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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.

Lifetime Renews Critically Acclaimed Drama ‘UnReal’ for Second Season

Press release from Lifetime, July 6, 2015: Lifetime has renewed its critically acclaimed scripted series UnREAL (#UnREALTV) for a second season with a 10-episode order, it was announced today by Liz Gateley, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for…

Bombshell: In Just Released Court Documents Bill Cosby Admits He Gave Quaaludes to Women for Sex

“Some old documents — newly unsealed — could be comedian Bill Cosby’s undoing amid numerous claims from women that he drugged and raped them years ago,” reports an Associated Press story in the Detroit Free Press. The article continues: “Cosby…

The Numbers Are In for the Most-Watched Soccer Match in U.S. History — and They’re Mighty Impressive

Nielsen has crunched the numbers on the FIFA Women’s World Cup final, in which Team USA blew out Japan 5-2, and the game is officially the most-watched soccer match in U.S. history. The match, carried by Fox, averaged 25.4 million…

How Good Is TV These Days … and How Bad Are the Movies? Dustin Hoffman Offers His Opinion

Seven-time Oscar nominee Dustin Hoffman sounded off about how bad the movies are — and how good TV is these days — in an interview with the U.K. publication The Independent. The actor, who won Academy Awards for “Kramer vs….

Controversial Mexican TV News Anchor Dies

An influential journalist who was a fixture on Mexican TV as an anchor for almost 30 years on the country’s most-watched evening news program has died. Reuters reports that Jacobo Zabludovsky died Thursday morning after suffering a stroke. He was…

Obama’s Daughter Reportedly Lands Internship on TV Series

Malia Obama, the 17-year-old daughter of President Barack Obama, is working as an intern this summer on the HBO comedy series “Girls,” Us Weekly reports. The gig reportedly followed a visit to the White House by “Girls” creator and star…

Ex-‘Top Gear’ Hosts in Talks for New Series

With the global hit “Top Gear” rebooting in the wake of the firing of Jeremy Clarkson, Clarkson and his former co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May are working on a new car show that would compete with “Top Gear.” Variety…

Long-Running Series Sinks to an Unhappy Milestone

A TV show that has been on the air since the early 1960s is racking up some unwanted milestones these days. The show is the ABC soap opera “General Hospital,” with Soap Opera Network reporting that the veteran daytime drama…

ABC Show Extends Its Streak as Sunday’s Most-Watched Series

An ABC series is on a roll in Sunday prime time. The network reported that “Celebrity Family Feud” was the day’s most-watched series, marking its third consecutive week with the achievement. Airing from 8-9 p.m., “Feud” pulled 6.9 million total…

USA Victory in Women’s World Cup Delivers a Ratings Record

Even with the game winding up as a rout, by soccer standards, the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, in which Team USA cruised to the title with a 5-2 win over Japan, set a ratings record for soccer…