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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.

2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Scores Highest Overnight Rating Ever for First Thursday of Tournament

Press release from CBS Sports and Turner Sports, March 20, 2015: CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ exclusive second round coverage of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV on Thursday, March 19, delivered…

NBC Announces Screenings in 10 Cities for New Midseason Drama Series — Here’s the List

NBC announced today that it will host screenings in 10 cities to introduce its new midseason drama series “American Odyssey.” The screenings are set for March 25, with the show due to premiere on NBC April 5. The cities where…

Cable Channel Stakes a Claim in the Instamentary Space

An instamentary is defined as a documentary produced in a short period of time, especially one that’s focused on a recent news event. Now one cable channel, Investigation Discovery, is formalizing its commitment to the instamentary with the announcement of…

Offbeat Cable Competition Show Continues Its Roll — Picked Up for an Eighth Season; Nationwide Casting Call Announced

A quirky reality show that has had a long run on cable is coming back for more. Logo announced today that it has picked up “RuPaul’s Drag Race” for an eighth season. The cable channel also announced a nationwide casting…

Investigation Discovery Announces ‘Instamentary’ Series ‘Front Page’

Press release from Investigation Discovery, March 19, 2015: Investigation Discovery announced today the greenlight of FRONT PAGE, a new “instamentary” series covering major cases making headlines, within just weeks of the initial incident or arrest. “Working in conjunction with the…

NBC Hosts Screenings of New Midseason Drama ‘American Odyssey’ in 10 Cities on March 25

Press release from NBC, March 20, 2015: NBC will host screenings of its new midseason drama series “American Odyssey” in 10 cities on March 25, prior to the show’s network debut on Sunday, April 5, at 10-11 p.m. ET/PT. In…

Bounce TV Co-Founder Martin Luther King III Blasts Time Warner Cable

Martin Luther King III, one of the co-founders of the African American-focused digital multicast network Bounce TV, sent a scathing letter to Time Warner Cable expressing his displeasure with the company’s decision to drop Bounce from its New York City…

Fox Picks Up Drama Series Pairing Noted ‘Odd Couple’

Fox has picked up a series inspired by the noted 20th century figures and real-life friends Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the Fox Network, along with ITV in the U.K. and…

Breakout Hit of the Season Lands on Streaming Service

The show that has been declared the breakout hit of the 2014-15 broadcast TV season is headed to streaming service Hulu. The show is the Fox drama “Empire.” Hulu announced today: “In a new deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television…

MGM Posts Record Profits

Legendary studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer posted record profits in 2014 even as revenues were down. Variety reports that the absence of a James Bond feature contributed to lower revenue, while the studio got a boost on the TV side from “Vikings.” “Revenue…