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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.

Fox News Channel Launches New Show, Brings a TV Veteran to Prime Time

Fox News Channel is tweaking its prime-time lineup starting next week, with the 9 p.m. slot that has been held down by “The Kelly File” to be given to Tucker Carlson. As we reported earlier this week, Megyn Kelly is…

Marketer Defends Ad That Was Banned by NBC — and an Old Advertising Controversy Is Revived

A conflict between NBC and a company that wants to advertise on the network’s Golden Globes broadcast is stoking the long-dormant issue of subliminal advertising. The AP reports that the issue came back to life after NBC rejected an ad…

CBS Discovers Its Prime-Time Entertainment Series Are Delivering More Viewers Than They Did 16 Years Ago — But There’s a Catch

CBS came up with a discovery that may surprise some observers — and may encourage those in the industry who have been lamenting a perceived overall decline in television viewing in recent years — when it crunched the viewer numbers…

Cord-Cutting Be Damned: CEO of Nation’s Second-Largest MSO Sees Company Making 20,000 New Hires in Next Three Years

It’s too soon to write the epitaph for the fat cable bundle, according to the CEO and chairman of Charter Communications, the second-largest MSO in the U.S. Tom Rutledge told investors Wednesday at the annual Citi 2017 Internet, Media and…

Price Revealed for Hulu’s Upcoming Live TV Service

Hulu unveiled a simple price point for its upcoming live TV service, revealing this week at Citi’s 2017 Internet, Media & Telecommunications Conference in Las Vegas that the price will be under $40. Variety reports that Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins…

Well-Known Syndie Vet — a Former President of Telepictures — Named Senior Executive Producer at ‘The View’

A veteran syndication executive has been named senior executive producer of the ABC daytime staple “The View.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hilary Estey McLoughlin is also taking on the role of overseeing nonfiction content for ABC News. ABC News…

Five Cool Products From This Week’s Consumer Electronics Show — Watch the Video Now

Some of the high-tech items being introduced at CES, taking place this week in Las Vegas, are virtual reality shoes, a wallet-compatible iPhone charger and a levitating speaker. Here’s a short video posted by USA Today featuring those and a…

Fox News Channel Names Tucker Carlson as New 9 p.m. ET Host

Press release from Fox News Channel, Jan. 5, 2017: Fox News Channel (FNC) has named Tucker Carlson host of the 9PM/ET timeslot beginning Monday, January 9th, announced Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of 21st Century Fox and Executive Chairman of FOX…

Sears and Macy’s to Close Stores

Both Sears and Macy’s announced Wednesday that they will close stores, with Sears saying it will shutter 108 Kmart stores along with 42 Sears stores. Business Insider reports that the Sears and Kmart closures represent about 10% of the company’s store…

Bring On the Cat Puns: Hallmark Channel, Which Has Been Putting Up Its ‘Kitten Bowl’ Against the Super Bowl, Expands Its Feline-Themed Counterprogramming to Another Big Sports Event That’s Coming Up

Hallmark Channel, home of the popular “Kitten Bowl” counterprogramming event that runs during the Super Bowl, announced plans today for “Meow Madness,” which will provide an alternative to the “March Madness” NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Hallmark Channel Original Special…