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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.

Trump Breaks With a Tradition Started by Bill Clinton and Continued by Barack Obama

A tradition that began with Bill Clinton and continued with Barack Obama appears to have gone by the wayside with the Donald Trump presidency. TMZ.com reports that June 1 came and went without a declaration about LGBTQ Pride Month. “It’s…

Kathy Griffin Said to Be the Focus of Secret Service Inquiry Following ‘Severed Donald Trump Head’ Stunt — and That’s Just the Beginning

Comedian Kathy Griffin has reportedly retained a criminal lawyer and is the focus of an inquiry by the U.S. Secret Service following a disastrous stunt in which she held up a prop resembling the bloody severed head of Donald Trump….

Star-Studded Manchester Benefit Concert to Air Live in U.S.

This weekend’s big benefit concert for victims of the terrorist bombing in Manchester, England, will air live in the U.S. on Freeform, with a subsequent highlight special to air on ABC. The One Love concert, taking place this Sunday, June…

Why Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Sequel Is Being Re-Edited

The sequel to Al Gore’s hot-button climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” set for release July 28, is being re-edited in response to Thursday’s announcement by Donald Trump that the U.S. is pulling out of the Paris climate accord. Variety…

Show Starring Julia Roberts — the Oscar Winner’s First TV Series — in Development at HBO

HBO is developing the first TV series starring Julia Roberts, an Academy Award winner for her starring role in “Erin Brockovich” in 2000. Variety reports that the pay cabler has landed “Today Will Be Different,” based on the book of…

Two Classic MTV Series to Be Relaunched — But Not on MTV

Things will be different this time around for two classic MTV series, with the cable channel announcing Thursday that it will relaunch “Cribs” and “Girl Code” on the social media platform Snapchat rather than on traditional television. “Cribs” launches this…

OMG: Check Out the S’Morrissey Doughnut at L.A.’s Donut Friend — Because Today Is National Doughnut Day

Readers may be surprised to learn that National Doughnut Day, celebrated on the first Friday in June, goes all the way back to 1938, when the day was established as a fund raiser for the Salvation Army in Chicago. Regardless,…

Why the U.S. Government Is Reportedly Spying on Journalists

The U.S. government is setting up surveillance on a number of journalists in an effort to find the source of leaked information, according to a report by John Crudele in The New York Post. Crudele cites a source in Washington…

‘Sharknado 5: Global Swarming’ Unveiled as Official Title of Worldwide Adventure, Making Landfall on Syfy August 6

Press release from Syfy, June 1, 2017: Pack your passport and grab a chainsaw, because SHARKNADO is going global! Taking the world – and unsuspecting celebrities – by storm, the movie event of the century blows into town this summer,…

MTV to Launch ‘Cribs’ and ‘Girl Code’ as Shows on Snapchat

Press release from MTV, June 1, 2017: MTV today announced that the hit classic “Cribs” and fan-favorite “Girl Code” will launch as Shows on Snapchat. Each episode of “Cribs” has been reimagined for Snapchat, offering viewers a sneak peek into…