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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.

Did Netflix Just Hit It Out of the Park With New Thriller?

Just when you started wondering whether there’s anything to watch on TV, a new “neo-noir social thriller” is about to roll out on Netflix that, if the trailer is any indication, looks as though it might be worth a good…

ABC Cancels Drama Series

ABC pulled the plug on a drama series in what is said to be the network’s final decision on its scripted programs for the 2019-2020 season. The network canceled the freshman series “Whiskey Cavalier,” which stars Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan,…

‘Mod Squad’ Star Dies

An actress who starred on the iconic 1960s series “The Mod Squad” and had a career resurgence in the early 1990s on “Twin Peaks” has died. Peggy Lipton died Saturday in Los Angeles, according to media reports. She was 72….

Fox Announces Prime-Time Schedule for 2019-2020 Season, Plans to Unveil Ambitious Lineup of New Shows

The Fox Network revealed today that it has an ambitious lineup of new programs waiting to be unveiled during the 2019-2020 broadcast season. Three of those shows — the dramas “Prodigal Son” and “Not Just Me” and the comedy series…

NBC Does Something Unprecedented, Renews Prime-Time Drama Series for Three Seasons

NBC has given an unprecedented three-year pickup to a drama series that the network says is “one of the most celebrated TV series on any platform since its launch in 2016.” Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta, presidents of Scripted Programming…

Good News and Bad News About the New Jean-Luc Picard ‘Star Trek’ Series

Today’s announcement about how CBS’s new Jean-Luc Picard “Star Trek” series starring Patrick Stewart will be distributed will come as good news to “Star Trek” fans who are holding out on subscribing to CBS streaming services — unless they happen…

Tales From the Front Lines by the Five Women Who Run Ad Sales for the Broadcast Networks

Five women now spearhead the ad strategies for the leading network groups that will control the lion’s share of the $70 billion TV ad business during this year’s annual upfronts, and all of them have tales to tell about their…

After 20 Years, Victoria’s Secret Decides Its Annual TV Fashion Show Should No Longer Be on Network TV

The annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show, which has been a fixture on television for almost 20 years, airing on CBS and ABC, appears poised to leave Network TV. CNBC cites a memo sent Friday to employees by L Brands CEO…

Hollywood Legend Doris Day Dead at 97

Actress Doris Day, who began her career as a big band singer and went on to become one of the most popular movie stars of the ’50s and ’60s, has died. Day, born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, died this morning…

Fox Pulling the Plug on ‘Empire’

Just two weeks after renewing the drama series “Empire,” which has caused problems for Fox since actor Jussie Smollett became the focus of a high-profile scandal involving his report of an alleged hate crime in January in Chicago, the network…