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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.

What’s the Most-Watched NFL Game So Far This Season?

A recent NFL clash has emerged as the most-watched NFL game of the 2015 season. The game was the showdown between the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day, televised by CBS Sports. The game was won by Carolina,…

Hollywood’s Secret Meeting on Gender Bias: Industry Leaders Come Up With a 4-Point Plan

A low-profile, high-stakes meeting of 44 top entertainment industry leaders, who gathered in L.A. for two days in October, has gone public. The purpose of the meeting, which included executives who typically compete with each other, was to take on…

Mass Shooting Reported in San Bernardino, Outside L.A.

A reported mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., east of Los Angeles, brought a huge outpouring of emergency personnel to the area and disrupted normal activities for cable and broadcast news operations in Southern California. Officials reportedly responded to a call…

Cablevision Partners With Modi Media for Addressable TV

Cablevision Systems Corp. has announced a long-term addressable TV partnership with GroupM’s Modi Media. The deal, announced today, “gives Modi Media the ability to reach premium audiences through impressions-based inventory for its clients, complete with advanced campaign planning, measurement and…

Cablevision and Modi Media Forge Long-Term Partnership on Addressable TV

Press release from Cablevision and GroupM, Dec. 2, 2015: Cablevision Systems Corporation today announced a long-term addressable TV partnership with MODI Media, GroupM’s advanced television business. This deal gives MODI Media the ability to reach premium audiences through impressions-based inventory…

Discovery Launches Streaming Service Spanning Nine Networks

Discovery Communications today took the wraps off a new streaming service built around the Discovery cable portfolio. The new service, Discovery GO, aggregates content from Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science Channel, Velocity, Destination America, American Heroes Channel and…

Famed Movie Monster Roars Back to Life With Holiday Marathon

A movie monster that many baby boomers remember as a big part of their childhood will be at the center of “Kaiju Christmas,” a 96-hour marathon of Godzilla movies airing on El Rey Network. The event, El Rey’s second annual…

David Letterman’s ‘Late Show’ Set Finds a Permanent Home

David Letterman’s set from his CBS “Late Show,” along with other memorabilia from the show and from Letterman’s career, will have a home at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Rolling Stone reports that Letterman is donating the materials to…

Raycom Media Acquires Drewry Communications Group

Raycom Media today announced that its anticipated $160 million purchase of Drewry Communications is complete. The acquisition dramatically increases the company’s presence in Texas, adds Oklahoma to its portfolio and strengthens Raycom Media’s national share in households to more than…

A+E Networks Announces Simulcast Event Based on One of the Most Famous Novels of All Time

One of the most famous literary works in history will be presented on multiple channels by A+E Networks. The cable group announced plans today for “War & Peace,” which the company says will present the famed Tolstoy novel “reimagined for…