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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.

Numbers for ABC’s ‘Roseanne’ Continue to Climb

ABC, which announced today that it has picked up its breakout “Roseanne” revival for a second season — the show’s 11th overall — also announced that the impressive ratings for the show continue to grow. “With just one day of…

ESPN’s ‘First Take’ Digs Into Mark Cuban Allegations

This morning’s installment of ESPN’s “First Take” delved into new allegations surrounding AXS TV Chairman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who is involved in a petition alleging racial discrimination at American Airlines Center in Dallas. USA Today reports that…

Double Play! IFC Renews ‘Brockmire’ for Seasons 3 and 4

Press release from IFC, March 29, 2018: IFC announced today at a press conference that the critically acclaimed comedy series Brockmire has been picked up for two additional seasons. Season 2 of the series, starring Hank Azaria as Jim Brockmire…

Head of Sony TriStar Television Dead at 50

The veteran television executive who was behind the launches of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Lost” and other hit shows has died. Variety reports that Suzanne Patmore Gibbs, who oversaw Sony Pictures TV’s TriStar division as executive VP, died this morning…

‘Westworld’ Warns of a Reckoning

A reckoning is at hand on “Westworld,” HBO’s critically acclaimed Western sci-fi thriller, based on the official season two trailer, which was released today. You can watch it below. Season two of the series, which stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie…

Cable Drama Series Canceled

Just a week after wrapping its season, a cable drama series has been canceled. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Freeform pulled the plug on the Tim Kring series “Beyond” after two seasons. “After launching all 10 of its…

Conservative Columnist Says Success of ‘Roseanne’ Reboot Is a Wakeup Call for Hollywood

In an opinion piece running under the headline “‘Roseanne’ revival is a wakeup call for Hollywood,” conservative columnist John Podhoretz writes in The New York Post: “Hollywood is now faced with indisputable evidence that there’s a huge potential audience out…

Roseanne Barr Describes Phone Call From Donald Trump

After Donald Trump made a phone call to Roseanne Barr to congratulate her on the strong ratings for the premiere of ABC’s “Roseanne” reboot, the actress called in to ABC’s “Good Morning America” to describe the moment. She stopped short…

Popular New York Met, a Six-Time All-Star, Dead at 73

On opening day today of the Major League Baseball season, longtime player and six-time All-Star Rusty Staub died. Staub, who had struggled with health problems for years, reportedly died of multiple organ failure at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in…

Kathy Griffin Lands Role as Trump Ally

Comedian Kathy Griffin, who continues to engineer her comeback after suffering a career setback over her bit featuring a severed Donald Trump head, will play Trump ally Kellyanne Conway on Comedy Central’s “Make America Great-A-Thon: A President Show Special.” The…