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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.

Susan Sarandon Joins Acclaimed Drama Series

Actress Susan Sarandon, an Academy Award winner for “Dead Man Walking” in 1995 and a four-time Emmy nominee, will take on a major role on the acclaimed Showtime drama series “Ray Donovan.” Showtime announced today that Sarandon, who is currently…

Yahoo Getting a New Name — Here’s What It Will Be Called (and Which Top Brass Will Leave the Company)

Yahoo provided details today about its succession plan as the company’s core search and advertising assets become part of Verizon. “Yahoo board member Thomas McInerney will serve as CEO and Alexi Wellman will fill the CFO position after Yahoo completes…

‘SNL’s’ Most Biting Sketch This Week Wasn’t About Trump — Watch It Now

A sketch that aired on Saturday’s installment of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” presented as a tribute to A Day Without a Woman, may be the episode’s most political statement. Here’s the clip, posted by NBC …

Another Top Star Joins the Cellphone Companies’ ‘Celebrity Arms Race’ — With a Deal Topping $10 Million

The cellphone companies’ “celebrity arms race” is escalating, and another major star just picked a side. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Mark Wahlberg signed an eight-figure deal to be the new spokesperson for AT&T. Wahlberg will also…

New Netflix Series Focuses on Five Master Directors With a Common Goal

A series coming out this month on Netflix finds a common thread among the great directors Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, George Stevens and William Wyler. The three-part documentary series, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the…

John Oliver Buys Ad Time on ‘Fox and Friends’ to Get in Trump’s Face

John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” says he has bought ad time on Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends” in an effort to get a message to Donald Trump about health care. The ad, which is…

Surprising News About the Eighth and Final Season of ‘Game of Thrones’

“Game of Thrones” news broke over the weekend as showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss spoke as part of a panel at SXSW. The headline is that the show’s eighth and final season will be only six episodes long. EW.com…

NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ Uses Its Golden Buzzer to Name Tyra Banks as Host

Press release from NBC, March 12, 2017: Emmy Award winner Tyra Banks, who created and executive produced “America’s Next Top Model” for 23 cycles, headlined her own talk show, is consistently ranked by Time magazine as one of the world’s…

FX Series Hits a Ratings Home Run

A new series on FX is chalking up some of the best viewer numbers the cable network has seen in some time — although they’re still not close to the turnout for last year’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American…

MGM in Talks to Acquire Cable Network

MGM Holdings Inc. is reportedly in talks to acquire full ownership of the premium cable channel Epix, in which it currently owns a stake along with partners Viacom and Lionsgate. Reuters reports that MGM is seeking to obtain the 81%…