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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.

NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ to Go Live — Really Live — in an Unprecedented Move for the Show

For the first time in the long history of the NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” the show will be truly live in all time zones across the country. NBC announced today that each of the final four shows…

Legal Battle Rages Over 1984 Cult Film

The battle to do a TV adaptation of a 1984 cult film is being waged in court, where legal documents were filed by Earl Mac Rauch and Walter Richter, the writer and director, respectively, of “Buckaroo Banzai,” in response to…

Report: Kendall Jenner ‘Burglary’ Not a Real Burglary

It turns out that an incident first reported as a burglary this morning at the Hollywood Hills home of Kardashian family member Kendall Jenner was an inside job, according to a report by TMZ.com. Jenner reportedly notified authorities about the…

CBS’s Colbert Goes After Rachel Maddow’s Big Tax Return Reveal

Stephen Colbert mercilessly mocked Rachel Maddow’s widely panned “big reveal” of Donald Trump’s tax returns on CBS’s “Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Here’s the clip … Colbert also included plenty of material on the Maddow show in his opening monologue on Wednesday’s…

Gregg Allman Cancels All of His Tour Dates This Year

Veteran rocker Gregg Allman has pulled the plug on all of the tour dates he had scheduled for 2017, Billboard reports. A message was posted on Allman’s website stating: “It has been determined that Gregg will not be touring in…

ABC Books ‘Wow!’ Bow for New Comedy

ABC is committing an important piece of prime-time real estate to a new sitcom, setting aside the lead-out slot following the season finale of “Modern Family” for a sneak peek of the comedy “Downward Dog.” The new show will bow Wednesday,…

Government Declassifies Footage of Nuclear Tests — Here’s Some of the Video

Footage of some of the 210 atmospheric nuclear tests conducted between 1945 and 1962 was recently declassified by the U.S. government. Here’s a clip showing some of the testing, posted by CNN …

Animal Planet Announces the Final Season of Top Series ‘River Monsters’

Press release from Animal Planet, March 16, 2017: After eight years, extreme angler and biologist Jeremy Wade is hanging up his fishing rod and the final season of RIVER MONSTERS will begin on Sunday, April 23 at 9PM ET/PT. RIVER…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Goes Live-Live in All Time Zones for Final Four Telecasts of the Season

Press release from NBC, March 16, 2017: For the first time in its storied history, NBC’s iconic late-night franchise “Saturday Night Live,” which is delivering its most-watched season in 24 years, will be broadcast live simultaneously across the country for…

CBS Announces Summer Premiere Dates

Press release from CBS, March 16, 2017: CBS today announced its summer schedule, including the new event series SALVATION, the new live-action game show CANDY CRUSH, the third season of ZOO, based on James Patterson’s #1 bestselling novel, and the…