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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.

Women’s Rights Group Ratchets Up Pressure on Fox News to Dump Bill O’Reilly

An organization that has been vocal about trying to get Fox News to part ways with Bill O’Reilly will take to the sky over New York City with its campaign tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the women’s rights…

Drama Series Canceled

A drama series running on cable has come to the end of the road with the announcement by WGN America that it is pulling the plug on “The Outsiders.” The show is currently in its second season, with two more…

Did Lee Harvey Oswald Act Alone? TV Series Unearths New Evidence in JFK Assassination

A new nonfiction series premiering next week examines new evidence in the JFK assassination and explores new theories in an effort to determine whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. History rolled out plans for “JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald,” which premieres…

Easter Night Ratings: CBS Wins Prime Time With Unusual Lineup

CBS had a big night against its broadcast competition on Sunday, riding an unusual programming lineup to wins in both total viewers and the key 18-49 demo. The network aired the two-hour special “Stayin’ Alive:  A Grammy Salute to the…

Flagship L.A. PBS Station to Get Huge Payday From Spectrum Auction

One TV station that appears to have made out well in the Federal Communications Commission’s recently concluded spectrum auction is KOCE-TV, the flagship PBS station for Southern California. The Los Angeles Times reports that KOCE “will see a $49 million…

Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on ‘SNL’ Apologizes for Hitler Remarks

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, played by Melissa McCarthy, made an appearance over the weekend on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” to apologize for recent comments about Hitler. Here’s the clip, posted by NBC …

‘Star Wars’ TV Series to End Its Run

The upcoming season of a television series from the “Star Wars” universe will be the show’s last. As part of the unveiling of a new 2-minute trailer for season four of “Star Wars Rebels” (watch the clip below), Disney XD…

New York Times Reports the Comments by Bill O’Reilly Last Fall Helped Lead to Megyn Kelly’s Departure From Fox News. [TVWeek, Among Some Other Media, Wrote About O’Reilly’s Remarks at the Time]

Comments about sexual harassment made by Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly on Nov. 15, 2016, on “CBS This Morning” and on his own show, “The O’Reilly Factor,” “helped drive Megyn Kelly out of Fox,” according to The New York Times….

Inspirational Kardashian Series Renewed

TV viewers who have yet to get what all the fuss is about when it comes to the Kardashians may not think of the family as inspirational, but that’s just how E! describes “Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian,” which the…

Reality TV Personality Enters Plea in Tax Fraud Case

Former “Jersey Shore” star Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino appeared in federal court today in Newark, N.J., along with his brother Marc Sorrentino. The AP reports that the two men “pleaded not guilty Monday to additional tax fraud charges after federal…