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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.

Disney Rolling Out New Digital Network With ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel and More

Just a few months after Disney took an ax to its Maker Studios digital network, slashing jobs and cutting way back on its support for video creators, the company has revealed its grand vision for what remains of Maker. Fortune…

How HBO Will Commemorate the Anniversary of Princess Diana’s Death

HBO announced plans today to commemorate the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, with what the network calls a landmark documentary. Diana died 20 years ago, in August 1997. “HBO has U.S. rights to the film, produced by Oxford Film…

Nickelodeon Names Exec to Oversee the Company’s New Entertainment Lab

Nickelodeon filled a key executive position, naming Chris Young as senior vice president of the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab. “In this new position, Young will manage the new Burbank-based Lab, which will spearhead long-range research and development efforts around new technologies…

Writers and Producers Tentatively Agree on Accord – Strike Averted!

“After a day of twists and turns, Hollywood has dodged a bullet,” reports Deadline.com in a piece posted at 1:15 a.m., Pacific time. The story, by veteran Hollywood labor reporter David Robb and Dominic Patten, continues, “A threatened writers strike…

Report: New Conservative Network in the Works to Challenge Fox News

Will there be another conservative challenger to Fox News sooner than later? According to a report on the website Mediaite (operated by Dan Abrams, who is ABC’s legal analyst), a “senior TV executive” told the publication’s reporter Rachel Stockman, “‘I’m…

Rupert Murdoch and 21st Century Fox Said to Be Trying to Buy Major TV Station Group

21st Century Fox, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, is reportedly positioning itself to make a bid for Tribune Media, which would bring its stable of TV stations into the fold. The New York Times reports that Fox is in talks with…

Barbra Streisand Explains Why She’s Been the Victim of Sexism in Hollywood

Barbra Streisand says she has been a victim of Hollywood sexism, which created obstacles to her success as a director and cost her Oscar nominations. Variety reports that Streisand talked about it Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival, where she was…

NBC Declares ‘Kelly War’

A “Kelly War” has been declared in morning television, with the timing of NBC’s announcement about Megyn Kelly — the same day as a big announcement from Kelly Ripa — perhaps the first shot across the bow. “Kelly War officially…

TV Show Prompts One Country to Create a New Rating

A TV series that is currently getting a lot of attention in the U.S. and other countries has prompted one country, New Zealand, to create a new rating and require warnings at the beginning and end of each episode. According…

In the Journalism Version of a Simon and Garfunkel Reunion, Woodward and Bernstein Reunite

Veteran journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the former Washington Post reporters who uncovered the Watergate scandal, got back together on stage at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night — an event that The New York Post says…