Chuck Ross

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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.

With Holt in Full Command, NBC’s ‘Nightly News’ Reclaims No. 1 Spot

Ever since NBC News settled the issue of who would be the permanent host of its “Nightly News” broadcast — officially naming Lester Holt as the replacement for Brian Williams four weeks ago — the program has turned it around…

Syfy Orders Live-Action Supernatural Western Series

A new live-action series is headed to Syfy that tracks the great-granddaughter of Western legend Wyatt Earp. “Wynonna Earp,” based on the comic book series created by Beau Smith, received an initial order for 13 one-hour episodes. The project comes…

Comcast Reports Flat Quarterly Revenues for Broadcast TV

NBCUniversal owner Comcast Corp. reported its second-quarter results today, with revenues for the broadcast television segment remaining flat at $1.8 billion, TVNewsCheck reports. The broadcast results reflect “a slight increase in advertising revenue and higher retransmission consent fees, which were…

Oprah Winfrey Presents Landmark Seven-Night Television Event ‘Belief,’ Premiering Sunday, Oct. 18, on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Press release from OWN, July 23, 2015: This fall, Oprah Winfrey presents the landmark television event “Belief,” a week-long documentary series airing over seven consecutive nights that depicts how people with a wide range of beliefs search for deeper meaning…

Oh Hell Yeah! Syfy’s ‘Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!’ Takes Social Media by Storm Yet Again

Press release from Syfy, July 23, 2015: Proving its might as a global pop culture phenomenon, Syfy’s Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! chomped its way to two billion Twitter impressions – doubling the one billion impressions for 2014’s Sharknado 2:…

Syfy Acquires ‘Wynonna Earp’ From Seven24 Films and IDW Entertainment

Press release, July 22, 2015: SEVEN24 Films and IDW Entertainment announced today that Syfy has acquired the U.S. rights to Wynonna Earp, a live action television series based on the IDW Publishing comic created by Beau Smith. Emily Andras (Lost…

And Now It’s the Washington Post’s Turn to Report on the Full Cosby Deposition. Says the Post: Cosby Lived ‘in a kind of parallel world of pursuit, seduction and clandestine sex that the comedian constructed as he was also crafting a public image as the ultimate family man and a rumpled, comic father figure.’ Plus, Cosby Lawyer Responds to Deposition’s Release on ‘GMA’

The Washington Post reports Wednesday night, July 22, 2015, that like The New York Times before it, it has also reviewed Bill Cosby’s full deposition from a case that was settled back in 2006. Writes the Post, “In more than…