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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.

ABC Rolls Out Season Finale Dates

ABC has a number of season finales coming up, and the network took the wraps off the finale dates for “Splitting Up Together,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Speechless” and “The Rookie.” All four shows will all wrap their current seasons…

Comedy Series to Wrap After One More Season

A comedy series is ready to pack it in after one more season, with plans announced today to bring back “Schitt’s Creek” for a sixth and final season. The Pop and CBC original series is in pre-production and will begin…

‘Schitt’s Creek’ Renewed for Its Sixth and Final Season

Press release from Pop, March 21, 2019: SCHITT’S CREEK co-creators Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy announced today that the hit comedy series returns for its sixth and final season in 2020. The sixth season is currently in pre-production and begins…

Legendary L.A. TV Personality Dies

A television pioneer who was a fixture on the airwaves in Los Angeles going back to the early days of the medium has died. Tom Hatten died Saturday, according to media reports. He was 92. Hatten’s career is closely linked…

Fugitive Captured After Being Profiled on TV Show

A fugitive who was wanted by the FBI for his involvement in a December 2013 heist that left one man dead has been taken into custody after being profiled on the Investigation Discovery program “In Pursuit with John Walsh.” The…

‘Access Hollywood’ Abruptly Replaces Executive Producer

The longtime executive producer of “Access Hollywood” is leaving the show, and will be replaced by Maureen FitzPatrick from “Hot Bench,” Variety reports. Rob Silverstein is out after 20 years overseeing the syndication franchise, the publication reports. “Silverstein’s departure was…

Report: Popular Host to Remain With NBC Despite Shakeup

With a shakeup apparently taking place at some of the entertainment magazine shows, rumors surfaced that popular “Access Hollywood” host Natalie Morales was being fired from the show, but The New York Post’s Page Six reports that those rumors are…

Billion-Dollar TV Station Deal Involves Nexstar, Tegna, E.W. Scripps and Tribune Media

Agreements have been reached for the sale of TV stations valued at $1.3 billion as part of a divestiture plan that will enable Nexstar to acquire Tribune Media, Variety reports. The stations that will be sold to Tegna and E.W….

Sony Accused of Plotting to Destroy ‘Days of Our Lives’

Sony is fighting back after being hit with a lawsuit accusing it of trying to destroy the long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives.” The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq., reports that Corday Productions, which is behind the NBC daytime drama,…

Katherine Heigl to Star in CBS Comedy

Katherine Heigl, who previously starred in CBS’s “Doubt,” is returning to the network to star in and executive produce the comedy pilot “Our House,” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “‘Our House’ revolves around a devoted mother (Heigl) and father…