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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.

Showtime Sports Launches New Digital Talk Show ‘Below the Belt’

Press release from Showtime, Feb. 22, 2018: SHOWTIME Sports continues to expand its position at the intersection of combat sports and culture with a first-of-its-kind, sports talk show, BELOW THE BELT hosted by Brendan Schaub. The twice-monthly, 30-minute show debuts…

In Effort to Win Approval of Deal, Sinclair Plans to Sell Tribune’s WPIX-TV in New York and WGN-TV in Chicago

“Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to sell [WGN-TV] in Chicago and [WPIX-TV] in New York, both owned by Tribune Media Co. as part of its bid to win approval to acquire Tribune,” reports Reuters. Sinclair wrote about the plans in…

Disney Has Spent Almost $40 Million So Far on National TV Ads Promoting ‘Black Panther’

Walt Disney has spent “significant media dollars on national TV advertising for its Marvel action movie ‘Black Panther,’” reports our good friend Wayne Friedman at MediaPost’s Television News Daily, adding “Over $37 million in national TV advertising [has been] placed…

Mark Cuban Under Fire for Sexual Misconduct at Dallas Mavericks Workplace. Claimed One Former Employee, It Was ‘A Real-Life Animal House’

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was under fire Wednesday after Sports Illustrated reported that the Mavs workplace was hostile and corrosive. Writes SI, “Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a…

NBC Renews Sitcom

A comedy series that has become a fixture of NBC’s prime-time schedule will be back for a fourth season. Variety reports that the network gave an early renewal to “Superstore,” which is currently airing season three. The renewal is for…

Finally, Some Good Olympics Ratings News for NBC

NBC got some good news in its Olympics ratings Tuesday night, and it can thank photogenic U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn. “For the first time during the Olympics, NBC beat the ratings for the corresponding night in Sochi four years ago,”…

Why Wendy Williams Has to Take a Three-Week Hiatus

Popular daytime talk show host Wendy Williams is taking a hiatus from her show to deal with medical issues. People magazine reports that Williams needs the time off to focus on her hyperthyroidism and Graves’ disease. “The talk show host,…

$85 Million Lawsuit in the Works Against Weinstein Co.

Just days after a high-profile firing as the company attempts to clean house amid the Harvey Weinstein scandal, The Weinstein Co. is in the crosshairs of a lawsuit that will reportedly seek more than $85 million in damages. According to…

Did CBS Just Take a Poke at NBC?

Most of NBC’s rival networks are keeping a low profile with their ratings announcements while the Peacock dominates the viewer totals with its Olympics coverage — even if NBC’s totals are down from the Sochi Games four years ago. But…

NBC Renews One of Its Summer Staples

It’s hardly a surprise, but NBC just renewed a show that has become a mainstay of its summer lineup. The Futon Critic reports that the Peacock Network will bring back “America’s Got Talent” for a 13th season. The report notes…