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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 Order for New Unscripted Show Signals the Latest Reality Trend

The latest trend in reality television has arrived, with back-to-back series orders for similarly themed shows. In the second order this month for a show about magic, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Turner-owned cable network TruTV ordered “Undercover…

Hulu’s Sales Reach Major Milestone

Online streaming service Hulu has reached an impressive revenue milestone. Citing a blog post from Hulu Chief Executive Mike Hopkins, Bloomberg reports that the company’s revenues for 2013 will reach $1 billion. That figure represents a 44% increase, as Hulu…

Here’s How to Find the Non-Stop Burning Yule Log on TV This Year — Including in 3D — and Here’s a Fun Video About It

The annual televised Yule log became a tradition for New York-area residents after WPIX-TV first aired a three-hour film of burning logs in 1966, and in recent years the tradition has been updated for the digital age, the Los Angeles…

‘Hunger Games’ Producer Takes On Social Media Site in New TV Project

Lionsgate Television is working on a project with “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” executive producer Allison Shearmur to develop The New York Times best-selling book “Hatching Twitter” into a television project, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The book, by…

Fox Rolls Out Binge-Viewing Opportunities to Enable Viewers to Catch Up on Its Series — Especially One Drama Series

Fox is taking advantage of the networks’ traditional midseason hiatus with plans to roll out the first season of “The Following” across all digital and video-on-demand platforms, allowing viewers to catch up before the show returns in 2014, EW.com’s Inside…

Sundance Taps ‘Under the Dome’ Writer for NRA Drama

Sundance Channel is working on a National Rifle Association drama with journalist and “Under the Dome” writer Scott Gold, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Called “Cold Dead Hands,” the drama is “set against the backdrop of the NRA and…

Whoa! With Jay Leno Leaving ‘The Tonight Show’ Early Next Year, One Report Says He Could Hook Up With His Former Boss, Jeff Zucker, at CNN. Could Today’s King of Late-Night Become the Next Larry King?

Here’s a wild one. Matthew Belloni and Lacey Rose are reporting in The Hollywood Reporter: "Sources tell THR that CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker — who, while running NBCUniversal, famously set in motion Leno’s first ouster from ‘Tonight’ by promising…

This Can’t be Good: With ‘The X Factor’s’ Future Still Undecided, Judge Demi Lovato Is Reportedly Headed Out

One of the high-profile judges on Fox’s "The X Factor" is off the show, according to a source who spoke with People magazine, even as the fate of the show itself remains up in the air. "Demi Lovato is leaving…

TVWeek’s Cable Television Executive of the Year

Our honoree as this year’s Cable Television Executive of Year is one of the most extraordinary leaders in all of television. He’s Matt Blank, the chairman and CEO of Showtime. To read a most insightful interview with Matt, please click…

NBC and CBS Win duPont Awards for Breaking News — Here Are All the Winners

NBC News and CBS News were among the winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for journalism, announced today. Both organizations won the Silver Baton for their breaking news coverage. NBC News won for its "Devastation in Oklahoma" coverage…