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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.

Complete List of Recipients of the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards

180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School (PBS) National Black Programming Consortium, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS Chronicling a year at Washington Metropolitan, aka DC Met, it's an intimate, unvarnished portrait of a high-poverty high school and the…

Three Talk Shows Bite the Dust

Three talk shows have been scrapped. "It’s back to the drawing board for companies trying to refresh the conflict-talker genre," B&C reports. "Neither CBS Television Distribution’s 'The Test' nor NBCUniversal’s Trisha Goddard will return next season, and CTD and Tribune’s…

’60 Minutes’ Apologizes for Tesla Report

The CBS News program “60 Minutes” has apologized for a report aired Sunday about Tesla’s electric cars. TVNewser reports that the program called the addition of engine sound effects "an audio editing error." The Tesla Model S, an electric car,…

After Two Key Defections, ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ Adds a Major Player

You have to have a scorecard to keep up with the lineup changes at ABC's segment leader "Good Morning America." Following the defections of "GMA's" Josh Elliott to NBC Sports and Sam Champion to The Weather Channel — and the…

Netflix’s ‘House of Cards,’ AMC’s ‘Breaking Bad’ and ABC’s ‘Scandal’ Among This Year’s Prestigious Peabody Award Winners. Local TV Winners Include WBZ in Boston, WTVF in Nashville, WVUE in New Orleans and KING in Seattle. We Have the Full List of Winners

This year's winners of the prestigious Peabody Awards include "Netflix's corrosive 'House of Cards' and ABC's juicy 'Scandal'; … a YouTube viral video created by two University of Oregon students that succinctly criticizes rape culture and champions r-e-s-p-e-c-t for women;…

Nat Geo Pulls Series After Outcry From Archaeologists and Others

After scathing criticism from archaeologists and others concerned about how remains were handled, National Geographic Channel is “indefinitely” pulling a series called “Nazi War Diggers,” reports The New York Times. The channel said it wouldn’t air the show in May…

Cable Drama Sets Ratings Record — But Has It Peaked?

A cable drama series that has been rolling up huge viewer numbers outdid itself Sunday. The Los Angeles Times' Show Tracker reports that AMC’s zombie show “The Walking Dead” drew a record 15.7 million viewers for its fourth-season finale, marking…

Report: New MSNBC Show Already on the Chopping Block

The paint isn't even dry yet on a new MSNBC show and it reportedly is already looking at the possibility of cancellation. The New York Daily News reports that the low-rated "Ronan Farrow Daily" may not be on the cable…

Seven-Time Grammy Winner Joins NBC’s ‘The Voice’

NBC has added a seven-time Grammy Award winner to the cast of its singing competition "The Voice." The Los Angeles Times' Show Tracker reports that singer-songwriter, rapper and producer Pharrell Williams is joining the show as a coach. Williams has…

‘Jersey Shore’ Fixture Gets New TV Show

One of the regulars from MTV's hit reality show "Jersey Shore" is returning to television with a new series. TheWrap.com reports that TV Guide Network has ordered the reality show "The Sorrentinos," featuring Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino. The cable channel…