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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.

NBC Cancels Five Series

“‘State of Affairs,’ ‘Constantine,’ ‘Marry Me,’ ‘One Big Happy’ and ‘About a Boy’ will not live to see another season,” reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog in a story written by Kate Stanhope, Michael O’Connell and Lesley Goldberg. The story continues, “NBC…

TV Station’s News Director Shot and Killed

The news director for a local TV station was fatally shot in an incident this week in which two people were killed before the alleged shooter turned the gun on himself. The Missoulian newspaper reports that Kalee Scolatti, 34, the…

NBC Due for Major Programming Overhaul

The NBC schedule needs work, according to a new report, and apparently the network agrees, with big changes expected for fall. Writing for Media Life Magazine, Toni Fitzgerald reports that while the Peacock is on track to win its second…

ESPN Parting Ways With Provocative On-Air Personality

An influential sports personality is headed out the door at ESPN, with the network’s president confirming that his contract won’t be picked up. After months of talks between Bill Simmons and ESPN, the two sides failed to come to terms…

Fox Loading Up on New Shows

A comedy series starring John Stamos is part of the latest round of series orders for Fox. Variety reports that Stamos’ sitcom “Grandfathered” received an order, as did a post-college comedy, “The Guide to Surviving Life.” “The two pickups follow…

ABC’s Big Programming Day: 22 Renewals, Four Cancellations, Six New Dramas, Three New Comedies … and the First Photo of the Prime-Time ‘Muppets’ Reboot

ABC had a huge day of programming news, canceling four series and renewing 22 others, while also ordering six new dramas and three new comedies, with all of the news breaking Thursday. The network also released the first promotional photo…

CBS Stations See Lower Revenues — Even as the Company Hits an Earnings High; Moonves Bullish on CBS All Access

CBS TV stations saw a decline in revenue in the first quarter of 2015, even as CBS Corp. hit an all-time high by one earnings measure, TVNewsCheck reports. The company’s quarterly earnings report Thursday included “its highest-ever net earnings from…

Lawyer Presents Lindsay Lohan’s Excuse for Poor Completion Rate on Her Community Service

Lindsay Lohan was supposed to do 125 hours of community service, but has completed just 9 hours and 45 minutes, according to TMZ.com. “Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, was in court Thursday AM, along with prosecutor Melanie Skehar, laying out Lindsay’s…

Comedy Central Books Its First-Ever Live Stand-Up Special

Comedy Central announced plans to showcase a well-known stand-up comedian in the network’s first live stand-up special. The network unveiled plans for “Brian Regan: Live,” which will air on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The Miami-born Regan, known…

Is this the Most Outrageous Cigarette Ad Ever? Scroll Down to See in What Publication We Found It.

We found this ad in the Aug. 12, 1950 issue of The New Yorker.