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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.

New Sitcom Is Set in Purgatory

Purgatory has been mentioned before in TV shows and movies, but this may be the first time it provides the setting for a comedy series. “Writers Noelle Valdivia & Corinne Kingsbury and Brillstein Entertainment Partners have sold a half-hour comedy…

Why Blue-Chip Companies Are Nervous About Participating in the Republican National Convention

Some top U.S. corporations appear to be uneasy about the upcoming GOP convention. Companies including Walmart and Coca-Cola, both of which contributed to the 2012 Republican convention, are either thinking twice about participating or cutting back on the size of…

Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s Compensation Package Plunges

The president and CEO of cable networks company Discovery Communications saw a huge decline in his pay package last year. Citing a regulatory filing submitted Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter notes that David Zaslav’s 2015 compensation was $32.4 million — well…

Martin Mull Joins Netflix Project

Actor and comedian Martin Mull has signed on to an upcoming project coming together at Netflix. Deadline.com reports that Mull will play a key role in the film “A Futile and Stupid Gesture.” The project, based on the 2006 nonfiction…

Spotify Close to $1 Billion in New Financing in a Clever Deal

Spotify appears close to doubling the amount of financing it has drawn since it was founded a decade ago. The New York Times, citing people who have been briefed on the matter, reports that the music-streaming company is about to…

Comedy Central Announces 2016-2017 Content Development Slate Including Five Series Pickups, Ten New Specials and Eleven Pilot Orders

Press release from Comedy Central, March 31, 2016: On the heels of a series of renewals and extensions and the announcement of an unprecedented development slate exclusive to Snapchat, Comedy Central today reveals the balance of its 2016-2017 content development…

Must-See: Stephen Colbert Interviews Cartoon Donald Trump

Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night’s “The Late Show” decided he’d rather interview a cartoon Donald Trump rather than the real thing. It’s must-see fun TV:

Fox Launches Digital After-Show For One of Its Hit Dramas. Watch It Now

Taking a play from the cable playbook, Fox has launched an after-show to follow its hit “Empire,” reports Elizabeth Wagmeister in Variety. The after-show “will run on the official ‘Empire’ YouTube channel and then will be pushed out to local…

NBC Back in Business With Aaron Sorkin

NBC has revealed plans for a live production from Emmy and Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, the mastermind behind the network’s acclaimed “The West Wing.” The network announced that it will air a live production of Sorkin’s stage play “A…

Disney-ABC Television Group Names Two Senior VPs

The Disney-ABC Television Group today announced the appointment of two senior vice presidents. The company named current ABC Research executive Elizabeth Sloan and Jane Gould, an accomplished leader in generational, lifestyle and media research, to the newly created positions of…