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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.

MSNBC Sets Ratings Records, ‘Dominates’ CNN

MSNBC is celebrating a strong first quarter of 2018, including “dominating” CNN with record numbers in total viewers in every key daypart and for every weekday hour from 9 a.m.-11 p.m., according to an NBCUniversal announcement released Tuesday. You can…

Why ‘Project Runway’s’ Future Is in Doubt

Prospects dimmed for “Project Runway” after A+E Networks scrapped a deal that was in place to run two additional seasons of the show, Variety reports. A court filing revealed that the company pulled the plug on the deal with The…

Final Season of ‘The Americans’ Plays Out Against a Backdrop of Real-World Russian Intrigue

Talk about collusion and you might think the showrunners of FX’s “The Americans” timed the premiere of their sixth and final season to coincide with the nearly constant barrage of headlines about Russia in the news. The showrunners, Joe Weisberg…

‘Roseanne’ Falls by Double Digits in Week Two, Still Crushes the Competition

As the current broadcast season’s ratings phenomenon, ABC’s “Roseanne” revival was closely watched on its second night Tuesday, and not surprisingly, its numbers were down from its big premiere. Variety reports that the show’s overnight ratings show “Roseanne” settled for…

Report: Viacom Readying Counteroffer After Lowball Bid From CBS

Viacom apparently wasn’t impressed with a below-market bid from CBS as the two companies try to come to terms on a merger that would reunite the former corporate siblings. Reuters reports that Viacom is readying a counterproposal to the offer…

Can Kids Spell as Badlee as Donald Trump? Jimmy Kimmel and Kids Have Fun Finding Out

Three of the top young spellers from the L.A. area joined “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to try to spell words as badly as Donald Trump has misspelled them in his tweets. Here’s the clip, posted by ABC …

Street-Smart Police Drama ‘Shades of Blue’ Set to Premiere Sunday, June 17 at 10 p.m.

Press release from NBC, April 4, 2018: “Shades of Blue,” which stars Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta, will premiere its 10-episode third season on Sunday, June 17 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The critically acclaimed drama will conclude after three seasons…

MSNBC’s Record-Breaking Quarter Tops CNN in Total Viewers During Dayside, Prime and Total Day

Press release from NBCUniversal, April 3, 2018: For the 1st quarter of 2018, MSNBC dominated CNN with record-breaking total-viewer ratings in every key daypart and for every hour between 9am and 11pm on weekdays. According to Nielsen, MSNBC dayside (M-F…

‘Stranger Things’ Being Taken to Court

The hit Netflix series “Stranger Things” is the focus of a lawsuit filed Tuesday, with the show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, accused of stealing ideas for the show, Deadline reports. “Charlie Kessler, who directed the short film ‘Montauk’ that debuted…

NBC Might Lose High-Profile Awards Show

NBC may be about to lose a major awards show that has been on the Peacock Network since 1993. Deadline reports that the network’s exclusive window to negotiate an extension with the Golden Globe Awards expired, meaning other networks can…