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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.

Cable Drama Picked Up for Fourth Season

A drama series that has been performing well on cable will be back for a fourth season. History announced that it greenlighted season four of “Vikings.” The program has been the No. 1 cable series on Thursday nights in all…

Chelsea Handler Recalls Incident With Bill Cosby — ‘So Yeah, He’s Guilty’

Chelsea Handler opened up about an experience involving Bill Cosby in which “he tried to Cosby me,” she said. Billboard reports that the revelation is part of a recent interview with Handler by Esquire. The alleged incident took place about…

History Greenlights Fourth Season of Hit Drama Series

Press release from History, March 26, 2015: HISTORY has picked up a fourth season of its hit scripted series VIKINGS, it was announced today by Dirk Hoogstra, EVP and General Manager, HISTORY & H2. VIKINGS is created and written by…

Cate Blanchett Drops the F-Bomb — and the Media Gets It All Wrong

Actress Cate Blanchett is the focus of media attention after dropping the F-bomb in an interview for her new movie “Cinderella,” but for the most part the media coverage is off the mark. Media outlets are reporting “Cate Blanchett lost…

Cable Network Breaks Viewership Record

A cable net notched its most-watched night in history this week, on the strength of a season finale and a season premiere. OWN — the Oprah Winfrey Network — pulled in 3.5 million viewers for Tuesday’s season finale of “The…

L.A.’s Beloved ‘Dr. George’ Dies — Weatherman Was an Institution on L.A. Television

A former science teacher who became an L.A. television icon as a weatherman for almost two decades on KABC-TV, Dr. George Fischbeck has died. The Los Angeles Times reports that Fischbeck died early Wednesday morning at the Motion Picture &…

Upstart News Telecast Outperforms Fox News and CNN

Some perennial cable news heavyweights were beaten at their own game this week, when a program airing on the digital cable and satellite TV network TV One topped the numbers for CNN and Fox News in the key news demo….

CNN ‘Reimagines the TV News Experience’

As part of the industry-wide TV Everywhere initiative, CNN has rolled out a plan that brings its CNNgo service to more than 86 million homes and to Apple TV devices. “The CNNgo experience on Apple TV features the largest collection…

‘Empire’ Star Headed to ‘SNL’ — Guest Hosts and Musical Guests Announced

One of the stars of Fox’s hit freshman drama series “Empire” will appear as the guest host on an upcoming “Saturday Night Live.” TVLine reports that Taraji P. Henson is set to host the April 11 installment of the NBC…

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Director Bails Out on the Franchise

The director of the hit film “Fifty Shades of Grey” wants nothing to do with subsequent productions in the potentially lucrative franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam Taylor-Johnson released a statement Wednesday saying: “While I will not be returning…