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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.

The World’s Greatest Animation Library Finds a Home

Billed as the world’s greatest collection of animation, a massive video library of more than 5,000 titles from Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and MGM will be the focal point of Boomerang, a new standalone premium video subscription service. Launching this spring,…

Fred Savage Gets a New Show

Actor Fred Savage, fondly remembered for his six-year run as Kevin Arnold on ABC’s “The Wonder Years,” just landed a new job that brings him back to that network. ABC announced today that Savage will host the new game show…

Colbert Reveals Why ‘We’re All Going to Die’

Stephen Colbert got political again on CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” examining the new GOP healthcare plan that is expected to replace Obamacare, and concluding: “We’re all going to die.” Here’s Colbert’s take on the situation …

Owner of L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune Close to Buying Popular Weekly Magazine

A weekly magazine that almost anyone who has spent time in a dentist’s waiting room has probably read is close to getting a new owner. The New York Post reports that Tronc, the company that owns the Los Angeles Times,…

Superheroes to Reunite — and This Time They’ve Come to Dance

Two superheroes who have joined forces before under different circumstances will be getting together again March 21 on the CW. Only this time, “The Flash” and “Supergirl” will be singing and dancing up a storm in a special musical crossover…

Why New York Says It’s the Center of the Music Industry

“New York is center of the musical universe — and the de Blasio administration has the stats to prove it,” The New York Post reports. “New York outsells Los Angeles and London when it comes to ticket sales and employs…

Turner and Warner Bros. Announce New Domestic Premium Streaming Service Featuring the World’s Greatest Collection of Animation in One Exclusive Destination

Press release from Turner, March 7, 2017: Time Warner’s Turner and Warner Bros. announced today they have partnered on a new standalone domestic premium video subscription service – Boomerang – that will launch in the Spring. This will be the…

ABC Announces Fred Savage Will Host Game Show ‘Child Support,’ From Ricky Gervais and Banijay Studios North America

Press release from ABC, March 8, 2017: Fred Savage will host the new, high-stakes game show series “Child Support” on ABC. The one-hour, studio-based series will feature adult contestants and priceless interactions between funny man Ricky Gervais and a group…

How Many of the CBS Freshman Shows Will Be Back? Here’s What the Boss Says

CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves, speaking Tuesday morning at the Deutsche Bank Media and Telecom conference in Palm Beach, Fla., predicted the network will bring back five or six of this season’s freshman shows, Variety reports. “Out of the 17…

One Evening News Anchor Is Going After Trump Harder Than the Others

One of the three anchors on the major broadcast network news programs has moved to the head of the class when it comes to sharp critiques of the Trump administration, according to veteran television writer David Bauder. Bauder reports for the…