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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.

New Ryan Seacrest Show Gets 40-Episode Order

A new show from Ryan Seacrest has received an order for 40 episodes. The program is a game show with the working title "Go Viral," which was picked up from Ryan Seacrest Productions by Nickelodeon. The show is set to…

You Know That Canceled Series ABC Planned to Revive? Not so Fast

After word surfaced last month that ABC was having second thoughts about a series it had canceled — and a plan was in the works to bring back the show — now it appears that any plans to resurrect the…

High-Profile Bravo Exec Moves Out of the Executive Suite

Bravo has tweaked its arrangement with one of the cable channel’s most high-profile personalities and executives. Writing in The New York Times, Bill Carter reports that Bravo gave "Watch What Happens Live" host Andy Cohen a new two-year deal, which…

Fox Gives Early Pilot Order to Project From ‘Big Bang Theory’ Star

Fox has given an early pilot order to a comedy from one of the stars of CBS’s hit sitcom "The Big Bang Theory." Deadline.com reports that the project comes from "Bang" star Johnny Galecki along with writer Ricky Blitt and…

Outgoing Head of PromaxBDA Lands a New Executive Post

Jonathan Block-Verk, who is exiting as president and CEO of PromaxBDA, as we reported Monday, has his next job lined up. B&C reports that Block-Verk will assume the newly created position of executive VP of strategic partnerships and head of…

Key Player on ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Signs On for More Episodes

A TV veteran who played a key role on season one of Netflix’s "Orange Is the New Black" has signed on for more than the single episode that had been slated to tie up her story. BuzzFeed reports that actress…

First Project From Paramount’s Rebooted TV Unit Is a Small-Screen Adaptation of a Hit 1990 Movie

Paramount’s relaunched television division is working on a small-screen version of a hit 1990 movie. Deadline.com reports that the unit has an adaptation in the works for "Ghost," which starred the late Patrick Swayze as a murdered man who taps…

Netflix Tweaks Interface for TV Viewing

Netflix has changed its interface for watching the streaming service on a television set, in a move designed to prompt more viewing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Starting now, subscribers who watch Netflix via various TV devices will see three…

Reboot of 1980s Horror Anthology Coming to TV

A series that frightened television viewers in the 1980s is in the works for a broadcast remake. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that the CW is working on a reboot of George A. Romero’s horror anthology "Tales From the Darkside." The…

Non-Wizard Story of the Day: ‘Muggles Rejoice! Butterbeer Is Now Being Served at Starbucks.’ But You’ll Need a Secret Password to Order It

The part of the headline in quotes, above, was one we found in a recent entry on the Entertainment Weekly Popwatch blog. The story says: "Butterbeer, the beloved drink that Harry, Ron, Hermione and so many others down regularly throughout…