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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.

Oops! How Serena Williams Accidentally Went Public With Her Big Secret

Tennis champion Serena Williams came clean about how she accidentally went public with the news of her pregnancy, which she intended to keep private a bit longer. Williams “says she was taking a personal photo of her progressing pregnancy on Snapchat…

Fox News Host and Bill O’Reilly Protege Under Fire Over Comment About Trump’s Daughter

In an incident that’s being called at the very least poor timing for Fox News, which is under scrutiny over sexual harassment and other issues in the wake of the firing of Bill O’Reilly, Fox News host Jesse Watters came…

NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Locks Down Slate of Guest Hosts, Musical Acts as Season 42 Winds Down

NBC put the finishing touches on the guest lineups for the final three episodes of the show’s 42nd season, with previously announced guest hosts Chris Pine, Melissa McCarthy and Dwayne Johnson all still on board. The musical acts announced today…

Audio Released of ‘Bachelor’ Chris Soules Calling 911 After Fatal Tractor Collision

Chris Soules, a former star of ABC’s “The Bachelor” who was arrested following a fatal collision Monday night in Iowa, called 911 from the scene of the crash before leaving the scene, USA Today reports. Audio of the 911 call,…

ABC News Veteran Joins CNN

CNN is bringing aboard a new senior national correspondent, who will be working out of New York. The cable news channel announced the hiring of Alexander Marquardt, who has been an award-winning foreign correspondent for ABC News. Marquardt will cover…

How Uber Plans to Make Flying Cars a Reality — and Soon

“Uber is planning to pour millions of dollars into putting fast, quiet and affordable flying cars into operation — and one of its partners aims to make New York City a backdrop for its futuristic ambitions within five years,” The…

Oscar-Winning Director Jonathan Demme Dies

The acclaimed filmmaker Jonathan Demme, a versatile movie and TV director and producer who won an Academy Award in 1992 for directing the Best Picture winner “The Silence of the Lambs,” has died. IndieWire reports that Demme died this morning in…

AT&T AdWorks Opens Interactive Media Lab

AT&T AdWorks’ new interactive Media Lab opens today in New York’s Rockefeller Center, with the company announcing that the new space will enable marketers to better understand how consumer behavior is changing and how to efficiently reach their targets across…

NBC’s Seth Meyers Mocks Trump Over ‘Nazis,’ the ‘Brady Bunch Solution’

Seth Meyers went after Donald Trump on Tuesday night’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” mocking his mispronunciation of “Nazis” and likening his plans for a border wall to “The Brady Bunch.” Here’s the clip, posted by NBC …

AT&T AdWorks Unveils New State-Of-The-Art Media Lab

Press release from AT&T, April 26, 2017: AT&T AdWorks announced today the opening of its Media Lab, a new interactive space designed to inspire marketers and bring our unique advertising capabilities to life. The new AT&T AdWorks Lab shows the…