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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 Renews Drama Series

NBC has handed out an early renewal for a prime-time drama series. Deadline.com reports that the network will bring back the supernatural crime drama “Grimm” for a sixth season. Said NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke: “We absolutely love what our…

Showtime Developing Miniseries About Real-World Global Crisis

A new project in the works at Showtime revisits a crisis that gripped the world back in 1962. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the pay-cable net is developing a miniseries focusing on the Cuban Missile Crisis. “Based on…

Moonves Outlines Prosperity Strategy for CBS, Affiliates

CBS boss Les Moonves outlined a strategy for prosperity that he says will benefit affiliates as well as the network. TVNewsCheck reports that Moonves rolled out details during a gathering last month with media investors and analysts. “The Moonves strategy…

Taye Diggs to Host Fox Show

The Fox Network announced plans for a new series to be hosted by Taye Diggs. The project is a comedic game show about hypnotism, with the working title “You’re Back in the Room.” Well-known hypnotist Keith Barry will be the…

Heir Apparent to Disney CEO Robert Iger Leaving the Company — Will Disney Go Outside the Company for Its Next Chief Executive?

The usually well-oiled process of secession at Disney has been wrenched by the sudden news Monday that Thomas Staggs, the heir apparent to Chairman and CEO Robert Iger, is leaving the company. Staggs, who was elevated to second-in-command last year,…

Must-See: Melissa McCarthy’s Lip Sync Battle Against Jimmy Fallon

Melissa McCarthy and Jimmy Fallon squared off in a lip sync battle for the ages on NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” Here’s the clip …

HBO Partners With Ex-ESPN Personality to Produce After-Show for Cable Net’s Biggest Hit

HBO rolled out plans for a weekly after-show examining the pay-cable network’s biggest hit program, “Game of Thrones.” The new show, “After the Thrones,” premieres Sunday, April 24. The show is the result of a partnership between HBO and former…

Late-Night Show Gets Extended Order

A late-night show will be sticking around for the rest of 2016 after having its order extended by 26 episodes. TBS announced the extended order for “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” extending the show’s total number of episodes to 39….

ABC Launching New Reality Series

ABC is working with two big players in the unscripted space to launch a new reality show. “Mark Burnett, Emmy Award-winning executive producer of the critically acclaimed ABC hit series ‘Shark Tank,’ and Steve Harvey, executive producer and star of prime-time…

Hot New Trend in Reality TV

The hot new trend in the reality TV space can be summed up in one word: kids. The Hollywood Reporter notes that children are the unifying theme in the latest unscripted hits, NBC’s “Little Big Shots” and Fox’s “MasterChef Junior.”…