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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.

Why the Head of a Big Theater Chain Is On Board With a Plan to Bring Movies to Home Viewers Sooner

The CEO of one of the big theater chains is taking what many observers see as a surprisingly supportive stance on recent proposals to bring new movies to the home marketplace within the first 90 days of their release. Deadline.com…

Netflix Champions European Entertainment

Press release from Netflix, March 1, 2017: Netflix, the world’s leading global Internet TV service, is now among the leading producers and distributors of high quality European entertainment. Since 2012, Netflix has committed more than $1.75 billion* to European productions…

ABC Announces the Celebrity Cast Along With Their Professional Dance Partners of This Season’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Press release from ABC, March 1, 2017: The new celebrity cast of “Dancing with the Stars” are donning their glitzy wardrobe and slipping on their dancing shoes as they ready themselves for their first dance on the ballroom floor, as…

‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Dead at 36

An actor who was a part of the HBO series “Game of Thrones” — and who was identified by Guinness World Records in 2007 as Britain’s tallest man — has died. The New York Times reports that Neil Fingleton, who…

Tucker Carlson and Bill Nye Get Heated on Fox News During Debate on Climate Change

A debate between Bill Nye and Tucker Carlson on Carlson’s Fox News show about climate change, and specifically climate change deniers, is getting a lot of attention after the two men got a bit worked up over the issue. Here’s the…

Warren Beatty Wants to Hear From Academy After Oscars Screwup

Warren Beatty has come out and said what he thinks the Motion Picture Academy should do in the wake of a blunder on Oscar night in which Beatty, co-presenter Faye Dunaway and others were swept up. The AP reports that…

Price and Other Details Unveiled for YouTube’s New Live TV Service

A live TV bundle from YouTube that’s coming in the next few months will cost subscribers $35 a month and will offer more than 40 channels, Deadline.com reports. The Internet based skinny bundle, dubbed YouTube TV, is seen as a…

Accounting Firm Issues a Second Apology Over the Oscars Calamity — and This Time It’s Naming Names

A leading contender has emerged in case anyone has to fall on his sword over the disastrous mixup at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony. Based on a second apology statement issued late Monday by the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, accountant Brian Cullinan, a…

What Really Happened Backstage at the Oscars, According to Kimmel

Take it with however many grains of salt you wish, but ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” unveiled footage purported to reveal what happened backstage at the Oscars ceremony leading up to the disastrous envelope mixup. Here it is …

Bill O’Reilly Does Damage Control After Fake ‘Swedish Official’ Sounds Off on His Show

Fox News Channel mainstay Bill O’Reilly waded into the timely issue of fake news after a guest appearing on “The O’Reilly Factor” turned out to be something other than what he was billed as. The Washington Post reports that Nils Bildt was…