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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.

The Number of Scripted Series on TV Continues to Climb — and It’s About to Hit a Milestone

New data suggests that 2018 will be the year the number of scripted series on television pushes its way past the 500 mark, MediaPost reports, citing an analysis of data from FX Networks published Monday by the equities research team…

CBS Unveils Cast for Upcoming All Access Mystery Series

CBS today announced the casting for an upcoming mystery series that will run on the network’s All Access subscription service. The cast of “$1” will feature John Carroll Lynch, Nathaniel Martello-White, Philip Ettinger, Chris Denham, Kirrilee Berger, Gracie Lawrence, Leslie…

Amazon Studios Greenlights Its First Half-Hour Animated Series

Amazon Studios announced today that it has given a direct-to-series order to the half-hour animated show “Undone,” from Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company and creators Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy. The series stars Rosa Salazar (“Alita: Battle Angel”) and is expected…

FX Closes In on Return of ‘Legion’

The eagerly anticipated second season of the innovative FX drama series “Legion” is about to premiere, and the cable channel gave the show’s fans a treat today, releasing the official trailer for season two. The series, which stars Dan Stevens,…

CBS All Access Announces Casting for Upcoming Mystery Series ‘$1’

Press release from CBS, March 6, 2018: CBS All Access announced today cast members joining its upcoming original series $1, a mystery set in a small rust belt town in post-recession America, where a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a…

NBC Sets Summer Slate for Alternative Series with the Return of Powerhouse Favorites

Press release from NBC, March 6, 2018: Continuing the momentum of the current season in which NBC is #1 in both 18-49 and total viewers, the network has announced the premiere dates for #1 summer series “America’s Got Talent,” freshman…

Discovery Communications Completes Acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, Changes Company Name to Discovery, Inc.

Press release from Discovery, March 6, 2018: Discovery Communications, Inc. announced today that the company has successfully completed its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Moving forward, the combined company will be officially known as simply: Discovery, Inc. “Today marks…

Washington Becomes First State to Approve Its Own Net-Neutrality Rules

“Washington became the first state Monday to set up its own net-neutrality requirements after U.S. regulators repealed Obama-era rules that banned internet providers from blocking content or interfering with online traffic,” the Associated Press reports. “The FCC voted in December…

Not Only Is This the Most Intriguing Headline We’ve Found Today, the Story Itself Expresses a Clever Plan: ‘Is ‘Uber Meets Harvard’ the Future of Education?’

“Internet entrepreneurs have been trying to ‘fix’ education for decades, but relatively little has changed so far,’ writes Eric Johnson at Recode.net. The story continues, “The norm is still that one teacher is expected to cater her or his lesson…

Founder of Tower Records Dies While Drinking Whiskey and Watching the Oscars

The colorful founder of the Tower Records retail empire died Sunday night, reportedly while watching the Oscars and drinking whiskey. The Sacramento Bee reports that Russ Solomon suffered an apparent heart attack. He was 92. The report quotes his son,…