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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.

Broadcast Net Wins Its 10th Consecutive Premiere Week — Here Are the Numbers

Ratings are in for premiere week of the 2018-2019 broadcast TV season, and for the 10th consecutive year, CBS claimed a win in total viewers. CBS averaged 8.355 million viewers, a margin of almost a half-million viewers over NBC, which…

ESPN Sets Ratings Records for Baseball

With two National League division titles coming down to tiebreakers on Monday, ESPN hit a number of high-water marks for Major League Baseball ratings. “ESPN delivered its two highest-rated MLB regular season afternoon telecasts in 20 years (since 1998), according…

LeBron James’ ‘Shut Up and Dribble’ Gets Premiere Date, First-Look Clip — Watch It Now

The upcoming docuseries “Shut Up and Dribble” has a new first-look clip — watch it below — with Showtime announcing this week that the three-part series will premiere Saturday, Nov. 3. The remaining two episodes will premiere Nov. 10 and…

TNT Sets Plans for ‘Supernatural’ Marathon — Will Your Favorite Episode Be Featured?

TNT announced plans today to run an all-day marathon of “Supernatural” episodes in celebration of Halloween. The event will run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, kicking off with episode 4.07, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam…

TNT Airs All-Day ‘Supernatural’ Marathon on Halloween

Press release from TNT, Oct. 2, 2018: This Halloween, TNT is bringing fans spooks, chills and thrills with an all-day Supernatural marathon, starting at 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., spanning four seasons of the most terrifying episodes from the fan-favorite…

Viacom Names Brian Robbins President of Nickelodeon

Press release from Viacom, Oct. 1, 2018: Viacom Inc. today announced the appointment of Brian Robbins as President of Nickelodeon, effective immediately. Robbins will report directly to Bob Bakish, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom. In his new role,…

Global Superstar Taylor Swift to Open the ‘2018 American Music Awards’ With First Awards Show Performance in Almost Three Years

Press release from ABC, Oct. 2, 2018: Dick clark productions and ABC today announced global superstar Taylor Swift is opening the “2018 American Music Awards” with a performance of “I Did Something Bad,” marking Swift’s first awards show performance in…

CBS Wins 10th Straight Premiere Week — Network Places First by Almost Half-Million Viewers

Press release from CBS, Oct. 2, 2018: CBS kicked off the 2018-2019 broadcast season right where they left off – by remaining the most-watched network with 8.36 million viewers, beating football-inflated NBC by +490 thousand viewers (versus 7.87m). Despite not…

Veteran Executive in Talks to Lead Fox Broadcasting After Disney Deal Closes

A veteran TV executive who knows his way around Fox is in negotiations with 21st Century Fox to lead Fox Broadcasting through what is expected to be a transition period once the company’s deal with the Walt Disney Co. is…

Political Talk Show Marks 15 Years

A political talk show will televise a star-studded special in honor of its 15th anniversary. HBO announced plans today for the “Real Time with Bill Maher: Anniversary Special,” premiering Oct. 19 on HBO. Among the guests slated to appear are…