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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.

Bob Dylan Delivers the Nobel Lecture in Literature — Here It Is, in Its Entirety

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture in Literature, delivered to complete his requirements for being awarded the Nobel Prize, was released in its entirety today. You can play it below. In the lecture, recorded Sunday in Los Angeles, Dylan reflects on his…

Bill Maher Under Fire Over Racial Epithet

Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time,” got in hot water on Friday’s show when he unleashed a racial epithet. He has since apologized for the incident, but continues to face backlash. Maher issued a statement Saturday in which he…

Hollywood A-Lister to Play Joe Paterno in HBO Movie About the Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal

HBO’s upcoming Barry Levinson movie about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal will have Al Pacino in the key role of legendary football coach Joe Paterno. The film is currently untitled. Variety quotes the logline for the movie reading:…

How Did NBC’s New Megyn Kelly Show Do?

NBC News unveiled its new prime-time Megyn Kelly program Sunday night, and the premiere of “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly” chalked up a number of ratings achievements. Citing Nielsen “live plus same day” data, NBC noted today that “Kelly,” which…

It’s a Wrap, Finally, for ‘Cursed’ Movie That Has Taken 17 Years to Make

A movie that became one of the most legendary “doomed projects” in Hollywood history has wrapped production after a 17-year struggle by director Terry Gilliam to get the project made. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, the curse that has…

Comedy Central Show Gets New Host

A show airing on Comedy Central will have a new host in place when the show returns for its fourth season. The cable channel announced that Roy Wood Jr. is taking over as host of the comedy storytelling show “This…

Cosby Legal Team Goes After Accusers as Comedian’s Criminal Trial Opens

Attorneys in the Bill Cosby criminal trial, in which the fallen TV icon faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault, offered differing accounts of what happened in 2004 as the case opened today, CNN reports. “Prosecutors … claimed the 79-year-old…

Call Your Rowdy Friends: A ‘Monday Night Football’ Tradition Returns

ESPN is bringing back a tradition for the upcoming season of “Monday Night Football” with the return of Hank Williams Jr. singing the opening theme, “All My Rowdy Friends.” The song, which features the “Are you ready for some football?”…

A&E’s ‘Biography’ Relaunch Delayed

The project that A&E has lined up to relaunch the acclaimed “Biography” series will now premiere Sept. 4, instead of June 28 as previously reported. A&E announced today that the premiere of the three-hour documentary “Biggie: The Life of Notorious…

Why Usher Missed the One Love Manchester Concert

One artist who was conspicuously missing from One Love Manchester, Sunday’s all-star benefit concert for victims of the May 22 terrorist bombing at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, England, was Usher. Usher was listed as a performer for the event…