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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.

Series Scores Ratings Record for Animal Planet

Animal Planet celebrated a milestone Sunday, with the most-watched season premiere in the cable network's history. TheWrap.com reports that the show that pulled off the accomplishment is “River Monsters.” The series drew 1.7 million total viewers for its sixth-season premiere…

Syfy Orders Zombie Series

After the success of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” Syfy is getting in on the undead action. The New York Post reports that the cable network placed a 13-episode order for “Z Nation." The action-horror series tracks a group of people…

HBO Scores Its Highest Ratings Since 2007

An HBO program delivered the pay-cable channel's biggest audience since the series finale of “The Sopranos” in 2007. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that Sunday's fourth-season premiere of “Game of Thrones” drew 6.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched program on…

‘Conan’ to Broadcast From Comic-Con Next Year

Conan O’Brien is planning far ahead, announcing that he will broadcast “Conan” from Comic-Con next year, reports Deadline.com. The show will broadcast from the conference during its July 8-12, 2015, run — when “hundreds of thousands of the geekest geeks…

CBS Rides ACM Awards to Sunday Ratings Win

CBS's broadcast of Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards propelled the Tiffany Network to a Sunday ratings win, even with the awards ceremony well off the pace from last year, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com…

Cast Member From the Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Joins ‘Episode VII’

A cast member from the original "Star Wars" trilogy will reprise his role from those films in the upcoming "Star Wars: Episode VII." The Huffington Post reports that Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca, will play the character in the new…

Mickey Rooney Marathons Scheduled

[Update at 4 p.m., PT on 4-7-2014: Another must-see Rooney performance is as a horse jockey named Grady in “The Last Night of a Jockey,” which was first shown in the fifth and final season of “The Twilight Zone” in…

Video: ‘The Simpsons’ Honors Letterman With a Couch Gag

The Fox animated show "The Simpsons" has joined the outpouring of tributes to late-night institution David Letterman, who announced his retirement last week. The show aired a special "couch gag" segment honoring Letterman. Here it is:

How Do Most Americans Listen to Music in the Digital Age? You May Be Surprised — Here Are the Highlights From the ’60 Minutes’/Vanity Fair Music Poll

"Which decade had the worst music?" is one of the questions in the April "60 Minutes"/Vanity Fair music poll, and it turns out most Americans say it is the current decade. CBS News reports that the results show that, given…

Report: Cable Host in Talks With CBS for Late-Night Program

The host of a current late-night talk show is reportedly in discussions with CBS about a late-night show. TheWrap.com reports that Chelsea Handler, who recently announced she’s leaving E! when her contract expires at year end, is in talks with…