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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.

CBS Posts Upfront Gains in Key Dayparts

In a sign that even across a broad landscape of new media options Madison Avenue continues to lean heavily on the old guard, Variety reports that CBS is seeing gains in the upfront marketplace. “CBS expects the volume of advance…

Writers Guild Rejects Talent Agents’ Offer; Talks at Impasse

“The Writers Guild of America has called off negotiations with the Association of Talent Agents in favor of pursuing individual talks with nine top agencies as it enforces a total ban on packaging fees and affiliated production for agents representing…

Production Goes On Despite Reported Stabbing on Set of Movie

Production of a major film was “unaffected” by an incident on the set in which a man was arrested on suspicion of wounding another man, The New York Post’s Page Six reports. The alleged incident took place Wednesday at Warner…

How ‘Jeopardy!’ Wizard James Holzhauer Honored Alex Trebek

“Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer, whose stunning run on the brainy TV game show ended earlier this month after he chalked up 33 wins and almost $2.5 million in winnings, recently paid tribute to the show’s longtime host, Alex Trebek. NBC…

Opening of Motion Picture Museum Delayed

In the latest in a series of delays that have plagued the planned Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Deadline reports that the museum’s opening has been delayed yet again — to 2020 this time. The museum, which has been under…

New Series From ‘Yellowstone’ Co-Creator Greenlighted

The Academy Award-nominated co-creator of the hit show “Yellowstone” has received a series order from Paramount Network for the new unscripted show “The Last Cowboy.” The project comes from “Yellowstone” co-creator Taylor Sheridan and is produced by Truly Original and…

Special in the Works on the ‘Lost Women of NXIVM’

Following this week’s conviction of NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, Investigation Discovery has just greenlighted a two-hour special, “The Lost Women of NXIVM.” The project from Ample Entertainment is scheduled to premiere in December….

‘Today’ Show Looks at Its Past 25 Years — and Erases One of Its Biggest Stars From Its Memory

NBC’s “Today” show took a trip back in time this morning in commemoration of its 25th anniversary at Studio 1A in New York’s Rockefeller Center. You can see footage below from the show’s retrospective, but if you’re hoping to see…

Paramount Network Orders ‘The Last Cowboy’ From ‘Yellowstone’ Co-Creator and Academy Award Nominee Taylor Sheridan

Press release from Paramount, June 20, 2019: Today, Paramount Network announced it has green-lit an all-new original series, The Last Cowboy, from Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, writer of Hell or High Water and Sicario, writer/director of Wind River and…

MSNBC’s Deal With Democrats Sparks Blowback

A deal struck between cable news channel MSNBC and a state Democratic organization isn’t sitting well with other media outlets. The AP reports that the arrangement reached with South Carolina’s Democratic leader gives MSNBC exclusive live rights to this weekend’s…