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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.

‘True Blood’ Promotes Actress to Series Regular

The HBO vampire drama "True Blood" is promoting a relative newcomer to series regular for the seventh and final season. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the series is making Bailey Noble a full-time cast member. Noble plays the…

Now We Know What Became of Tony Soprano’s Track Suit

At last we have the answer to the burning question, "Whatever happened to Tony Soprano’s track suit" … and as it turns out, it’s up for sale. Clothing worn by the late actor James Gandolfini is being auctioned off today,…

A Virtual Who’s Who of Top Broadcast, Cable, Digital, Programming and Ad Executives Join the 2014 Board of NATPE. Check It Out

NATPE President and CEO Rod Perth has made a serious statement with the quality of top executives that have joined the NATPE Board of Directors for 2014. Said Perth, in a statement, of the newly elected board members, "We chose…

Fall Broadcast Season Already Has Its First New Hit Show

The 2013-14 broadcast TV season got off to a high-octane start Monday night, with a new series staking an early claim to being the season’s first breakout hit. Fox won the night on the strength of that new series, the…

AMC Spreads ‘Mad Men’ Final Season Over Two Years — ‘Mad Men’ Season 7 Is Extended to 14 Episodes.

By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age AMC is milking "Mad Men" for all it’s got. The cable channel announced on Tuesday that the seventh and final season of the series will run in two parts over two years. The first half of…

Fox News Channel Rolls Out New Prime-Time Schedule

Despite dominating the cable news ratings, Fox News has decided to tinker with its prime-time programming lineup. The Los Angeles Times reports that the channel shuffled the schedule to make room in prime time for Megyn Kelly, who has been…

Not So Fast: AMC Wants a Long Goodbye for ‘Mad Men’

AMC is learning that breaking up with a hit show is hard to do, as the final stretch of the critical darling "Breaking Bad" rakes in huge numbers. So the cable channel has decided to spread the final run of…

Popular Talk Show Guest Dead at 77 — You May Not Know Her, but She Was a TV Phenomenon in the 1960s and 1970s

A woman who became an unlikely phenomenon on the television talk show circuit in the 1960s has died. The New York Times reports that Japanese-born Reiko Douglas died Sept. 9 in Los Angeles. She was 77. She was a regular…

Something to Talk About: Genre Heats Up as Summer Winds Down

As summer winds down, the daytime talk genre appears to be heating up, based on just-released national syndication rankings for the week ending Sept. 8. Two shows were tied at the top of the rankings for household ratings: "Live with…

Fox Stations Extend Programming Service for Two More Years

A programming service that has been keeping off-network shows on the air in weeknight prime got a new lease on life with a two-year extension by the Fox Television Stations. B&C reports that the group signed a deal to keep…