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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 Sports Ad Sales Exec Stepping Down

A veteran ad sales executive who has been responsible for bringing millions of dollars in sales for the Olympics, football and other programming to NBCUniversal is stepping down. Variety reports that Seth Winter, the executive VP of ad sales for…

Magazine Reporter Who Has Focused on Roger Ailes Signs On With Major TV News Operation

An author and magazine reporter who has been a player in the downfall of Fox News chief Roger Ailes has joined NBC News as a contributor to the broadcast network and MSNBC. Politico reports that the network announced Tuesday that…

TV Project Based on Classic Cult Movie Gets Green Light

A 1988 cult classic is headed to the small screen after getting the green light from TV Land. The cable channel announced plans to move forward with a pilot for “Heathers,” based on the Winona Ryder-Christian Slater-Shannen Doherty movie. Leslye…

The Odd Reason Lego Had a Decline in Profits for the First Half of the Year

The toymaker Lego reported a decline in revenue growth and profits for the first half of 2016, for an ironic reason: Demand for the Danish company’s toy bricks is so high in North America that the company needs time to…

How the BBC Is Resurrecting Destroyed Episodes of ‘Doctor Who’

BBC America and BBC Worldwide have found an unusual way to bring back vintage episodes of “Doctor Who” whose master negatives were destroyed. The broadcaster is creating a new animated series, “Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks,” based on the…

Kelly Ripa’s ‘Big Announcement’: How Big Was It, Really?

Kelly Ripa teased what she called a “big announcement” on Tuesday’s season premiere of her daytime show “Live with Kelly,” and this morning the news was revealed. But instead of the widely anticipated announcement of the replacement for Michael Strahan…

Brit Hume on Replacing Greta Van Susteren: ‘I’m a little apprehensive … I haven’t been in this saddle for some years now, and I’m hoping Greta’s audience won’t desert us’

Brit Hume, who took over the 7 p.m. ET slot on Fox News Channel this week, confessed to FNC’s Bret Baier just ahead of the show that he was “apprehensive” about moving into the spot left open by the sudden…

An Object in Space Is Now Named, in Part, Mercury — But It’s Not Related to the Planet Mercury; In Fact, It’s Named After a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star

One of the giants of 1970s rock now shares his name with not one but two celestial bodies. Freddie Mercury, the former lead singer of the 1970s rock group Queen, has been honored by having an asteroid named after him….

The Biggest Thing Apple Is Missing as the World Awaits Its Latest iPhone: Enthusiasm for Apple Stock

While much of the attention surrounding the new iPhone is focused on the device’s missing headphone jack, USA Today reports that something more important appears to be missing: enthusiasm for Apple’s stock. “Shares of Apple are down 0.7% in the…

ABC Renews Reality Show for 4th Season

A reality show that’s having its most viewed season yet has been renewed by ABC for season number four, Variety reports. The show is ‘Bachelor in Paradise.” Variety writes, “Currently in the midst of its third season, ‘Bachelor in Paradise’is…