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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.

Juried Award Winners Announced for the 67th Emmy Awards

Press release from the Television Academy, Sept. 10, 2015: The Television Academy has announced the juried award winners for the 67th Emmy Awards in the categories of Animation, Costumes for a Variety Program or Special, Motion Design and Interactive Media….

AMC Greenlights Drama Series With ‘Breaking Bad’ Producer on Board

AMC has placed a series order for a new drama to be co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios. The project is “Preacher,” based on the popular 1990s comic book franchise created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. The…

Top Executive Leaving NBC

An executive vice president of  Comcast’s NBCUniversal who “serves as a strategist and key advisor to Steve Burke, CEO of NBCUniversal,” according to the NBCUniversal website, is leaving the company, reports Gabriel Sherman of New York Magazine. Writes Sherman, this…

Rebooted Apple TV Is Introduced. Says Apple CEO Tim Cook, ‘The Future of Television is Apps.’ Watch the Presentation and Demo

During Apple’s introduction Wednesday of new and improved products, one of the highlights was the presentation and demonstration of its rebooted Apple TV. Introducing it, Apple CEO Tim Cook, after acknowledging that Apple had been working on re-doing its Apple…

Shakeup at Weather Channel: A Familiar Face Is Off the Air — and That’s Just the Beginning

The Weather Channel has pulled the plug on one of its shows, taking a familiar TV personality off the air as part of what appears to be a broad refocusing of the network’s priorities. CNN reports that the cable channel…

Why the Revolution in TV — in Both Distribution and Consumer Viewing — Makes CBS CEO Leslie Moonves Even MORE Bullish About His Company

You probably want to check out a good interview this week with CBS CEO Leslie Moonves done by former TVWeek writer Joe Adalian, who is now with New York Magazine’s Vulture.com. Some excerpts: Adalian: “Despite all these other new revenue…

C’mon, Get Sad: Former Teen Idol’s Florida Mansion Auctioned Off

A singer and actor who was a big TV star and a teen idol in the 1970s is auctioning off his home. NBC News reports that the Florida mansion of David Cassidy is on the auction block today. The move…

Updated Numbers Are In for CBS’s Crushing Late-Night Win

CBS has to be excited about a big ratings win for not just the premiere of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” but also its lead-out, “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” Nielsen’s fast nationals confirm that both shows…

Controversy Marks Day One on ABC’s New-Look ‘The View’

The premiere episode of season 19 on the ABC daytime staple “The View” featured a new lineup of co-hosts — and brought the season’s first controversy. Whoopi Goldberg continues to hold down the moderator’s job, and the new season marks…

‘Racy’ Video Gets TV Reporter Fired

One of the regulars on the evening news has been fired by a station in San Antonio over a “racy” video report. A piece on the San Antonio Express-News “My San Antonio” blog reports that J.T. Street was fired last…