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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.

IFC to Air ‘Freaks and Geeks’

Two legendary failed television shows will return to television on the IFC Network. The network announced that it has picked up all the reruns of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," both created by Judd Apatow. The reruns of "Freaks and Geeks,"…

CNN Mum on Ratings Woes of Its Other King

CNN’s other King–John King–has his own ratings problems, but the cable news network hasn’t yet widely discussed it because executives have been swamped handling other issues, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Among those other issues is Larry…

Gervais Weighs In on Carell’s Exit From ‘Office’

As one of the co-creators of "The Office," Ricky Gervais has made a fortune off the success of the American version. Now he has weighed in on Steve Carell’s decision to leave the NBC show after next season Gervais approves…

Tyler Perry Is Not Amused by Animated Diss

When Tyler Perry found out that an animated series did a nasty satire of him in a recent episode, he let the folks at Turner Broadcasting–for whom he has created the programs "House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns"–know about…

Denise Richards Lands New TV Role

Denise Richards, best known as Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife and the star of the E! reality TV show "Denise Richards: It’s Complicated," is going back to acting, reports US Magazine. The actress is taking on a recurring role on Spike TV’s…

Rooney on Move as Cox Reorganizes Marketing Arm

Joe Rooney has moved to senior vice president of marketing, social media and advertising at Cox Communications in a reorganization of the company’s marketing department, reports Multichannel News. Rooney has been chief marketing officer, and the company has begun searching…

ESPN Nets Set Viewership Records

The ESPN networks reported that they averaged their largest audience ever for the second quarter, boosted by a record June for ESPN. The combination of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPNU and ESPN Deportes averaged 1.13 million households in the…

NBC Shifts Struggling Summer Series; ABC to Burn Off Slater Show

NBC has announced a schedule change in response to poor ratings for a summer series, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. NBC’s summer series "Persons Unknown" has failed to garner good ratings, so after the Monday, July 5, broadcast the show will be…

NBC’s ‘Talent’ Wins Wednesday Night Ratings Battle

NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" had a strong Wednesday night in the Nielsen ratings, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m., the first hour of Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" was the top show with a 2.15 average rating in…

NFL Network Crosses Border to Pump Up Off-Season Lineup

In an effort to offer more compelling programming during the time of the year when the National Football League is not in season, the NFL Network has made a deal to broadcast Canadian Football League games, reports Mediapost.com. Starting today,…