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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.

Report: Hillary Spending $500,000 a Day on TV Ads — Which Is About $500,000 More Than Trump Is Spending

In her first wave of general-election broadcast television ads, Hillary Clinton is focusing much of her spending on Orlando, Denver, and Raleigh, Bloomberg reports. The publication analyzed data from Kantar Media/CMAG data, concluding that Clinton is spending about $500,000 a…

Landmark for Virtual Reality: Scripted Series on the Way From Veteran TV Exec

An executive who’s a familiar name in the TV trade is giving a big boost to virtual reality programming with a new VR series moving closer to reality. Claire Atkinson reports in The New York Post that Dawn Ostroff, who’s…

Record 170 Commentators Join NBC Olympics’ Coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Press release from NBC, July 5, 2016: Bob Costas leads a record 170 NBC Olympics commentators (which includes those to be announced in the coming weeks) – the most ever for an Olympics – as NBCUniversal presents coverage of the…

We Knew Her Best as Lois Lane — Actress Noel Neill Dies at 95

Noel Neill, the “film and television actress who played Lois Lane in 1940s ‘Superman’ movie serials and on television in the 1950s, died on Sunday at her home in Tucson,” reports The New York Times, adding “She was 95. Her…

NBA Star Kevin Durant to Join Golden State Warriors

“The biggest question of the N.B.A. off-season was answered Monday when Kevin Durant, one of the best players ever to hit unrestricted free agency in any sport, agreed to join the Golden State Warriors,” reports The New York Times. The…

TVWeek Picks the Best TV Program of the Year — ‘O.J.: Made in America’

To read about TVWeek’s selection, please click here, where TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross talks about our choice. Plus, story says when you can next catch the show in case you missed it.

TVWeek Picks the Best TV Program of the Year — ESPN’s ‘O.J.: Made in America’

One of the reasons the ESPN documentary series “O.J.:Made in America” has received so much praise is the timing of its release. With so many continuing examples of Black lives being assaulted by the police, the five-part, almost 8-hour documentary,…

A Top Drama Exec Exits Universal TV

The shelf-life for executives at Universal Television has been short lately, with the latest casualty being Russell Rothberg, the studio’s executive VP of drama development. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Rothberg’s last day at the company was Thursday….

Examining Why So Many of Us Still Need Our Daily Dose of ‘Seinfeld’

The wide range of opinions on the hit NBC series “Seinfeld,” including why for many viewers the ’90s sitcom has the lasting appeal of shows from another time such as “I Love Lucy” or “The Honeymooners,” is part of the…

New Amazon Deal Means Both Netflix and Hulu Will Lose Programming

Amazon Prime has struck a new deal for content that will pull programming away from rival video streamers Netflix and Hulu. The New York Times reports that the deal makes Amazon Prime the exclusive premium streaming service for most of…