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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.

Seth Meyers Series Gets a Second Season

A show from "Saturday Night Live" veteran Seth Meyers has received an order for a second season from Hulu, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The show is the animated series "The Awesomes." Meyers co-created the show and provides…

NBC Developing Drama Based on Graphic Novel Series

NBC has a drama project in development that’s based on a series of graphic novels. Deadline.com reports that the project is based on the "Ghost Projekt" books, which are written by Joe Harris and illustrated by Steve Rolston. The TV…

CMT Renews Unscripted Series

CMT has picked up an unscripted series for a new season. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel will bring back the dating series "Sweet Home Alabama" for a fourth season. Season four will debut Friday, Nov….

How Much Do Americans Hate the Media?

Ho much do Americans hate the media? The Huffington Post, citing a poll from Gallup, reports that the venom has subsided just a little since last year. Americans’ distrust of the media reached an all-time high in 2012, with only…

NFL Demanding $1.5 Million From Rapper Who ‘Flipped the Bird’ During Super Bowl Halftime Performance

As millions of us recall, the English-Sri Lankan rapper-singer M.I.A. “extended her middle finger during a performance of ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’ ‘ while mouthing, ‘I don’t give a shit,’ ” during a halftime performance at the 2012 Super…

‘The CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic!,’ a New Three-Hour Saturday Morning Programming Lineup, Premieres Saturday, Sept. 28

Press release from CBS, Sept. 19, 2013: CBS’s new Saturday morning programming lineup, THE CBS DREAM TEAM, IT’S EPIC!, premieres Saturday, Sept. 28, on the CBS Television Network. The three-hour FCC educational/informational compliant programming block consists of six new half-hours…

CBS Reinvents Saturday Mornings, Rolls Out All-New Programming Lineup

CBS is reinventing its Saturday morning programming, rolling out a lineup of new shows accompanied by a catchy tagline: "The CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic!" The new lineup consists of six all-new half-hour FCC Educational/Informational-compliant programs aimed at viewers age…

How to Tell the ‘Homeland’ People From the CIA at the Showtime Drama’s D.C. Premiere

Showtime’s "Homeland" chose Washington, D.C., where much of the action takes place in the hit drama series, as the site for its third-season premiere — a choice that had cast members and producers from the show mingling with Beltway insiders…

What’s the Worst Scripted Program of 2013? Worst Actor and Actress? Website Names the ‘Winners’

An Olympic athlete was among the big "winners" as some of the worst programs and performers on prime-time TV were presented with the not-so-coveted Golden Trashcan. Swimmer Ryan Lochte won two "Bennie Awards," handed out by the Hollywood Temp Diaries…

Ryan Lochte a Double Gold Medalist for Televised Awfulness at 2013 Bennie Awards — Olympian Earns Worst Reality TV Show and Worst Reality Male

Press release from the Hollywood Temp Diaries: Hollywood, CA — The Hollywood Temp Diaries (http://www.tempdiaries.com) announced the winners of the fourth annual Bennie Awards — recognizing the worst in prime time TV. While Ryan Lochte may be a winner in…