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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.

CNBC Fixture Joins Trump Administration

Donald Trump has named his top economic aide, appointing a fixture of business news channel CNBC to the post. The AP reports that Trump offered the position to Larry Kudlow. As we previously reported earlier this week, the appointment was…

NBC News Eyes Streaming Service

NBC News has its eye on starting a streaming service. Division Chairman Andrew Lack said today: “We want to do this and I think we’ve got to open that door.” The AP reports: “The service would operate alongside NBC’s cable…

Top Women in Advertising Launch Initiative to Fight Sexual Harassment

A new initiative spearheaded by some of the top women executives in advertising is taking action to stop sexual harassment in the workplace. More than 170 women are involved, including DDB CEO Wendy Clark and The Martin Agency CEO Kristen…

A&E Network Expands Groundbreaking Nonfiction Programming Slate by Greenlighting Four New Original Projects

Press release from A&E, March 14, 2018: After wrapping up twelve consecutive months of total viewer growth in February on the back of the network’s groundbreaking brand of brave storytelling, A&E is adding four new projects to its signature nonfiction…

‘Not Since Albert Einstein Has a Scientist So Captured the Public Imagination’: Stephen Hawking Dies at 76

“Stephen W. Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist and best-selling author who roamed the cosmos from a wheelchair, pondering the nature of gravity and the origin of the universe and becoming an emblem of human determination and curiosity, has died early…

CBS Casts Its New Cagney & Lacey

The two lead parts have been cast for CBS’s reboot of its classic female-centric detective series “Cagney & Lacey.” Variety reports that Sarah Drew and Michelle Hurd have boarded the pilot. “Hurd will play Lacey, an LAPD detective,” Variety reports….

What It Would Take for a ‘Buffy’ Reboot to Happen

Fans of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” have renewed hope that the show might return to the air after Fox Television Group Chairman and CEO Gary Newman alluded to the possibility today at the INTV conference in Israel. “Newman listed off…

ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ Claims a Key Win Over NBC

ABC’s flagship evening news broadcast has been on a roll lately, including consistently beating NBC’s “Nightly News” for the past several months in total viewers, the AP reports. “But last week ABC won for only the second time in 136…

ABC Renews Four Series

ABC made a renewal announcement today involving four shows. The network ordered new seasons of “The Bachelor,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “AFV” and “Child Support.” While “Child Support” is being picked up for its second season, the other three alternative…

Surf Rock Pioneer Dead at 82

One of the most influential figures in the evolution of the surf rock sound of the late 1950s and early 1960s has died. The AP reports that Nokie Edwards, who pioneered the genre as the lead guitarist of the Ventures,…