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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.

ABC News to Launch Daily Podcast Next Week

In the ever-deepening dive by traditional media outlets into digital, the latest move finds ABC News launching a daily news podcast. “Starting March 28, ABC News debuts ‘Start Here,’ a twenty-minute session hosted by Brad Mielke that taps ABC News…

Netflix Teams With New York Times for New Series

Netflix is partnering with The New York Times on a new original series that is inspired by the paper’s long-running column “Diagnosis,” Deadline reports. The medical column is written by Dr. Lisa Sanders. The documentary series is slated for eight…

CBS News Names New Political Director

CBS News has a new political director, with CBS News President David Rhodes announcing the appointment of Caitlin Conant to the post. Conant, who will continue to be based in Washington, D.C., will begin her new role on Monday, April…

Seth Rogen Brings Out Some of Comedy’s Big Guns — But He Has to Go It Alone for the Announcement

Seth Rogen took a creative approach to introducing the lineup of comedy A-listers scheduled to appear in his upcoming Netflix comedy special, “Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity.” You can see the results in the clip below. The guest list includes…

Byron Allen Buys The Weather Channel

Byron Allen has just acquired a basic cable channel. The media entrepreneur expanded his media holdings with the purchase of The Weather Channel through his company Allen Media, Deadline reports. The company acquired the Weather Group, parent company of The…

Massive Layoffs Coming After Time Inc. Acquisition by Meredith

It was coming since Meredith Corp. acquired Time Inc. in January, and Meredith just made it official: The company will cut 1,800 jobs, The New York Post reports — almost 26% of the 7,000 Time Inc. employees who became a…

Bill O’Reilly Hit With Lawsuit

Former Fox News fixture Bill O’Reilly, who left the channel last year, was sued for defamation by a former co-worker, TMZ reports. “Former Fox News anchor Laurie Dhue is suing Bill for comments he made after Fox News paid settlements…

CBS Rolls Out Full Schedule for Its 2017-18 Season Finales

CBS released the full schedule of its season finales to wrap up the 2017-2018 prime-time season, with “Scorpion’s” fourth-season finale set to kick things off on Monday, April 16. Here’s the full schedule: Monday, April 16 10:00-11:00 PM          SCORPION (4th…

Winter Storm Forces Hallmark to Call an Audible for Its Upfront Presentation

After a winter storm in New York City got in the way of Wednesday’s upfront presentation by Crown Media Family Networks, the company turned the event into a Facebook Live presentation for its Hallmark channels. “Ad execs and media buyers…

It’s a Wrap for Shaquille O’Neal Comedy Specials

The final installment in a series of all-star comedy specials presented by basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal premieres Friday, March 23, on Showtime. “Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: I’m Still Laughing” is set to run at 10 p.m. ET/PT….