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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.

NBC Gives Users a Peek at the New NBCNews.com Website

As part of a broad redesign across all of the NBC News, “Today” show and MSNBC digital properties, NBC News today invited users in for a sneak peek at the new NBCNews.com website, viewable by clicking here. Today’s announcement promises:…

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Adds Three All-New Original Movie Franchises to Network’s Successful Lineup

Press release from Crown Media Family Networks, March 21, 2018: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, television’s premiere destination for mysteries, has three new original world premiere movies, it was announced last night at Crown Media Family Networks’ upfront event. Audiences will…

Hallmark Channel Orders Season Six of Original Prime-Time Drama Series ‘When Calls the Heart’

Press release from Crown Media Family Networks, March 21, 2018: Hallmark Channel has ordered a sixth season of the network’s original, primetime drama series ”When Calls the Heart,” it was announced last night at Crown Media Family Networks’ upfront event. …

Hallmark Channel to Launch First-Ever Interactive ‘Home & Family Dream Holiday Home Decorating Contest’

Press release from Crown Media Family Networks, March 21, 2018: Crown Media Family Networks announced today that Hallmark Channel’s Emmy®-nominated daily lifestyle series “Home & Family” will be unveiling its first ever Dream Holiday Home Decorating Contest. In conjunction with…

Hallmark Channel Greenlights Second Season of Docuseries, ‘Meet the Peetes’

Press release from Crown Media Family Networks, March 21, 2018: Hallmark Channel’s family reality series, “Meet the Peetes” will return in 2019, it was announced last night at Crown Media Family Networks’ upfront event. The network has ordered a second…

Hallmark Channel Expands Pet Initiative Adoption Ever After With New Original Special ‘Cat Bowl’ and Renewal of ‘American Rescue Dog Show’

Press release from Crown Media Family Networks, March 21, 2018: Hallmark Channel announced the network will create a new pet-centric original special, “Cat Bowl,” as part of the network’s growing pet initiative ADOPTION EVER AFTER. “Cat Bowl” will feature adult…

We Loved Him When We Were Kids: The First Nationally Syndicated Bozo the Clown, Frank Avruch, Dies at 89

“Longtime Boston television personality and entertainer Frank Avruch, who was the star of the popular children’s TV program ‘Bozo the Clown,’ has died,” reports the Associated Press, adding “He was 89.” The story continues, “Avruch died Tuesday at his Boston…

A Toy Company CEO Wants to Save 400 Toys R Us Stores in the U.S.

“Toy company executive Isaac Larian says he and other investors have pledged a total of $200 million in financing and hope to raise four times that amount in crowdfunding in order to bid for up to 400 of the Toys…

20th Century Fox Backs Fred Savage in Harassment Case

After a former female crew member filed a lawsuit today against actor Fred Savage and 20th Century Fox alleging sexual harassment, the studio said it found “no evidence of any wrongdoing” by Savage in a completed investigation, Variety reports. The…

NBC Unveils ‘Jesus Christ Superstar Live’ First Look With Alice Cooper, John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Sara Bareilles and Others

NBC is beginning to take the wraps off its “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” event, which will air live on Easter Sunday, April 1. The production will be staged in front of a large audience at the Marcy Armory…