

An awkward video in which singer and rapper Kesha learns the hard way that comedian Jerry Seinfeld is not so much into the hugging has been getting a lot of attention online. Here it is …

Michael Moore Launches Trump-Focused Website for Whistleblowers

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore today launched a secure website that he says will enable “courageous whistleblowers” to take action that Moore says is necessary to protect the country from tyranny under Donald Trump. Moore calls the site “TrumpiLeaks.” “This site provides…

ABC Unveils ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Cast List, Brings Back Franchise Favorites

ABC announced the cast today for the fourth installment of the hit series “Bachelor in Paradise,” which premieres Tuesday, Aug. 8, before the series moves to Mondays. The cast is made up of returning favorites from previous installments of “The…

TV Reporter Fired After Nasty Rant

A TV reporter who was caught on video in a nasty incident over the weekend outside a comedy club in Philadelphia has been fired by her TV station, PHL 17. Colleen Campbell, a 28-year-old Temple graduate who began working for PHL…

Scott Pelley Returns to ‘CBS Evening News’ With His Days Numbered

“CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley now knows how much more time he has on the network’s flagship news program. Pelley is back from a time out to report for “60 Minutes,” and the program announced on Twitter that he…

Actor Roger Smith Dies — He Co-Starred on a Classic TV Detective Series and Was the Longtime Husband and Manager of Ann-Margret

Roger Smith, who helped bring the detective genre back to life on TV in the late 1950s and early 1960s as one of the stars of “77 Sunset Strip,” has died. USA Today reports that Smith died Sunday morning in…