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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.

New Doc, Premiering Tonight on HBO, Fills in the Gaps About a Fallen Rock Icon

Eight years in the making, a new feature documentary that premieres tonight on HBO takes an unusual approach to filling in the missing pieces of the story about a fallen rock icon. “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” from filmmaker Brett…

NBC Broadcast TV Revenues Fall

Comcast Corp. reported first-quarter results today, with its NBC Broadcast Television segment posting a decline in revenue, TVNewsCheck reports. Revenue for the segment was down 14.2% from the same period a year ago, slipping to $2.2 billion from $2.6 billion,…

Jamie Foxx Goes ‘Off Script’ During Mayweather-Pacquiao National Anthem (Some Are Simply Saying He Butchered It); Decide for Yourself — Here’s the Clip

Much of the buzz after Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao “Fight of the Century” has focused not on the fight but on Jamie Foxx’s delivery of the National Anthem — with many on social media saying Foxx butchered the song. Others…

Two Shows Drive Up Profits for AMC

AMC is proving that original programming pays off, with the first-quarter earnings report for AMC Networks Inc. showing a 69% surge in profits, The Wall Street Journal reports. Chairman and Chief Executive Josh Sapan cited original programming including the enduring…

IFC Orders Revenge Comedy

IFC has placed an order for a revenge comedy project from the writing team of Erin Simon and Kim Karp. Deadline.com reports that the pair sold a half-hour single-camera project on spec to the cable channel for “101 Ways To…

NBC Orders Three Series

NBC has “green-lit three drama series, including Dick Wolf’s ‘Chicago Med’ and a conspiracy thriller [‘Blindspot’] from producer Greg Berlanti,” writes our good friend Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s The Vulture blog. The story adds, “The pickups come a full ten…

HBO Pulls Plug on Comedy Project

Pay cable channel HBO has decided to shelve a comedy project from the creator of “Enlightened.” Deadline.com reports that the channel will not go ahead with “Mamma Dallas,” from Mike White. The project centered on a conservative family in Texas…

Longtime ‘Daily Show’ Correspondent Bows Out — Watch the Video

A veteran correspondent with Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” said farewell to the show Thursday night. Stewart paid tribute to Samantha Bee, who has been a part of the program since 2003, with a highlight reel of…

Singer of the 4th Most Played Song in the 20th Century Dies at 76

Updated at 4:15 pm. PT on May 1, 2015 to change headline and first paragraph. According to the largest music rights organiztion in the U.S., BMI, this singer’s biggest hit was the fourth most-played song in the 20th Century on…

Ratings Milestone for NBC’s ‘Today’ Show

NBC’s “Today” show pulled off a rare achievement in its ratings battle with ABC’s “Good Morning America” — rare by recent standards. “Today,” which used to regularly come in at No. 1, hasn’t done much of that lately, but TheWrap.com…