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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.

Which Cable Channels Have Lost the Most Subscribers in the Past Four Years?

Cord cutting is hurting cable channels across the board, but the channel with the biggest loss of subscribers in the past four years is Weather Channel. That’s the conclusion of a report by Business Insider, based on a study from Deutsche…

Baseball Player Unleashes Sexist Tweet Aimed at ESPN Broadcaster

A Major League Baseball team is apologizing over a tweet targeting an ESPN broadcaster, after the tweet from a minor league player in the Houston Astros organization sparked an outcry over sexism. The tweet from Brooks Marlow was aimed at…

Cable Drama Series Renewed

A drama series that marked a first for its cable network — the first-ever procedural drama for youth-focused Freeform — has picked up a renewal. Variety reports that Freeform picked up “Stitchers” for a third season. The show “follows a…

Fox News Political Humorist Responds to Racism Complaints, But Critics Aren’t Buying It

After a piece on Chinese Americans stirred up accusations of racism against Fox News, “The O’Reilly Factor” and Jesse Watters, the political humorist issued two tweets expressing regret. Watters tweeted: “As a political humorist, the Chinatown segment was intended to…

Rolling Stones to Release an Album of Covers — Here’s a Taste

Just in time for the holidays, the Rolling Stones will be putting out their first studio album in more than a decade — and it will be a cover album. Rolling Stone magazine reports that “Blue & Lonesome” is coming…

Robin Williams Center Gets Star-Fueled Launch

Hollywood A-listers turned out in force Wednesday night for the launch of the Robin Wiliams Center for Media and Entertainment. Deadline.com reports that the lineup for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation event in New York included Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, the…

Cosby Mounts New Effort to Get Criminal Case Thrown Out

Disgraced TV icon Bill Cosby, who could face 10 years in prison if found guilty of three felony charges of second-degree aggravated indecent assault in a Pennsylvania case, is making a renewed effort to have the case thrown out of…

New Mindy Kaling Project in Development at NBC

NBC is moving forward with a single-camera comedy from Mindy Kaling, the creator, star and executive producer of “The Mindy Project,” and executive producer Charlie Grandy, Deadline.com reports. The network has given a put pilot commitment to the project. “Written…

Why Twitter Shares Dropped More than 18% in Early Trading This Morning

Stock prices fell sharply for Twitter in early trading today, with the decline coming after reports surfaced that Google and The Walt Disney Co. will not be putting in bids for the company. It is also now unlikely that Apple…

Netflix Doubles Down on Original Kids’ Programming — ‘LEGO Elves’ and ‘Robuzina’ Among Six New Series

Netflix announced plans for six new original children’s series today, including three new shows that will be rolling out in 2017. The other three are coming in 2018. The shows are “LEGO Elves,” from The LEGO Group; “Kibaoh Klashers,” from…