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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.

TLC Greenlights ‘Starter Wives,’ Featuring Exes of Stars From Sports, Music and Crime

A reality show about celebrity ex-wives and ex-girlfriends has been greenlighted by TLC, featuring the exes of Lamar Odom, 50 Cent, Floyd Mayweather and others, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Production will start this month on "Starter Wives"…

Cablevision Blackout Leads to Huge Ratings Drop for WPIX-TV as Pressure Ratchets Up in Retrans Dispute

A blackout on Cablevision’s systems has led to a huge ratings drop for Tribune-owned WPIX-TV, the CW affiliate in the New York market, reports MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews. From Aug. 20-Sept. 23, the household ratings for WPIX’s late newscast declined 42%, the…

Bill O’Reilly Notches Ratings Milestone as Third-Quarter Results Are In for Cable News

Bill O’Reilly’s top-rated Fox News Channel show "The O’Reilly Factor" marked a milestone with release of the cable news ratings for the third quarter, TVNewser.com reports. The show ended its 50th consecutive quarter as the No. 1 program in cable…

TV Documentary on Hold as Questions Surface About Controversial Scroll Mentioning Wife of Jesus

A documentary slated to air on Smithsonian Channel about the papyrus fragment that includes a phrase referring to Jesus’ wife has been delayed, reports the New York Post. With questions arising about the scroll’s authenticity, the channel postponed airing the…

Remake of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Gets Second Season

The remake of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has earned a second-season order from Nickelodeon, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The show debuted over the weekend, ranking as the week’s top telecast among children 2 to 11 years old….

John Nogawski, President of CBS Television Distribution, Out in Reorganization

John  Nogawski, president of CBS Television Distribution, is leaving the company, CBS Television Distribution has announced. The announcement says, "Armando Nuñez has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the CBS Global Distribution Group, a newly created position that…

Proud as a Peacock: NBC Pulls Off a Ratings Achievement It Hasn’t Accomplished in Nine Years

NBC is marking a ratings achievement that it just pulled off for the first time in nine years: The Peacock Network won the ratings battle during premiere week in the key demographic of viewers 18-49, TVLine.com reports. The network had…

Fans of ‘The Simpsons’ Invited to Create a ‘Couch Gag’ for the Show

Fans of Fox’s "The Simpsons" will get a chance to write a scene for the show, reports Deadline.com. The producers are encouraging viewers to write their version of an opening "couch gag” as part of a contest sponsored by the…

Anthony Bourdain Unleashes Verbal Assault on Rival Chef’s New Eatery

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, a star of Travel Channel and CNN, stuck a verbal fork in one of his rivals, calling Guy Fieri’s new midtown Manhattan restaurant a “terror-dome,” Esquire reports. And he didn’t stop there. Fieri, the star of…

HBO Renews ‘Boardwalk Empire’

The award-winning HBO period drama "Boardwalk Empire" has been renewed for a fourth season, reports TheWrap.com. HBO President of Programming Michael Lombardo made the announcement today. In a statement, Lombardo said, "Terry Winter, Martin Scorsese and the rest of their…