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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.

Netflix to Complete Orson Welles’ Final Film

Netflix will complete, restore and release the unfinished final film from “Citizen Kane” director Orson Welles, who died in 1985. The AP reports that the streaming service acquired the global rights to “The Other Side of the Wind.” “Netflix’s announcement…

Rachel Maddow Says She Has Trump’s Tax Returns — Tune In Tonight

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow announced today that she has Donald Trump’s tax returns, breaking the news in a post on her Twitter account that you can see below. She apparently plans to reveal the returns on her show tonight. Maddow…

New No. 1 Show in Cable News

The ratings landscape in cable news is experiencing a shakeup, with perennial leader Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News Channel program being overtaken by rival Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maddow’s 9 p.m. show was No. 1 in…

‘SNL’ Segment Moves to Prime Time

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” is ready for prime time — or at least one of its most popular segments is. The network announced today that the sketch show’s “Weekend Update” will be airing in prime time in the form of…

Rumblings of a Merger Between Two Big Automakers — and Why It Matters to Television

Talk has begun to surface about a possible merger between two major automakers, with one of television’s bread-and-butter ad categories, automotive, likely to suffer collateral damage from the deal if it came to fruition. “Volkswagen Group has opened a tiny crack…

Jeff Daniels Returning to Series TV

Jeff Daniels, who starred for three seasons on the HBO drama series “The Newsroom,” is making his return to series television as the star of Hulu’s “The Looming Tower.” Daniels will play John O’Neill, a bull-headed FBI veteran who heads…

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Revamps Programming, Breaks Out New Saturday Lineup

Oprah Winfrey’s cable channel OWN announced a new Saturday night programming lineup today that will launch April 15, with new episodes of the channel’s award-winning series “Iyanla: Fix My Life” to air at 9 p.m. ET/PT, followed by the new…

GSN Makes a Commitment

With its upfront presentation coming up soon, GSN unveiled programming initiatives today reflecting the cable channel’s renewed commitment to its core game show programming. Among other moves, the channel greenlighted the new series “Emogenius,” a game show that tests contestants’ mastery of emojis,…

Dave Chappelle Is Back and in Form — Here’s a Taste of His Upcoming Specials

Two stand-up specials from the “personal comedy vault” of comedian Dave Chappelle are due out March 21 on Netflix, and the streamer posted a clip today that offers a glimpse of what’s in store. Check it out …

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Announces New Saturday Night Programming Lineup Premiering in April

Press release from OWN, March 14, 2017: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today its new Saturday night programming lineup beginning April 15, including the return of the three-time NAACP Image Award-winning series “Iyanla: Fix My Life” featuring six-time New York…