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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.

Poll Shows a Significant Number of Bill O’Reilly’s Own Viewers Want His Show to Be Scrapped

A new poll shows that Americans want Fox News to pull the plug on network star Bill O’Reilly’s “The O’Reilly Factor” by a more than 2-1 ratio, while almost a quarter of the show’s own viewers think the show should…

NBA Playoffs Open With a Ratings Bang for ABC

ABC set a ratings record on its opening weekend of the NBA playoffs. The network’s coverage Sunday of Game 1 of the Golden State-Portland series delivered a live audience of 6.624 million total viewers, including the linear channel and streaming,…

New Accuser Alleges Sexual and Racial Harassment by Bill O’Reilly

A new accuser has surfaced as Bill O’Reilly’s harassment scandal continues to create problems for Fox News and its biggest star. According to The Hollywood Reporter, attorney Lisa Bloom helped an African-American woman report a harassment issue to the Fox News…

Report: Fox News Is Dumping Bill O’Reilly

The Murdoch family, which runs the Fox News Channel, has made the decision to give the boot to Bill O’Reilly, according to a report by Gabriel Sherman in New York Magazine. As has been widely reported, O’Reilly, who is currently…

How Is ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ Doing Without Bill? Here Are the Numbers

Numbers are in for the first three days of Bill O’Reilly’s vacation from his Fox News flagship “The O’Reilly Factor” — a vacation that some observers felt came about pretty abruptly, and one that happens to coincide with an advertiser…

CNN Reports Bill O’Reilly and Fox News Are Talking Exit

CNN is reporting that representatives for Bill O’Reilly and Fox News have begun talking about an exit from the network for its biggest star. Officially, O’Reilly is due back on “The O’Reilly Factor” Monday, and sources in the O’Reilly camp…

New Katie Couric Series to Bow Soon — But It’s Nothing Like What Audiences Have Come to Expect From Her

A new series executive produced by Katie Couric premieres next month, but viewers who mainly identify the TV news veteran with her roles with NBC News (1989-2006), CBS News (2006-2011) and ABC News (2011-2014) may have trouble recognizing the new…

Famous Movie Monster Gets a TV Show

A monster that has done well at the box office is headed to television with its own TV series. Deadline.com reports that MarVista Entertainment and IM Global Television are partnering on “King Kong Skull Island,” the first live-action TV series…

Richard Simmons Hospitalized

Fitness guru Richard Simmons, who has been the focus of concerns about his well-being in recent years, was hospitalized Monday for what’s being reported as “severe indigestion.” ABC News cites a rep for Simmons who said Simmons was doing better after…

High-Profile CBS Gig for Kevin Spacey

CBS announced today that it will have Oscar, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey as the host of the 71st annual Tony Awards. The ceremony will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on…