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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.

Fox Developing New Dance/Dating Show

On the heels of its success with “The Masked Singer,” a U.S. version of a South Korean hit, Fox has ordered a pilot of “a remake of ‘La La Land’-influenced British format ‘Flirty Dancing,’ reports Peter White at Deadline.com. Adds…

When Your Boss Doesn’t Laugh: Employee at KDKA Gets Fired Over Tom Brady Description

“The bosses were not laughing,” writes sportswriter Mark W. Sanchez in the New York Post. The story continues, “The latest light-hearted (to anyone outside Boston, at least) shot at Tom Brady came from Pittsburgh CBS affiliate KDKA on Monday, which…

CBS All Access Orders Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ to Series

Press release from CBS, Jan. 30, 2019: CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced a new 10-episode order for the original limited event series THE STAND, based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of…

218 Million Unduplicated Viewers Have Watched CBS This Season

Press release from CBS, Jan. 30, 2019: CBS’ reach (or “cume” audience) over the first 17 weeks of the 2018-2019 broadcast season is 218 million viewers – the most of any broadcaster. “Cume audience” is defined as the number of…

FOX Reveals a Second Season of Television’s #1 New Show and #1 Unscripted Series, ‘The Masked Singer’

Press release from Fox, Jan. 30, 2019: FOX is renewing the new celebrity competition series THE MASKED SINGER, this season’s #1 new series and #1 unscripted show, which captivated a massive audience of more than 17 million multi-platform viewers for…

‘Empire’ Remains in Production Following Attack on Jussie Smollett; FBI Investigating the Attack

The Fox drama series “Empire” kept to its production schedule today following a vicious attack on one of its stars, Jussie Smollett, Variety reports, citing a source. “The Fox show’s production schedule remains ‘fluid’ for the rest of the week,…

How Is CNN’s Chris Cuomo Doing in a Time Slot Owned by Maddow and Hannity?

CNN gave Chris Cuomo the unenviable task back in June of trying to compete with the heaviest heavyweights in cable news in the 9 p.m. ET slot, and the AP reports that Cuomo appears to be doing better than CNN…

Super Bowl Halftime Headliner Pulls Plug on News Conference

Maroon 5, the rock band that’s scheduled to headline this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, canceled the traditional news conference ahead of the performance, the AP reports. “While Maroon 5 did not give a reason for its decision, it comes…

CBS Renews Freshman Series

CBS announced a renewal for a freshman series the network says is one of the top three new series on television, the dramedy “God Friended Me.” The show, which airs on Sunday nights, is averaging 10 million viewers and is…

NBC Tweaks Its Prime-Time Schedule

NBC is making some changes to its programming lineup in prime time, with the moves prompted by the rescheduling of the State of the Union address. The State of the Union is now scheduled for Feb. 5, so NBC is…