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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.

Comedy Series Canceled

The key players behind a comedy series that has attracted a loyal grass-roots following are saying they will shop the program to other distributors after Netflix pulled the plug on the show, the Cuban-American revival of the family sitcom “One…

Fallout From College Bribery Scandal: Cable Channel Cuts Ties With Actress, Daughter Loses Brand Partnership

In a move that one media outlet is calling the cable channel’s “first tragic ending ever,” the Hallmark Channel severed ties today with actress Lori Loughlin over the college bribery scandal that erupted this week. Hallmark Cards Inc., the parent…

New Series to Examine High-Profile Missing Child Case

It’s being called “the world’s most famous missing child case,” and a new series premiering this week will take an in-depth look at the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann. The eight-part series, “The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann,” comes out this…

NBC Sets Premiere Dates for Two New Shows

NBC announced premiere dates Thursday for two new shows that will be a part of the network’s summer lineup, “Songland” and “Bring the Funny.” “Songland” will premiere Tuesday, May 28, with “Bring the Funny” set to arrive Tuesday, July 9….

OA and Maggie Team Up With the Fugitives Department of the FBI to Take Down One of America’s Top 10 Most Wanted Criminals, on ‘FBI,’ Tuesday, April 2

Press release from CBS, March 14, 2019: “Most Wanted” – OA and Maggie team up with members of the FBI’s Fugitives Department to track down a person wanted for murder who is also on America’s top 10 most wanted list,…

NBC Sets Premiere Dates for ‘Songland’ and ‘Bring the Funny’

Press release from NBC, March 14, 2019: NBC, television’s dominant summer network by having won the last four summers in a row in total viewers and the last eight in a row in the key adult 18-49 demographic, has set…

CBS Staffers on Edge After Company Calls for Reorganization, $100 Million in Cuts

Employees at CBS are said to be nervous about whose jobs might be on the chopping block after the company ramped up talk about reorganization and cost cutting. The New York Post quotes interim CEO Joe Ianniello telling analysts Tuesday…

Luke Perry Tribute Set

A tribute to actor Luke Perry, who died March 4 at age 52, will air this Sunday, March 17, on Reelz. The one-hour special, “Luke Perry: In His Own Words,” is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The special…

Salaries of Fox News Contributors Are Revealed

The salaries paid to on-air contributors are typically kept under wraps across cable news channels, but a new report by The Hollywood Reporter notes that because at least 10 members of the Trump administration have been contributors to Fox News,…

ABC Revives Classic Game Shows

ABC is bringing two classic game shows back to television. The network announced that it will go into production this spring on new versions of “Press Your Luck” and “Card Sharks.” Produced by Fremantle, the shows will hit the ABC…