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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.

‘Death by Gossip’ Gets Green Light

A new program is being billed as a “cautionary tale to those who indulge in chatter and innuendo.” That’s a quote from Discovery Networks Group President Henry Schleiff in the announcement from Investigation Discovery on its new series “Death by…

Fox Brings a Pop Culture Phenomenon Back to the Network

Fox is bringing back a series that was a pop culture phenomenon when it wrapped 13 years ago after a nine-season run. “The X-Files” is coming back to the network. Fox announced today that it ordered a six-episode event series…

ABC Family Greenlights Comedy Series

ABC Family is moving forward with a new single-camera half-hour workplace comedy. The cable channel announced today that it gave a series order to “Kevin From Work.” Making the announcement was Karey Burke, Executive Vice President, Programming & Development. The…

NBC Leads Season-to-Date Ratings in Key Demo

NBC continues to lead the season-to-date ratings among broadcast networks in the key 18-49 demo, as results are in for the week ending March 22. CBS is on top season-to-date in total viewers. For the week, Fox came out on…

Showtime Back in Business With One of the Stars of ‘Homeland’

Showtime has announced plans for a new series that will find the pay-cable net working again with Damian Lewis, one of the stars of “Homeland.” Reuters reports that the network ordered 12 episodes of “Billions,” which will pit Lewis as…

Sports Emmy Nominees Announced

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today announced the nominees for the 36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. ESPN leads the way with 37 nominations, just ahead of NBC with 33. Other networks among the leaders are MLB Network…

ABC Family Continues to Grow Its Comedy Slate by Greenlighting Original Series ‘Kevin From Work’

Press release from ABC Family, March 24, 2015: As part of the network’s comedy expansion, ABC Family has greenlit the single-camera, half-hour workplace comedy “Kevin From Work” to series. It was announced today by Karey Burke, Executive Vice President, Programming…

‘The X-Files’ Returns to Fox

Press release from Fox, March 24, 2015: Thirteen years after the original series run, FOX has ordered the next mind-bending chapter of THE X-FILES, a thrilling, six-episode event series which will be helmed by creator/executive producer Chris Carter with stars…

Time Warner Cable to Take Staggering Loss on Bad Dodger Deal

Time Warner Cable is set to take a massive loss on its deal for TV rights to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Writing in the New York Post, Claire Atkinson reports the the writedown is expected to be as high as…

How Did CBS’s New Late-Night Entry Do? Early Returns Are In

CBS launched the new iteration of “The Late Late Show” Monday night, with early numbers showing a fairly solid turnout. “James Corden’s tenure as host … began last night with a metered market 1.4/5 – which CBS noted, is up…