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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.

ABC Unveils Special Programming for May Sweeps

ABC today took the wraps off an extensive lineup of special programming for May sweeps. Among the highlights will be “The 2015 Billboard Music Awards,” live from Las Vegas, along with a number of season finales. “The Bachelorette” is returning…

ABC Announces May Sweeps Programming

Press release from ABC, April 16, 2015: The ABC Television Network announced highlights of upcoming May sweeps programming, featuring season finale dates for series “American Crime,” “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “black-ish,” “Castle,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Forever,” “The Goldbergs,” “The…

Resolution for a Canceled NBC Series

A drama series that was canceled by NBC will get a chance to tie up some loose ends — but not on TV. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that “Revolution” will be released next month as a digital comic…

CBS Sets May Sweeps Debut for Newly Colorized Episodes of Classic Sitcom

CBS is reaching into the network’s past for programming to fill key spots during May sweeps. Deadline.com reports that the network will break out newly colorized episodes of “I Love Lucy.” “The network said today it will air two newly…

New ‘Star Wars’ Trailer Marks Return of Harrison Ford as Han Solo — Check It Out Here

A newly released trailer for the upcoming feature film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” due this Christmas, brings back a number of familiar motifs from the original “Star Wars” movies — along with a glimpse of Harrison Ford as Han…

Netflix Posts Record Surge in Subscribers, and the Stock May Be Headed WAY Up — Wait Till You Hear What One Analyst Says About the Company

After Netflix reported a surprise surge in its subscriber numbers, share prices in the company suddenly took off Wednesday. Business Insider reports that key numbers in the streaming service’s first-quarter financial report included net additions of 2.28 million U.S. streaming…

‘Fashion Police’ Feud Still Raging

Tempers continue to run hot following the shakeup at E!’s “Fashion Police” that went down after co-host Giuliana Rancic famously dissed Zendaya’s hair back in February. In the latest news, Us Weekly reports that Rancic, who has remained with the…

NBC News Revises Its Account of 2012 Kidnapping of News Team

NBC News has posted a revised account of a 2012 incident in which chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and five of his team members were kidnapped in Syria. Deadline.com reports that the revisions refute the original account that the crew…

A Roundup of Broadcast’s Bubble Shows

The broadcast networks have 13 shows currently on the bubble for either cancellation or renewal, according to a new analysis by The Hollywood Reporter. “From smaller critical hits ‘The Mindy Project’ and ‘Agent Carter’ to aging procedurals ‘Bones’ and ‘CSI,’…

NBC Reverses Course, Decides to Go Ahead With Series After Previously ‘Dumping’ the Idea

NBC has changed its mind about an earlier decision to pull the plug on its latest “Wizard of Oz” project. Writing on EW.com, James Hibberd reports that the network will go ahead with “Emerald City,” placing a 10-episode straight-to-series order…