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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.

Comedy Central and South Park Digital Studios Celebrate 20 Seasons of ‘South Park’

Press release from Comedy Central, July 22, 2016: 130 Countries. 30 Languages. 46 Million Facebook Fans. 5 Emmys. 4 Boys. 1 Town. “South Park’s” been there. To celebrate the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning series’ historic 20th season, Comedy Central and…

‘The Vampire Diaries’ to Conclude After Eight Seasons of Epic High-Stakes Drama

Press release from the CW, July 23, 2016: After eight epic seasons of high-stakes romance, adventure, and drama, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES will conclude its run with the upcoming 2016-17 season. The announcement was made today at San Diego Comic-Con(R) by…

Anticipated Reboot of Fan Favorite Series ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Will Be Available on Netflix in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland in the ‘Not-Too-Distant Future’

Press release from Netflix, July 23, 2016: The new season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be available exclusively on Netflix in the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Original creator Joel Hodgson will be joined by comedian…

Verizon Buys Yahoo’s Core Assets for $4.8 Billion. Read What Verizon Will Do with Them

Yahoo has agreed to sell its “core internet operations and land holdings to Verizon Communications for $4.8 billion, according to people briefed on the matter, who were not authorized to speak about the deal before the planned announcement on Monday…

News From Comic-Con: Rock Star – Who Used to Be on a Daytime Soap – Joins Cast of CW’s ‘Supernatural’

“Supernatural,” which is entering its 12th season on the CW, will present a story arc that is to feature rock star Rick Springfield, reports Deadline.com. The story continues, “Springfield, who broke through as an actor with American audiences on ‘General Hospital’ in…

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Why NBCUniversal Just Hired BBC Worldwide’s COO

NBCUniversal has brought aboard a high-ranking executive from the BBC. Variety reports that the company’s new senior VP of international operations and technology is David Gibbons, who was chief operating officer at BBC Worldwide. Gibbons is tasked with helping to…

Fox Reboots the Movie With the Longest Theatrical Run in History — Here’s the Airdate Along With Other Details

The movie that has had the longest theatrical distribution of any film in history is getting a reboot on Fox, which has announced broadcast plans for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again.” The new two-hour…

GOP Convention Delivers Huge Ratings

Numbers are in for Thursday’s final night of the Republican National Convention, and the numbers are, as Donald Trump might say, “yuuuge!’ CNN was clucking about a number of achievements, including beating the prime-time coverage on all of the broadcast…

Al Jazeera Returns to the U.S.

The Al Jazeera Media Network, which shut down its U.S. cable channel on April 30, will relaunch in the U.S. market. Reuters reports that the company plans to make Al Jazeera English available domestically via digital streaming. The company’s English-language…