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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.

New Cable Series Uses a Harsh Expletive Rarely Heard on TV — Here’s Why the Series Used the Word … and Why It May Be OK

A word you don’t hear a lot of on television made its presence felt during Sunday’s premiere of the FX series “Feud: Bette and Joan.” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the series used the “c-word,” or “c–t.” In…

GM Sells Off Two of Its Car Brands, Exits Europe

U.S. auto giant General Motors is selling two of its well-known auto brands to the multinational auto and motorcycle manufacturer Groupe PSA. The Washington Post reports that GM will sell its two major European brands, Opel and Vauxhall, for about $2.3…

Barbra Streisand Explains How Trump Is Making Her Fat

Barbra Streisand says Donald Trump is causing her to pack on extra pounds. The singer said on her Twitter account over the weekend: “Donald Trump is making me gain weight. I start the day with liquids, but after the morning news,…

One of Auto Racing’s Highest-Profile Events Is Being Made Into a TV Series

One of the world’s most famous auto races will be the focus of a new series that’s in the works at Amazon. The company announced today that it greenlighted “Le Mans: Racing Is Everything,” a new Amazon Original Series. From…

Emmis Communications Sells Los Angeles Magazine and Three Other Titles at Huge Loss

Emmis Communications has unloaded a group of magazines for a “fire-sale price” as the company moves away from pulishing to concentrate on its 20 radio stations, The New York Post reports. The company sold Los Angeles Magazine, along with Atlanta Magazine,…

Amazon Greenlights ‘Le Mans: Racing Is Everything’ Exclusively for Prime Video

Press release from Amazon, March 6, 2017: Amazon today announced it has greenlit the Amazon Original Series Le Mans: Racing Is Everything from London based production company New Black Films. The limited series will explore what is known as “the…

Schwarzenegger Severs Ties With NBC’s ‘Apprentice’ — Cites Show’s ‘Baggage’

Did Arnold Schwarzenegger just fire a parting shot at Donald Trump on his way out the door at NBC’s “The New Celebrity Apprentice”? The actor and former California governor quit the show, telling CNN in a statement: “I loved every…

ABC Bringing Back a Show That Produced Awkward Celebrity Moments Way Back in the ’70s and ’80s

Before there was social media to reveal celebrities at less than their best, there was “Battle of the Network Stars.” Now ABC is preparing a reboot of the show for prime time, according to Variety. “The network is developing a…

‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Accused of Sexual Assault

An actor who was one of the stars of “That ’70s Show” is under investigation by the LAPD over sexual assault allegations, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The publication reports that the investigation involving Danny Masterson is said to have…

Why a Theater in Alabama Is Refusing to Show the New Disney Movie

After details surfaced this week — one detail in particular — about the new Disney live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast,” the Henagar Drive-In in Alabama announced that it will not screen the movie, The Los Angeles Times reports….