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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.

Madonna Takes Her Rebel Heart Tour to TV

Madonna’s high-profile concert film “Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour” premieres on television this week, with the program set to bow Friday, Dec. 9, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. You can see the official trailer below. The concert program was “shot…

Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer Dies

Greg Lake, who was an integral part of two of the most important bands of the progressive rock movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, has died. The New York Times reports that Lake died Wednesday after a long battle…

NBC’s New Comedies Earn Key Time Slots With Strong Support While Powerful Sunday Lineup Launches March 5 as #1 Network Sets Midseason Slate

Press release from NBC, Dec. 8, 2016: With comedies “Trial & Error” and “Great News” both being given a Tuesday lead-in from powerhouse alternative series “The Voice,” and “Powerless” launching on Thursdays immediately following hit comedy “Superstore,” NBC’s midseason lineup…

Netflix Rolls Out Plans for New (Old) Norman Lear Comedy

Netflix has a new show in the works from legendary TV series creator Norman Lear, and in another case of “what’s old is new again,” the show is a reboot of a previous TV series. The new version of “One…

Racy New Trailer Released for ‘Fifty Shades Darker’

The new trailer for “Fifty Shades Darker” ratchets up the sex quotient for the steamy Universal Pictures sequel, which is due in theaters on Valentine’s Day 2017. Here’s the trailer, released today …

Details Unveiled on New TV Network Launching in Early 2017

Details were announced today about a new over-the-air television network that is being prepared to launch early next year. The new network, with the name “TBD,” comes from Sinclair Broadcast Group. The company said TBD will deliver fresh, relevant digital-first…

Netflix Identifies Patterns Among Its Legions of Binge Watchers

Netflix released findings today from research into viewing and binging trends among its subscribers, revealing in an announcement titled “Series, Movie, Series, Repeat: A New Netflix Binge Routine” that viewers appear to be settling into a pattern that weaves movie…

Report: Hearst Interested in Buying Some of Time Inc.’s Magazines

“Hearst Corp. executives are said to be interested in taking a peek at some pieces of the Time Inc. empire if it were to be bought and busted up,” The New York Post reports. “In particular, Hearst may take a…

Is Scott Pelley About to Be Removed as Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’?

A new report says CBS plans to remove Scott Pelley from his anchor spot on the “CBS Evening News,” shifting him to a full-time position on “60 Minutes.” The New York Post’s Page Six cites “multiple sources” saying Pelley’s run…

1960s TV Crimefighter Dies — He Starred on the Show That Introduced U.S. Audiences to Bruce Lee

An actor who played crimefighters on TV during the 1960s and 1970s — notably on the short-lived ABC series “The Green Hornet” — has died. The New York Times reports that Van Williams died recently at a care facility in Scottsdale,…