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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.

Amazon Picks Up Drama Series for Third Season, Adds All-Star Cast

A Golden Globe-winning drama series has been picked up for a third season on Amazon Prime Video. The streaming service announced today that it is moving forward with season three of “Goliath.” Billy Bob Thornton won a Golden Globe for…

New Award Honoring the Highest Level of Achievement in Television to Be Named After One of the Medium’s Living Legends

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said its new television special achievement award will go to Carol Burnett — and the award will be named the “Carol Burnett Award.” The group said the award, which is being given for the first…

Classic Rock Song Is Now the Most-Streamed Song of the 20th Century

A song that’s a fixture of classic rock — there’s a good chance you’ve not only heard it, but probably even attempted to sing parts of it (our guess would be you got stuck somewhere around either the “Scaramouche-fandango” part,…

Capping Off a Banner Year With an Unforgettable Gala

2018 has been a banner year for Asian Americans on and off screen, and the mood was celebratory as the 17th Annual Asian American Awards were handed out Saturday night, Dec. 8, at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton….

Netflix Closes In on a Serial Killer

Netflix announced plans for a new docuseries that will tell the story of serial killer Ted Bundy. The streamer put out a tweet Tuesday about the project, which you can see below. The four-episode series, “Conversations With a Killer: The Ted…

Longtime Host Exits NBC’s ‘Today’

The turnover continues at NBC’s “Today” show with the news that one of the program’s on-air fixtures is headed out the door. Kathie Lee Gifford, who has been on the show for almost 11 years and co-hosts the fourth hour…

World’s Largest Ad Agency Group Cutting Jobs, Shutting Down Offices

The world’s largest advertising group just announced a restructuring that will include the loss of as many as 3,500 jobs, with about 1,000 new hires to be made to shore up senior leadership. Reuters and Fortune report that the moves…

Disney’s New Plan Revealed for Those 22 Fox Regional Sports Networks

Disney has a new plan for its 22 Fox regional sports networks after its attempt to sell the whole batch to the highest bidder ran into complications. The New York Post reports that the company has decided instead to break…

ABC Orders Comedy Series

ABC just gave a series order to a new single-camera sitcom that was originally shot earlier this year as a pilot for Fox. ABC announced the order for  “Bless This Mess,” starring Lake Bell and Dax Shepard. The series is…

Legendary TV Icon Carol Burnett to Receive Inaugural Golden Globe Award Honoring the Highest Level of Achievement in Television

Press release from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Dec. 11, 2018: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced today that legendary TV icon Carol Burnett will receive the first-ever Golden Globe television special achievement award, aptly named the Carol Burnett…