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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.

Time Spent Showing Ads Continues to Increase on TV

The portion of TV time spent on advertising continues to rise, according to a new report from Pivotal Research Group. The report, released this week, found that national commercial loads industrywide rose to 10.9 minutes per hour across all programming…

Can FX’s ‘American Crime Story’ Top Its O.J. Simpson Storyline? Maybe So

FX’s “American Crime Story” reportedly has one of the biggest sex scandals in U.S. history lined up for a future cycle of the show. In an exclusive, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the anthology series is preparing to tackle…

Awkward: Rick Perry and Al Franken Share an Accidental ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sound Bite During Perry’s Confirmation Hearing

An awkward — and unintentionally hilarious — moment was caught on video during Senate confirmation hearings for Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy, when Perry and Sen. Al Franken chatted about a recent visit by Perry to Franken’s office. Here…

Acclaimed Dan Rather Interview Series Returns With Rocker to Kick Things Off

The well-received interview series that longtime “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather has been hosting and producing since 2013 is set to return for its fifth season. AXS TV announced that “The Big Interview with Dan Rather” will have its…

John Mankiewicz Joins and Daniel Pyne Expands Role on Amazon Original Series ‘Bosch’

Press release from Amazon, Jan. 17, 2017: Amazon is excited to announce that Daniel Pyne (Fracture, Alcatraz), an Executive Producer of the Emmy-nominated Amazon Original Series Bosch, is adding showrunner to his job description, taking over day to day duties…

People’s Choice Awards 2017: Full List of Winners and Nominees

Here’s the complete list of winners, along with the nominees, from the 43rd People’s Choice Awards, held Wednesday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Trophies were awarded in TV, movie, music and digital categories. Here’s the full list, with…

More Cuts in Store for New York Times as Internal Report Criticizes Paper for Devoting ‘a large amount of resources to stories that relatively few people read’

Staff cuts are in the works at The New York Times, along with additional budget cuts as the newspaper continues to struggle to bring its operation into the digital age, according to a report by The New York Post. “The thickly staffed editing…

Colbert Goes After Trump’s Approval Rating, Definition of ‘Day One’

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert mined President-elect Donald Trump for monologue material on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” mocking Trump’s plans for “Day One” of his presidency along with his low approval rating. Colbert also had fun at the…

James Cameron and Nat Geo Explore the Myth of Atlantis — and Come Up With Something

A new documentary airing later this month on National Geographic Channel set out to investigate any possible truth behind the myth of the lost city of Atlantis, and while the people behind the program may or may not have solved…

‘Live With Kelly’ Names Guest Hosts for Week of Jan. 23

The morning talk staple “Live with Kelly,” hosted by Kelly Ripa — and without a full-time co-host since the high-profile departure of Michael Strahan last spring — has named its lineup of guest co-hosts for the Week of Jan. 23…