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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.

NY Times Report says Netflix CEO is ‘betting its future on exclusive programming”

The company that made binge viewing fashionable is raising the stakes as it makes inroads into the traditional TV model. The New York Times reports that Netflix, which rolled out the superhero series “Daredevil” earlier this month, is “betting its…

HBO Orders Pot Dealer Comedy

HBO is getting into pot dealing. The pay-cable channel placed a series order for the comedy “High Maintenance,” Deadline.com reports. The series, which has been airing on the Web on Vimeo, moves to HBO with a six-episode order. The report…

Pete Rose Back in Baseball? ‘Charlie Hustle’ Joins Sports Network

17-Time Major League Baseball All-Star Pete Rose, who received a lifetime ban from baseball back in 1989, will again be involved in the game as a part of the Fox Sports team. The channel announced that it is bringing aboard…

Strong Numbers for First-Round Opener in NBA Playoff Series

ABC reports that its overnight ratings for an NBA playoff game aired Sunday were the third-highest in history for the opening game of a first-round series. The network’s coverage of the Cleveland-Boston opener, in which the Cavaliers dispatched the Celtics…

Pete Rose Serves Fox Sports as Guest Analyst

Press release from Fox Sports, April 18, 2015: Pete Rose, a 17-time Major League Baseball All-Star and three-time World Series champion is slated to serve FOX Sports as a guest studio analyst. The announcement was made today by John Entz,…

Britt McHenry Controversy Heats Up: Headline on One Commentary Reads ‘ESPN got it wrong with Britt McHenry.’ Headline on Another Commentary Reads, ‘ESPN was totally wrong to suspend Britt McHenry.’ One says ESPN Didn’t Go Far Enough. The Other Says ESPN Went Too Far

By Chuck Ross Many of us, whether or not we have previously heard of ESPN reporter Britt McHenry, seem to have an opinion about ESPN suspending her for seven days after her tirade at a towing company was caught on…

Why Jill Soloway — the Creator of ‘Transparent’ — Has Never Watched Her Show on Amazon, Which Distributes It, and Other Secrets of High-Powered Showrunners

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atlkin was there to hear it all, which you can read about if you click here.

New Obstacle for Comcast-TWC Merger: U.S. Antitrust Lawyers Said to Be Leaning Toward Blocking the Deal

Attorneys in the antitrust division of the U.S. Justice Department are said to be close to submitting a recommendation against the pending Comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable, Bloomberg reports, citing sources who are familiar with the situation. The story…

Iran-Contra Figure to Host Military-Themed TV Series

A former Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who made a name for himself during the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s is taking over as host of the military-themed series “Saving Private K-9,” which airs on the Sportsman Channel. The channel announced…

New Bruckheimer Drama Series in the Works

A new drama series from mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer — whose track record includes the “CSI” franchise, “Without a Trace” and “The Amazing Race” — is in development at Spike TV. The cable channel announced it’s working with Bruckheimer and Warner…