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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.

On Eve of CNBC Debate, New Poll Shows Trump Has Slipped to Second Among GOP Contenders — Also, One Moderator Who Could Be Troublesome for Trump

As the GOP presidential candidates prepare for Wednesday’s primary debate on CNBC, a new poll by CBS and The New York Times indicates that onetime juggernaut Donald Trump continues to see his support erode. Multichannel News reports that in the early…

This Year’s World Series, Which Opens Tonight, Pits a Team From the Largest Market in Baseball Against a Team From the Smallest — Here’s What Matters, From a TV Perspective

The 2015 World Series has the unusual distinction of featuring a matchup between a team from the largest market in Major League Baseball — the Mets, from No. 1-ranked New York — against a team from the league’s smallest market…

Tribune Media and AT&T Agree to Long-Term Deal

In negotiations that stretched well past the original deadline, AT&T and Tribune averted a blackout and came to terms on a multiyear deal, Deadline.com reports. The agreement ensures that subscribers to AT&T’s DirecTV and U-verse will retain access to WGN…

Mark Your Calendars: On the Saturday Before Thanksgiving an Oscar-Winning Actor Returns to Host ‘SNL’ for the First Time in More Than a Decade. And the Musical Guest Will Be a Two-Time Billboard Artist of the Year, Whose Latest Single, Released Last Week, Is Already the No. 1 Downloaded Song in More Than 100 Countries

Our guess is that “SNL” will parody those godawful car commercials he’s in when he hosts the show, but aren’t they a parody of themselves already? We are talking, of course, about Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, whose commercials for Lincoln…

Golden Globes Announce Host — a Choice That’s Bound to Spark Controversy

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today announced who will be hosting the upcoming 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, revealing that Ricky Gervais will have another crack at the job. Gervais has proved to be a controversial choice in three previous…

ABC Addresses a Problem on Sunday Nights

ABC is stepping in to fix its Sunday night problem. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network has cut the order for the freshman drama “Blood & Oil,” which the report says has been “dragging down the network’s…

Comedy Series Canceled

A sitcom airing on cable has been canceled after a significant falloff in ratings. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that FX pulled the plug on “Married” after the show’s second season. “Both ‘Married’ and ‘You Were the Worst’ were…

Game Changer for TV Ratings? TiVo Announces It Will Give the Data Away for Free

In a move that is likely to shake things up in the TV ratings business, TiVo today took the wraps off a new pricing strategy for its ratings service, announcing that it will give away the basic TV data for…

Why ESPN Is Pulling Its Videos Off YouTube

ESPN began pulling its videos off YouTube late last week, the AP reports, in a rights dispute stemming from YouTube Red, the video site’s new ad-free subscription service. Red, which will cost $10 a month, launches Wednesday and, along with…

Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate and Kristen Bell to Star in Sitcom

A comedy project that previously languished is on track again after regrouping with a trio of high-profile actresses on board. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate and Kristen Bell are set to star in the untitled project,…