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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.

Cable News Channel Shuffles Anchors

One of the cable news channels is tweaking its lineup and moving around some of the on-air talent. Deadline.com reports that HLN will launch “Across America with Carol Costello” in April, with the show built around the former CNN morning…

New Front-Runner for Top Paramount Job

A new leading candidate has emerged for the top job at Paramount after a second round of talks, with Deadline.com reporting that former 20th Century Fox Chairman Jim Gianopulos is now the front-runner. Scott Stuber, the former co-president of Universal…

MTV Head of Development Out, Replacement Named

Another shift is in the works among the executive ranks at MTV, where head of development Eli Lehrer is headed out, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. VH1’s Lily Neumeyer will expand her role to oversee development for both…

Report: ESPN to Pare Tens of Millions in Salaries, Including Substantial Cuts on the Talent Side

ESPN will be doing significant cost-cutting on the talent side during the next few months, according to a report by Sports Illustrated. “Multiple sources said ESPN has been tasked with paring tens of millions of staff salary from its payroll,…

Alec Baldwin Has a Suggestion for Trump

Alec Baldwin talked about his Trump impression, and the man the impression is based on, in an interview with Mario Lopez on “Extra.” Among other things, Baldwin said he may not be doing the impression much longer. “The maliciousness of this…

TCM Slates 48-Hour Tribute to Robert Osborne

Turner Classic Movies announced that it will air a tribute to Robert Osborne, the longtime presenter for the channel who died Monday at age 84. TCM will run a 48-hour tribute all day Saturday, March 18, and Sunday, March 19,…

New ‘Star Trek’ Series Finally Casts Its Captain

CBS’s new “Star Trek” series has found the actor who will occupy the captain’s seat on the Starship Discovery. Jason Isaacs will play Captain Lorca on “Star Trek: Discovery.” Additionally, Mary Wiseman, who was recently seen as Trinity on “Baskets,”…

Why an ‘SNL’ Cast Member Hasn’t Been on the Show Lately

The mystery of what became of a “Saturday Night Live” cast member who has been missing from the show is now solved. Cast member Pete Davidson revealed in an Instagram post that he has been working on getting sober. “Just…

Classics ‘Fawlty Towers,’ ‘Prime Suspect,’ ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ and Other British Shows Land on Streaming Service

Fans of British TV will now have a lot more of it to choose from in the U.S. with the launch today of the new streaming service BritBox from BBC Worldwide and ITV. The service carries a price tag of…

Robert Osborne WAS the Movies

That’s the opinion of TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, who was a big fan of Osborne’s. To read Chuck’s tribute to Osborne, please click here.