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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.

Daytime Emmy Award Winner Joseph C. Terry on Board as Director for ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’

Press release from NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution, July 24, 2019: Daytime Emmy Award winner Joseph C. Terry has been named director of the upcoming nationally syndicated program “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” it was announced today by Tracie Wilson, Executive Vice…

HBO Announces Documentary Lineup for Second Half of 2019

HBO has confirmed its slate of thought-provoking documentaries for the second half of 2019, including: Roger Ross Williams’ THE APOLLO, an insider’s look at the history and legacy of the legendary Apollo Theater; Susan Lacy’s VERY RALPH, the intimate story…

CBS Series Canceled

CBS has pulled the plug on a prime-time drama series, with the news coming just one day after the freshman season finale of “The Code.” Series star Dana Delany broke the news on Twitter — you can see her message…

Miss America Pageant Leaves Atlantic City

The Miss America Pageant is leaving Atlantic City for the second time, with the Miss America Organization announcing Tuesday that this year’s pageant will take place at the Mohegan Sun Connecticut in Uncasville, Conn. The pageant will be broadcast Dec….

ABC Studios VP of Drama Development Exits

ABC Studios is losing its VP of drama development, according to a report Tuesday by Deadline. Juan Alfonso “is leaving the studio executive ranks to join Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters’ Fazekas & Butters production company, which is based at…

Slow Start for New CBS Anchor O’Donnell

“CBS chose the middle of the summer for Norah O’Donnell to debut as ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor, so probably should not be surprised that not too many people noticed,” David Bauder reports for the AP, citing Nielsen figures indicating that…

Long-Running TV Series ‘May Be Done for Good’

A TV show that has been running for a decade and a half “may have run its course,” The New York Post’s Page Six declares in a piece reporting that Bravo’s “Project Runway” “failed to get an Emmy nod for…

NBCUniversal Projects Huge Ad Sales Total for 2020 Olympics

NBCUniversal is projecting that its coverage of the 2020 Olympics from Tokyo will bring in more than $1.2 billion in advertising, Variety reports. The publication notes that NBCU sees its 17 days of coverage as a rare chance to reach…

TVWeek Exclusive: How Tarantino Re-Created the Spahn Ranch for ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’

With “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino’s look back on Manson-era Hollywood, opening this week, one part of the production that has received attention among filming location researchers is a set that Tarantino built last fall that re-creates…

NFL Quarterback Retires for High-Profile ABC/ESPN Broadcasting Job

A well-known NFL quarterback is retiring to move into broadcasting, with a high-profile job waiting for him at ESPN and ABC Sports. The New York Post reports that Mark Sanchez, who spent 10 seasons in the NFL, will start off…