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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.

News From the CES Show: Dish Unveils OTT Streaming Service for $20 a Month that Includes ESPN, Disney Channel and CNN

“Dish Network, the satellite provider, is trying to lure younger viewers back to paying for television with the start of a web-based offering that includes ESPN and a number of other popular networks for $20 a month, about a fifth…

Look Out Kardashians: Bruce Jenner and His Boys Are Talking Reality TV Deal

“[M]ultiple production companies are interested in inking a deal with Bruce Jenner and his clan to do their own show,” TMZ wrote over this past weekend. The story continues, “Think ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ with a bit more testosterone.”…

ESPN Personality Dies at Age 49

“When anchor Hannah Storm announced during the 9 a.m. hour of ‘SportsCenter’ that longtime ESPN personality Stuart Scott had died Sunday morning after a long battle with cancer, her poignant words, delivered while fighting back tears, were the first confirmation…

Big Ratings on ESPN Over the Holidays

“The NFL playoff wild card game between Carolina and Phoenix capped a memorable week for ESPN, becoming the No. 8 most-watched telecast in cable TV history, just days after two college football playoff games on the network set all-time records for cable…

Report Says Yahoo Was Interested in Buying Scripps Cable Networks and Might Also Be Interested in Buying CNN

This was the New Year’s day surprise on the Business Insider website: “For sure, [Yahoo CEO Marissa] Mayer and Yahoo considered acquiring Scripps Networks Interactive. Yahoo considered Scripps during a time when Mayer and other executives thought Yahoo would have billions of dollars…

Donna Douglas, Elly May Clampett on ‘The Beverly Hillbillies,’ Dies at 81. Series Was an Immediate Hit When it Debuted in 1962, Quickly Becoming the Most Popular Show on TV. 60 Million Viewers a Week

“Family members say Donna Douglas passed away at the age of 81,” according to a report on the website of Raycom’s WAFB in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The story adds, “Douglas was an actress, best known for her role as Elly…

Heads of NBC News, Viacom and MSNBC Will Be Under a Lot of Pressure in 2015, NY Times Columnist Says

NBC News President Deborah Turness, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, and MSNBC President Phil Griffin are three media executives “who have much to worry about” in 2015, according to David Carr, who writes The Media Equation column in The New York…

Bill Cosby Reportedly Hires Investigators to ‘Dig Up Dirt’ on His Accusers

“Bill Cosby has hired a battalion of private investigators to dig up dirt on his many accusers,” reports the New York Post in an exclusive story by Stacy Brown. The story, which was published on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in…

Hokum and Hoodlums to Delight You This Holiday Season

Please click here to read TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross’s recommendations this holiday season.

Hokum and Hoodlums to Delight You This Holiday Season

I hope that one of the tasks you are making time for during the holidays is some binge TV watching. One friend is just now catching up with “Breaking Bad.” (By the way, if you haven’t seen this series, which…