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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.

NBC Developing New Comedy From the People Behind ‘Superstore’

NBC is widening its relationship with the team behind the network’s sophomore series “Superstore.” The network has put the half-hour comedy “Mail Order Family” into development, Deadline.com reports. The project comes from “Superstore” writer-producer Jackie Clarke, director-executive producer Ruben Fleischer…

Cable Drama to Wrap After One Last Season

Plans to wrap up a cable drama series were revealed Tuesday, with the show to air its final season in summer 2017. FX announced its plans for a fourth and final season of “The Strain,” which is currently airing its…

NBC Series Gets Full-Season Order After Scoring Fall’s Top Series Premiere

A breakout series airing on NBC has had its order expanded for its freshman season. Variety reports that the network expanded the order for “This Is Us” to 18 episodes, adding five episodes to the initial pickup. The report says…

New Numbers Push Last Night’s Debate to a Viewership Record — How Did the Cable Nets Stack Up?

New viewership data on last night’s presidential debate reveals that the cable news networks saw a strong turnout, with Fox News Channel leading the pack as the debate set a record for overall viewing. The Hill cites early Nielsen figures…

Ryan Lochte Protesters Charged in ‘DWTS’ Stage Rush

Prosecutors have filed charges against two men who rushed the stage during a “Dancing with the Stars” broadcast in a protest against Olympian Ryan Lochte. “The Los Angeles city attorney’s office says Sam Sotoodeh and Barzeen Soroudi were charged Monday…

Why One of the New Fall Broadcast Shows Is ‘Already in Trouble’

At least one of the fall dramas premiering last week on the broadcast networks is “already in trouble,” according to an analysis by TVbytheNumbers. The website says that while ABC’s premiere week had its bright spots, the new series “Notorious”…

A 4-Year-Old Tweet Roars Back to Life, Becomes Debate Night’s Most Retweeted Message

Monday’s showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was, as expected, the most tweeted-about debate in history, The Los Angeles Times reports, citing Twitter itself. “Millions of people tweeted on the debate, with the top topics focused on the economy,…

NPR Offers Annotated, Fact-Checked Version of Last Night’s Presidential Debate

NPR has published a detailed analysis of last night’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, with fact-checking and notes by a team of NPR staffers. Here are a couple of examples: Trump went hard after the NAFTA trade agreement,…

New Syndie Show Scores ‘Most Impressive Talk Debut in Three Years’

A new syndicated daytime show is off to a strong start, with TVNewsCheck reporting that NBCUniversal’s “Harry,” starring Harry Connick Jr., delivered a 1.4 average in households for its premiere week. “‘Harry,’ the season’s only nationally cleared newcomer, scored the…

Katy Perry ‘Votes Naked’ — and Gets Arrested; We Think It’s a PSA to Get Out the Vote — See for Yourself

In a video posted today, singer Katy Perry talks about the Constitution allowing people to roll out of bed and vote in whatever they’re wearing — but she appears to take it too far by deciding to vote naked. The…