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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.

Showtime — on a Ratings Roll — Renews Sunday Comedy Block

Showtime, which has seen a number of key shows post ratings gains, has renewed its entire Sunday comedy block, giving renewals to "Californication," "House of Lies" and "Shameless," reports EW.com’s Inside TV. All three shows are performing better than last…

Barbara Walters Released From Hospital

Barbara Walters has returned home after being hospitalized for more than a week and after a variety of reports — not all of them accurate — about her health. TVNewser.com reports that the ABC News fixture, 83, had traveled to…

Season-Two Premiere of ‘Dallas’ Plays to a Smaller Audience

TNT’s two-hour premiere of the second season of "Dallas" saw its viewer numbers drop significantly from where the show left off last summer, B&C reports. The drama drew 2.98 million viewers to its second-season return, down 31% from where it…

Shazam! A Marriage and a Divorce. Huge Sitcom Star of Days Gone By, Now 82, Has Married His Gay Partner in Seattle. Separately, Ashley Judd and Her Race Driver Husband Decide to End 11-Year Marriage

"The actor best known for playing the TV character Gomer Pyle in the 1960s has married his male partner of 38 years," reports the Associated Press, adding that the "Hawaii News Now reported that Jim Nabors [who played Gomer Pyle…

Future Oscar Gold for Ari Gold? Long-Running Former HBO Series Gets Green Light to Be Made Into Feature Film

" ‘Aquaman’ star Vinnie Chase is back, baby," reports Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline.com, continuing, "Warner Bros. has tonight [Jan. 29, 2013] given the green light on a movie version of ‘Entourage,’ the HBO series that ran from 2004-2011. Writes…

Key CNN Executive Resigns

Amid a climate of change under new CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker, a key executive has announced his departure from the network. Deadline.com reports that Mark Whitaker, who has been CNN’s managing editor and executive vice president, is exiting the…

CBS Renews Its Slate of Daytime Programs

CBS announced renewals today for a number of daytime programs, encompassing the genres of game shows, soap operas and talk. TheWrap.com reports that the network renewed the long-running game show "The Price Is Right" for the 2013-14 season, while also…

New Fox Drama Pulls Off a First for This Season

Fox’s new drama series “The Following” pulled off something no new drama has managed to do this season. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the series became the first new drama of the season to post a ratings gain from week one to…

ABC News Names Replacement for Chris Cuomo as ’20/20′ Co-Anchor

Soon after the news circulated this morning that Chris Cuomo would be moving from ABC to CNN, ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced that David Muir will co-anchor "20/20" with Elizabeth Vargas, taking over Cuomo’s chair, reports Deadline.com. Muir is…

Nielsen, Weigel Reach Deal for National Measurement of Me-TV

Weigel Broadcasting Co. announced it has reached an agreement with Nielsen that will bring national audience measurement to the Me-TV Network, starting this spring. “The ratings for the Me-TV Network that Nielsen shared with us were above our expectations and…