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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.

Longtime Media Executive Announces Retirement

A well-known media executive has announced that he will be wrapping up his 45-year career in the media business, with his retirement set for July 31, 2011. The executive is TV One President and CEO Johnathan Rodgers, who has led…

HBO Renews Critically Praised Drama

HBO has announced that it will give another season to a drama that has been lackluster in the ratings but has earned ongoing praise from critics, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The show is "Treme," the…

NBC Outlines Plans for Newsmag Built Around Brian Williams

A new prime-time newsmagazine featuring Brian Williams will appear on NBC’s schedule "as soon as it’s ready," says NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Greenblatt, speaking to reporters Sunday, said the newsmagazine would be "relevant and…

Sunday Ratings: Three Hours of ‘Survivor’ Programming Win the Night for CBS

CBS’s “Survivor” finale dominated the night Sunday, enabling the Eye Network to claim a comfortable overall win in the ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS averaged a 3.3 rating in adults 18-49 for the night, topping ABC (2.5 average), Fox (2.2) and…

CBS Cancels Two Sitcoms, One Drama

CBS has decided to drop two comedies and a drama from its prime-time schedule, according to word that leaked out Sunday in advance of the network’s upfront presentation this week, the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog reported. "$#*! My Dad…

Trump Withdraws From Presidential Race

Donald Trump has announced he is calling off his run for president, CNN.com reports. The real estate titan and host of NBC reality show “Celebrity Apprentice” released a statement today saying that even though he remains confident that he could…

Fox Rolls Out Lineup for 2011-2012, Adds Four New Comedies, Three Dramas and One Unscripted Series

Fox has unveiled its prime-time schedule for fall, with eight new series joining the lineup. Among the most talked-about new shows is the singing competition “The X Factor,” which marks the return of Simon Cowell to the network. “Cowell, along…

High-Profile TV Actress in Talks to Replace Mariska Hargitay on ‘Law & Order: SVU’

An actress who is well-known to television audiences is in talks to join NBC’s "Law & Order: SVU," stepping in as the new partner of Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni, reports TVLine.com. The actress is Jennifer Love Hewitt, the…

NBC Will Premiere Six New Comedies and Six New Dramas for the 2011-2012 Season

NBC will introduce 12 new shows for the 2011-2012 season, split evenly between comedies and dramas, the network has announced. The comedies are “Up All Night,” “Whitney,” “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea,” “Free Agents,” “Best Friends Forever” and…

CNN Anchor Reveals His Sexual Orientation

Even though he acknowledges a fear of being shunned by revealing his sexual orientation in a new book, a CNN anchor has come out publicly that he is gay, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. CNN weekend prime-time…