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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.

Video: Trailer for James Gandolfini’s Final Film Shows the Actor Back in a ‘Sopranos’-Like World

The trailer is out for the final film of longtime "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, who died in June 2013. The clip, for the Fox Searchlight movie "The Drop," may remind some viewers of the world of Tony Soprano. Here's the…

CBS Rules Tuesday Prime Time as Programs on NBC, ABC and Fox Hit Lows

CBS rode its steadfast Tuesday night drama lineup to a prime-time ratings win as shows on all three of the other big four networks notched season lows or series lows, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. In…

Sony Pictures TV Re-Ups With Two Top Executives

Sony Pictures Television has renewed the contracts of two top executives. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the studio re-upped with Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, the presidents of U.S. programming and production, for three years each. The…

BBC America Renews Drama Series — Even Before Its Premiere

BBC America is so enthused about a new drama series that it has renewed the show for a second season months before the show's first season is set to premiere. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the cable…

Fox Relegates Low-Rated Drama’s Finale to Saturday Night

Fox has shifted the finale of a struggling drama series to Saturday night — the second move in recent weeks for the first-year show. TheWrap.com reports that the network will wrap up the season for the Greg Kinnear legal drama…

Why the Series Netflix Has Just Ordered May Be ‘like nothing ever seen before’

Netflix has just placed an order for its next series. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the streaming service ordered 10 episodes of “Narcos,” a drama about the Medellin Cartel and Pablo Escobar. The project, slated to air in…

A&E Series to Focus on Ad Agency Formed by Contest Winners

A&E Network has greenlighted a series about five brothers who started an advertising empire after winning the “Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest." Deadline.com reports that the cable network ordered the documentary series “The Herbert Brothers." The five brothers won…

HBO Taps ‘Austin Powers’ Director for New Comedy

HBO is lining up the principals for a new comedy project. Deadline.com reports that the pay-cable channel will mine the talents of director, producer and screenwriter Jay Roach for the half-hour comedy series "Women in Space." Roach is best known…

Fox’s ’24’ Finds a New Home for Its Online Life

The Fox drama “24” has found a new site for its online streaming. The show, which stars Kiefer Sutherland, will stream all eight of its previous seasons exclusively on Amazon Prime Instant Video, TheWrap.com reports. Amazon will also be the…

New Show on Fox News Channel Off to a Hot Start

A new Fox News Channel program is off to a strong start in the ratings. The Los Angeles Times’ Company Town reports that “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo" was watched by an average of 1.08 million viewers in its…