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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.

Drama’s Cancellation Spawns Talk of Spinoff

A recently canceled drama series is being talked about as a possible source of a spinoff series. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the creators of CBS’s “The Good Wife” talked about the possibility Monday. The network broke the…

CBS Orders Comedy Project

CBS has placed an order for a new comedy. Variety reports that the network ordered an untitled pilot to be written and executive produced by Stephnie Weir (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “MADtv”), with Greg Garcia also executive producing. “The multi-cam comedy centers…

The Five Best Super Bowl Commercials From Sunday’s Game, According to USA Today’s Annual Ad Meter Poll

Here are the five best Super Bowl Commercials, according to USA Today’s annual Ad Meter poll. Says USA Today in a separate article, “For 28 consecutive years, USA TODAY’s Ad Meter has stood as one of the nation’s most closely…

This Is Easily the Most Talked-About Commercial of Super Bowl 50

The one commercial airing during Super Bowl 50 that appears to have captured the cultural zeitgeist, according to many observers, is Mountain Dew’s “Puppymonkeybaby.” The Huffington Post calls the spot “one of the most disturbing commercials of Super Bowl 50.” The…

Halftime Controversy: Prominent Politician Slams the Super Bowl Show

Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show generated its share of controversy, with one incident in particular drawing fire. Rudy Giuliani, appearing today on Fox News, bashed the “Black Power” salute by Beyonce, the New York Daily News reports. Giuliani is quoted…

CBS Pulls Plug on Drama Series

CBS picked a high-profile venue to announce the end of an acclaimed drama series. The network broke the news via a promo airing during the Super Bowl that “The Good Wife” is ending its run after seven seasons. The show…

Influential Musician Dead at 74 — Known for a String of Quirky Songs Going Back to the Late Sixties

The influential singer, guitarist, songwriter and frontman of the musical group behind songs such as “I Scare Myself” and “How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?” has died. Rolling Stone reports that Dan Hicks, whose group “Dan…

Super Bowl Viewer Totals: Broadcast Is TV’s Third-Most-Watched Program of All Time

After overnight figures had Sunday’s Super Bowl in second place all time behind last year’s game on NBC, updated figures place the CBS broadcast as the third-most-watched TV program ever. Variety reports that the 24-10 upset win by the Denver…

WGA-West Event Is Beyond Words

You know it’s going to be an entertaining evening when a “fight” breaks out among acclaimed screenwriters of some of the most honored films this awards season. That’s what happened at the Writers Guild of America West’s Beyond Words Feb….

ABC Orders New Game Show

ABC has given a series order to a new weekly half-hour comedic game show. The program, “Big Fan,” comes from Jimmy Kimmel and Banijay Studios North America, and will be hosted by Andy Richter. The show is based on the…