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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.

ESPN and ESPN+ to Become Exclusive Media Home of UFC in the U.S.

Press release from ESPN, May 23, 2018: UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and The Walt Disney Company’s new Direct-To-Consumer and International segment along with ESPN, today announced the full scope of the historic multi-year agreement that makes…

Emmy Award-Winning ‘Good Morning America’ Expands to Three Hours

Press release from ABC, May 23, 2018: ABC News’ Emmy Award-winning morning show “Good Morning America” will expand to three hours. The new third hour of the program will air at 1 p.m. EDT, noon CDT/PDT. After seven seasons, 1454…

Viceland Announces Nine Summer Series

Press release from Viceland, May 23, 2018: VICELAND is bringing nine series to air this summer with a wide range of diverse talent from returning network staples to newcomers covering everything from food and friendship to internet celebrity, fringe science…

Nickelodeon to Develop Norman Lear Animated Project, ‘Man of the House’

Press release from Nickelodeon, May 23, 2018: Nickelodeon today announced the development of a new animated project, Man of the House (working title), from Norman Lear’s ACT III Productions. With creative concept by Colombian-American writer and illustrator Michael Molina (Trivia…

A Second Great American Writer in the Last Eight Days Has Died: Philip Roth Was 85

“Philip Roth, the prolific, protean, and often blackly comic novelist who was a pre-eminent figure in 20th century literature, died on Tuesday night at a hospital in Manhattan,” writes Charles McGrath in The New York Times. He notes that Roth,…

CBS Locks Down 10th Consecutive Season Win in Total Viewers

When the 2017-2018 broadcast season concludes Wednesday night, CBS will be able to claim its 10th consecutive season win in total viewers, based on Nielsen data. CBS has now won 15 of the last 16 years in total viewers. As…

Leah Remini to Take a Break From Her War on Scientology, Sets Sights on Another Religion

Actress Leah Remini has been going after Scientology in her Emmy-winning A&E series “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” but according to The Hollywood Reporter, she is shifting her focus, at least temporarily. The report cites sources saying Remini will…

Richard Gere Returns to TV After Almost 30 Years

Actor Richard Gere will be returning to TV after a long absence, with Variety reporting that he will play a media baron in the BBC drama “MotherFatherSon.” The role marks his return to TV after almost three decades. Gere is…

FTC Being Pressured to Break Up Facebook

A political battle is being waged over the social media site Facebook, with the Federal Trade Commission getting pressure from political groups on both sides of the aisle to break up the company. MediaPost reports that a new alliance of…

TV Cowboy Clint Walker, Star of ‘Cheyenne,’ Dead at 90

Clint Walker, who starred as TV cowboy Cheyenne Bodie for seven seasons on the ABC Western series “Cheyenne,” has died. TMZ reports that Walker died Monday from congestive heart failure. He was 90. “Clint died suddenly Monday in the company…