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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.

Game Show Enjoying a Ratings Resurgence

A longtime TV game show is experiencing a ratings resurgence, including hitting an all-time household rating high for the week of Jan. 26. “Now it’s just getting ridiculous, in a good way, for Steve Harvey and his syndicated daytime game…

Writers Guild Honors ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Veep’ — We Have the Full List of WGA Winners in TV and Film

The Writers Guild of America has rolled out its annual honors in television, film, radio and other media, and the ceremony provided another chance for AMC’s "Breaking Bad" to rack up accolades. The acclaimed series, which wrapped its final season…

Super Bowl Counterprogramming Event Beats Everything Else on Cable

A counterprogramming event scored a big ratings win on Super Bowl Sunday, topping everything else on cable that night. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl X” pulled in 13.5 million viewers, making it the…

Stephen King Story in the Works for TV Drama Series

A 2007 Stephen King story is reportedly being developed into a television drama series. TheWrap.com reports that the short story “Ayana” is in the works at Universal Television. NBC is considering the project, although Universal will take it to other…

‘Arrow’ Spinoff Has Its Female Lead

A new superhero project that is a spinoff of the CW’s "Arrow" has found its female lead. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the CW pilot "Flash" cast Candice Patton of “The Game” in the role. The pilot stars…

Apocalyptic Drama ‘The Messengers’ Gets Pilot Order

A pilot for an apocalyptic drama called “The Messengers” has received an order. Deadline.com reports that the project was greenlighted by the CW, continuing the network’s focus on the genre/fantasy arena. The project is about a mysterious object that crashes…

2014 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced

Press release from the Writers Guild of America, Feb. 1, 2014: The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the winners of the 2014 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in…

What’s the Big News From Sochi so Far?

Journalists covering the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, already have a story at hand: the “terrible tales of blocked toilets, broken doors and toxic water supplies,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Despite billions of dollars having been poured into…

Acclaimed Netflix Series Gets Another Season

A series that has helped make Netflix a player in original programming has been picked up by the online streaming service for a third season. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the high-stakes political drama "House of Cards"…

Tech Writer Says Newly Named Microsoft CEO ‘Needs to Make Microsoft More Like Google.’ It’s Our Recommended Must-Read Story of the Day

Here’s the terrific opening of Bloomberg Businessweek tech writer Ashlee Vance’s must-read article about how Microsoft’s newly named CEO needs to make Microsoft more like Google: "About two years ago, Microsoft’s research arm described something amazing in a blog post….