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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.

Now We Know Which Brand of Beer They’ll Be Drinking on FX Shows

FX has signed a deal to make one brewer's products the "official beers" for FX, FXX and FXM. Deadline.com reports that the company inked the three-year pact with MillerCoors. The deal gives MillerCoors exclusive rights for “program integrations and first…

Lifetime Will Venture Into Convent for Groundbreaking Series

Lifetime has greenlighted a new series that will be set in a convent. The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed reports that the reality show “The Sisterhood” will focus on five women deciding whether to become nuns. The unscripted series will mark…

Jennifer Garner Developing Scripted Drama for Bravo

Actress Jennifer Garner, best known for her breakout role on the ABC drama series "Alias," is developing a scripted drama for Bravo through her company Vandalia Films, reports TheWrap.com. The project, which is produced with Warner Horizon Television, is called…

Horror Comic Series in Development for TV Show

A comic book series in which zombies and vampires battle each other is in develoment for a television series. Deadline.com reports that Legendary Television and Digital Media have optioned the Avatar Press comic “The Extinction Parade,” from Max Brooks. Brooks,…

Whose Future Is Brightest Among CW’s Bubble Shows?

The CW is getting closer to deciding the fate of its six bubble shows, and EW.com’s Inside TV reports that two of those shows, “Hart of Dixie” and “The 100,” are likely to receive renewals. “The Carrie Diaries,” meanwhile, is…

Daytime Talk Host Ventures Into Cable

Ellen DeGeneres has a new project in the works for cable. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the daytime TV fixture is working on a design competition show that will debut on HGTV in 2015. The six-episode show, “Ellen’s…

China vs. NBC: Latest Episode of Drama Series Gets Deleted

The most recent episode of a popular NBC drama series has been deleted from China’s major video streaming websites, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The plot line of the episode of "The Blacklist" portrays the Chinese government in…

Netflix Signs ‘Arrested Development’ Creator Mitch Hurwitz to Groundbreaking Deal

Netflix has signed “Arrested Development” creator Mitch Hurwitz to a multiyear deal, which Deadline.com calls “a rare pact with a writer-producer for the streaming giant.” With the deal, Hurwitz will create and produce new original series for Netflix under The…

Aaron Sorkin Apologizes for the First Two Seasons of ‘The Newsroom’

Aaron Sorkin apologized for the first two seasons of HBO’s “The Newsroom,” telling an audience at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, “You and I got off on the wrong foot,” reports BuzzFeed. “I’d like to start over,” Sorkin said. He…

Discovery Boss Responds to Everest Disaster, Says Network Will Continue to Create Death-Defying Live Events

The Discovery Channel remains committed to creating big death-defying live events, even after a disaster prompted the channel to pull the plug on "Everest Jump Live." That was the message from Discovery Group President Eileen O’Neill, who talked about the…