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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.

Univision Names New VP of Sales

Univision Communications Inc. announced it has named a new vice president of sales. Effective immediately, Shari Post has the job. She will be based in the company’s New York office and will report to Steve Mandala, EVP of Advertising Sales….

Broadcast Trade Association TVB Names Chairman

The trade association TVB, which represents the local broadcast television industry, announced today that it has named Perry A. Sook as chairman. Sook, the founder, chairman, president and CEO of Nexstar Broadcasting Group, was elected to a two-year term (2017-2018)….

Perry A. Sook Named Chairman of TVB, the Trade Association of America’s Local Broadcast TV Industry

Press release from TVB, Jan. 4, 2017: TVB, the not-for-profit trade association of America’s local broadcast television industry, announced today that Perry A. Sook, Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), was elected to serve…

Megyn Kelly Exits Fox News for Broadcast Job

Megyn Kelly, who became one of the stars of the Fox News Channel as host of “The Kelly File,” is leaving the cable channel for a job with NBC. NBC News announced today that Kelly will anchor a new one-hour…

Veteran Director Dead at 90

A TV and stage director whose many series credits included a long run in the 1960s on “Peyton Place” has died. The AP reports that Jeffrey Hayden died at home on Dec. 24 after undergoing treatment for cancer for a…

Mass Murderer Charles Manson Seriously Ill, Taken to Hospital

Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson is reportedly seriously ill and was moved from his cell in a state prison in California’s Central Valley to a hospital, The Los Angeles Times reports. The report cites a source saying Manson is seriously…

Meg Ryan Heads to Small Screen

“When Harry Met Sally” star Meg Ryan has lined up her first major television role in 30 years, Variety reports. The actress will lead a comedy series that’s in the works at Epix, according to the report. Epix wasn’t commenting on the…

Hearst and Cox TV Stations Taken Off DirecTV

As 2016 became 2017 and deadlines arrived in retransmission consent negotiations, Hearst Television stations in 28 markets — a total of about 33 stations — went dark on DirecTV systems just after midnight on Jan. 1, as did about 14…

How Television Saved the Movies From … Television. Marketer’s Delight

In his latest blog entry, TVWeek Open Mic contributor Chuck Ross writes about the time the movies lived in fear of television. It’s also the must-read story of a historic “for your consideration” campaign that’s a marketer’s delight. Please click…

Inside Mariah Carey’s New Year’s Eve Disaster on Live TV

Pop star Mariah Carey’s trainwreck appearance on the ABC special “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” is being called the first big entertainment controversy of 2017 after the singer stopped singing in the midst of her performance…