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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.

Has Disney’s New ‘Lion King’ Found Its Nala? Beloved Pop Icon Closes In on the Role

Producers of the upcoming live-action remake of Disney’s “The Lion King” are reportedly in talks to sign Beyonce to play Nala, with Variety reporting that the pop superstar is director Jon Favreau’s top choice for the key role. “Insiders stress…

Is This Really a Thing Now? Hulu Launches a New TV Service for People Who Don’t Have the Time or Attention Span to Watch TV

A new service introduced today by Hulu promises to let viewers watch episodes of their favorite TV shows in 8 seconds or less — and whole seasons in under 5 minutes. However, some of the details seem pretty sketchy. The…

The CW Network Sets 2017 Summer Schedule

Press release from the CW, March 31, 2017: The CW Network has set its summer premiere dates for its returning reality series WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?, PENN AND TELLER: FOOL US and MASTERS OF ILLUSION, as well as the…

Scary Trailer for New Stephen King Project Has the Internet Freaking Out — and You Might Too

We have to admit … this is one scary trailer. It just came out and it has created a bit of a ruckus on the Internet. The trailer is the first for the movie “It,” based on the Stephen King…

Dystopian Movie Returns to Theaters as Protest Against Trump

Theater owners nationwide are banding together to protest the Trump administration by doing what they do: showing a movie. The movie at the center of the protest is the dystopian drama “1984,” based on George Orwell’s novel. The movie stars…

Joss Whedon to Tackle ‘Batgirl’

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator and “Avengers” director Joss Whedon will be the driving force behind a standalone “Batgirl” movie. Variety reports that Whedon is close to a deal to write, direct and produce the Warner Bros. project. “No other…

Onetime TV ‘Power Ranger’ Gets Prison Term

An actor who played one of the “Power Rangers” on a children’s TV show received a sentence of six years in prison for stabbing his roommate to death with a sword. The AP reports that Ricardo Medina Jr. was sentenced…

Shakeup on NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’

“A shakeup is going on behind the scenes of NBC’s ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,’” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “The late-night talk show’s longtime head writer A.D. Miles is leaving his post after eight years of working…

We May Be on the Verge of a Cord-Cutting Boom

The cord cutting that has taken place so far may be nothing compared with what we’re about to see. The latest word from people who know about these things — specifically, SNL Kagan and its forecaster Tony Lenoir — is…

More Turmoil on Lifetime’s ‘Dance Moms’ as Another Star Bails Out — But This Time It’s About the ‘Too Sexy’ Dancing

Following the rancorous departure earlier this week of “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller, who said the show’s producers were treating her “like dirt,” another one of the long-running Lifetime reality show’s dance moms has bailed out on the show….