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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.

Turner Sports and CBS Sports Announce 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Commentator Teams

Press release from CBS Sports and Turner Sports, March 12, 2019: CBS Sports and Turner Sports will once again feature a marquee lineup of announcers for their ninth year of combined coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship….

Emmy-Winning HBO Comedy Series ‘Veep, Starring Emmy Winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Returns for Its Seventh and Final Season March 31

Press release from HBO, March 12, 2019: Selina Meyer, the former vice president and president, is looking to get back to the Oval Office. Can she shake off years of flubs and scandals? The Emmy-winning comedy series VEEP kicks off…

NBC News Readies Launch of Free Streaming Video Service

NBC will be the latest TV news organization to enter the increasingly crowded streaming video news field when it launches NBC News Now in May. Variety reports that the free ad-supported news service will transmit via broadband and will be…

Fox News Denounces Comments by Fox News Host

Fox News came out with a strong rebuke of one of its own hosts Sunday night, condemning comments made on the air by Jeanine Pirro. Pirro had suggested over the weekend that Rep. Ilhan Omar supports Sharia law in defiance…

CBS Unveils Full Schedule of Airdates for Season Finales — and the Farewell Episode for One of Television’s Most Popular Shows

CBS will be wrapping up its prime-time shows for the 2018-2019 season — and ending one of television’s most popular series, “The Big Bang Theory” — starting in a few weeks, with the season one finale of “Magnum P.I.” set…

Comedy Series Canceled

A comedy series has been canceled after the show became bogged down in controversy over alleged misconduct on the set by its creator, star and executive producer. The AP reports that Showtime pulled the plug on Frankie Shaw’s “SMILF” after…

NBC Renews Drama Series

NBC revealed today that it will be bringing back one of its prime-time drama series for a seventh season. The network announced a renewal for “The Blacklist.” The show currently airs on Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. “Season to date…

TV Host Launches Substance Abuse Hotline

A television host who has been open about struggling with substance abuse has launched a substance abuse hotline. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Wendy Williams launched the hotline through her Hunter Foundation and in partnership with T.R.U.S.T….

YES Network Is Sold

The Walt Disney Co. has accepted an offer for the sale of YES Network for $3.47 billion, The New York Post reports. The sale, which had been expected, is to a group that includes the New York Yankees, Amazon and…

Ann Curry Eyes Return to Network News

Ann Curry, who exited NBC’s “Today” show in 2012, has her sights set on a return to network television, with The New York Post’s Page Six reporting that she has had “informal talks” with execs at CBS about a possible…