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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 ‘Walking Dead’ Series Greenlighted

A new TV series that will be a part of the “Walking Dead” universe is in the works after receiving a green light from AMC. The cable channel announced plans today for a new original drama co-created by Scott M….

AMC, IFC and Sundance Roll Out Premiere Dates

AMC Networks took the wraps off the premiere dates for new shows and returning series on AMC, IFC and Sundance, including the return of “Lodge 49” for its second season on AMC on Aug. 12 and season two of AMC’s…

AMC Greenlights Third Series in ‘The Walking Dead’ Universe

Press release from AMC, April 8, 2019: AMC today announced that it has greenlit the third series in the expanding universe of The Walking Dead, an original drama co-created by Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead…

AMC Networks Announces Summer 2019 Premiere Dates for New and Returning Original Series

Press release from AMC, April 8, 2019: AMC Networks announced today the premiere dates for several new and returning original series, including second seasons of AMC’s mystic modern-day fable Lodge 49 and horror-infused anthology The Terror: Infamy, IFC’s new musical…

ABC News’ ‘20/20’ Presents Two-Hour Documentary on Rebecca Schaeffer, a Promising Young Actress Who Died When a Stalker Shot Her Point Blank at the Door of Her Los Angeles Home, Airing Friday, April 12

Press release from ABC, April 8, 2019: As celebrity stalkers regularly make headlines, a two-hour “20/20” documentary takes a look at one of the first celebrity stalking cases almost 30 years ago. Rebecca Schaeffer, a promising young actress known for…

CBS Tweaks Prime-Time Lineup After Show’s Soft Ratings

CBS is moving around some of its prime-time programming following a couple of soft ratings results for the new show “Million Dollar Mile.” Variety reports that the LeBron James-produced competition program, which has aired just two episodes, is leaving its…

Taylor Swift Comes Up With a Classic Response After Stolen Car Crashes Into Her Gate

Following news that a police chase ended with a stolen car crashing into the front gate of her beachfront home in Rhode Island, singer Taylor Swift came up with a pretty good line. ET Canada posted a “just the facts” note…

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Tries to Explain Her Meltdown on ‘The View’

After tape circulated of an expletive-filled tirade by Elisabeth Hasselbeck on the set of “The View,” the former co-host took to social media to attempt some damage control. The tape features an incident from 2006 in which Hasselbeck clashed with…

ABC, ESPN Pull Out All the Stops for NFL Draft Coverage

Coverage of the upcoming NFL draft will be more comprehensive than in past years, with Disney’s ABC and ESPN joining forces to put a heavyweight lineup of commentators on the air. The coverage will run from April 25-27. ABC will…

Is This Really the First Time That This Big Hollywood Star — and Former ‘SNL’ Cast Member — Will Be Hosting ‘SNL’?

A former regular on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” who went on to become a big movie star after leaving “SNL” is about to make his first return to the show as guest host. NBC announced that Adam Sandler will guest-host…