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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.

Legendary Player to Break Down the NBA Playoffs

This year’s NBA playoffs will have a new high-profile analyst breaking down the action on “Detail,” a 15-episode series built around Kobe Bryant. The five-time champion, who played his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring…

Charter, Comcast and Cox Join Forces to Form New NCC Division

Charter Communications, Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications, owners of NCC Media, have announced they are creating a new division within NCC to design, deploy and sell unified advertising solutions across NCC’s participants’ national footprint. The group, which will launch later…

Charter, Comcast and Cox to Form New Group to Sell National Advanced Advertising Solutions

Press release, April 4, 2018: Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Cox Communications, owners of NCC Media, today announced they are creating a new division within NCC to design, deploy and sell unified advertising solutions across NCC’s…

Bill Clinton TV Project Scrapped

A scripted drama series focusing on Bill Clinton that has been in the works at History has been scrapped. Deadline reports that the cable channel abandoned plans for the project from R.J. Cutler centered on Clinton’s impeachment. “‘The Breach: Inside…

Celebration, Reunion Planned for Beloved Series’ 20th Anniversary

A TV drama series that still has legions of loyal fans long after it wrapped its run on the WB in 2002 will be having a reunion as it marks its 20th anniversary. The show is “Felicity,” which debuted in…

Producer Quits Sinclair Station in Protest Over Company’s ‘Obvious Bias’

Amid the ongoing ruckus over the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s company-mandated “fake news” promos, a producer at KHGI-TV in Nebraska quit his job in protest. CNN reports that Justin Simmons, a morning TV producer at the Sinclair station, gave notice on…

Defense Alleges Racial Discrimination in Cosby Trial

Bill Cosby’s defense team fired accusations of racial discrimination as a jury made up of ten white jurors and two black jurors was seated today to decide the entertainer’s fate in what the AP calls “the biggest celebrity trial of…

High-Profile Series Shuffles Showrunners

The creator and showrunner of an eagerly anticipated drama series has left the show over creative differences. Variety reports that the untitled series starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, which is in the works at Apple, parted ways with Jay…

NBC Locks In Plans for Drama’s Final Season

NBC will be wrapping up a critically acclaimed drama series after one more season, with season three of “Shades of Blue” now set to premiere Sunday, June 17. The final season of the show, which stars Jennifer Lopez and Ray…

CNN Takes Heat for Its Coverage of Tuesday’s Shooting at YouTube Headquarters

CNN became the target of ridicule among social media users over its coverage of the shooting Tuesday at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., in which hundreds of employees were evacuated and several were injured before the shooter, a 39-year-old…