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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.

truTV Breaks Out Two New Shows, Rolls Out a Fall Lineup Leaning Toward Laughs

truTV is poised to ramp up the hilarity with its new fall lineup, with plans that include the rollouts of two new shows, a week of special programming and a season-four premiere. The channel has “Road Spill” set to debut…

Multicast Network Adds Affiliates

An NBC-owned digital network is bringing aboard new affiliates. TVNewsCheck.com reports that the multicast network Cozi TV has added three stations. The new affils are KCVU-TV in Chico-Redding, Calif.; WHCQ-LD in Greenwood-Greenville, Miss.; and KBVU-TV in Eureka, Calif. The new…

MTV Announces Season Two Pickup for ‘Scream’ During Summer TCA Presentation

Press release from MTV, July 29, 2015: MTV today announced the second season pick-up of its hit series “Scream” with Dimension Television. More than 21 million viewers have tuned in to the debut season of “Scream” on-air and the series…

truTV Announces Fall Lineup, Including Highly Anticipated ‘Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street’ and First-Ever ‘Impractical Jokers’ Live Punishment Special Hosted by Howie Mandel

Press release from truTV, July 29, 2015: truTV has unveiled its fall 2015 lineup, which will kick off Aug. 31 with a week-long celebration of the fan favorite Impractical Jokers. A new special each night will lead up to the…

Megastars Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige Ease on Down the Road in NBC’s ‘The Wiz Live!’

Press release from NBC, July 28, 2015: Ready to bring their A-list talent to an unprecedented primetime event, Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige — multi-award winners, giants of the recording industry and stars of both the small and big…

Watch It Now: The Interview Variety Calls a ‘Trainwreck’: Cara Delevingne Doing Press for the Movie ‘Paper Towns,’ Talks, via Satellite, to the Team at Sacramento’s CW outlet, KMAX, on its ‘Good Day Sacramento’ Show, and It Doesn’t Go Well

‘Empire’ Star Sued for Assault, Defamation

In a civil complaint filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the ex-wife of one of the stars of the Fox hit “Empire” –Terrence Howard – alleges that she was assaulted “while they were staying in a rental house in Costa…

Cable Comedy Series to Wrap

The endgame was announced for a comedy series that has had a good run on TV Land after spinning off from the network’s hit “Hot in Cleveland.” The cable network announced that it has greenlighted season five of “The Soul…

Hallmark Bringing Back Fan-Favorite Series

A fan-favorite series that Hallmark Channel says is its most social series of all time is being brought back for a third season. The network today announced the pickup of the frontier drama “When Calls the Heart.” Series stars Lori…

Olsen Twins May Be a Part of ‘Fuller House’ After All

Even after it was announced that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen would not be involved in the Netflix “Full House” reboot “Fuller House,” hopes were revived today for fans of the Olsen twins. Us Weekly reports that Netflix Chief Content Officer…