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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.

Survey Reveals How Much U.S. Consumers Are Willing to Pay for TV

A new survey reveals that the amount that U.S. consumers on average are willing to pay for television just fell considerably. MediaPost reports that the survey by TiVo, measuring how much consumers will pay for the top 20 channels, produced…

Actor Maz Jobrani of ‘Superior Donuts’ Opens Up About Being From the Middle East in the Age of Trump

Iranian-American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani, who appears on the CBS sitcom “Superior Donuts,” talked about the impact of Donald Trump’s travel ban on people with Middle Eastern backgrounds during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Jobrani joked…

Season Two of AMC’s Critically Acclaimed Supernatural Drama ‘Preacher’ Will Debut on Monday, June 19, at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Press release from AMC, March 10, 2017: AMC announced today from the SXSW Festival that the critically acclaimed supernatural series “Preacher” will return for season two on Monday, June 19th at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT. The network also released six first-look…

Freeform Launches the New Digital Short-Form Series ‘Dinner With Dad,’ Starring Jason Alexander and His Real-Life Son Gabe Greenspan

Press release from Freeform, March 10, 2017: Actor Gabe Greenspan and his real-life father, Jason Alexander, play heightened versions of themselves on Freeform’s new short-form digital series “Dinner with Dad.” The show takes place in a deli, where each week…

Late-Night Host Apologizes for Joke That Went Wrong

The latest late-night host to do damage control over a joke that picked the wrong target is Samantha Bee of TBS’s “Full Frontal.” The New York Times reports that Bee apologized today for a joke that aired on Wednesday’s show mocking…

HBO Unveils Plans for High-Profile Miniseries on the 2016 Presidential Election

HBO took the wraps off plans for an upcoming miniseries chronicling the 2016 presidential election, to be based on an upcoming book by New York Times bestselling authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The pay cabler has reconvened some A-list talent…

How Much Would an Original ‘Schindler’s List’ Be Worth? It’s for Sale — With a Hefty Price Tag

An original “Schindler’s List” — named for Oskar Schindler, whose story is told in the 1993 Steven Spielberg movie — is up for sale for $2.4 million, The New York Post’s Page Six reports. The report quotes the seller, Moments…

Amazon Getting Serious About Move Into Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Since moving into the brick-and-mortar retail business back in November 2015 with the opening of its first Amazon Books store, Amazon has continued to open new stores. Now Recode reports that the company is working on its tenth store, in…

Report: Fox News Settles Sexual Assault Case

The fallout continues for Fox News from the crisis involving alleged mistreatment of women working at the cable channel. The New York Times cites sources who were briefed on the situation saying 21st Century Fox agreed in late February to…

The Great War Is Coming to ‘Game of Thrones’ — and It Looks Mighty Spooky

After keeping “Game of Thrones” fans dangling for some time, HBO finally revealed when season seven of the wildly popular fantasy series will arrive — also offering a new teaser to whet viewers’ appetites. The season seven premiere date is…