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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.

Sponsorship Spending Expected to Rise in 2018

“Brands are likely to amp up their sponsorship spends this year in the U.S. after a tighter-than-expected market in 2017, according to ESP Properties,” MediaPost reports. The agency, owned by WPP, is forecasting a rebound in North America along with…

Shakeup at NBC’s ‘Today’ Show: Executive Producer Out, Network Names Successor

Amid surging ratings, and on the heels of the high-profile ouster of “Today” fixture Matt Lauer, Don Nash, the show’s executive producer since 2012, is stepping down, NBC said today. Nash, who has been described as an intimate ally of…

Ann Curry Says Harassment Was Pervasive at NBC

Former “Today” show co-anchor Ann Curry, whose exit from the show in 2012 was a PR disaster for NBC, discussed her time at the network during an appearance today on “CBS This Morning,” which you can watch below. Curry spent…

Trump White House Tell-All to Become TV Series

A controversial best-selling book that has been described as “the publishing sensation of 2018” — Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” — is being made into a television series, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “Endeavor…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Hits a Season High

The latest installment of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” which featured host Sam Rockwell and musical guest Halsey, hit a season high in viewers, the network announced. “An average of 7.23 million people tuned in, many of them probably interested to…

NBC Brings Back Katie Couric

NBC, where Katie Couric spent the largest single chunk of her TV career, is bringing Couric back for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Couric, who worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006 — following a stop at CNN early in…

ABC Stations Renew Two Shows

Two syndicated series have been picked up for 2018-2019 on the ABC Owned Television Stations. Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution announced the pickup today for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and “RightThisMinute.” “Hosted by Chris Harrison and currently…

Sony Pictures Boss Tony Vinciquerra: ‘If we don’t grow, we will be somebody’s purchase’

Sony Pictures chief Tony Vinciquerra addressed rumors that a merger is in the works with CBS Corp. during an appearance at NATPE. Deadline reports that during his keynote conversation with Soledad O’Brien, “Vinciquerra said that while he talks regularly with…

CBS’s Grammy Awards Broadcast Pumps Up the Musical Lineup, Adds Legendary Rock Band

CBS and the Recording Academy expanded the lineup for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, adding the legendary rock band U2 along with Kendrick Lamar and Sam Smith. U2 has claimed a whopping 22 Grammys. Lamar is a seven-time Grammy winner,…

Why Betty White Is Trending Today — Don’t Worry, It’s a Good Thing

TV icon Betty White is trending on social media today, according to news reports, and it’s all because today is her 96th birthday. TMZ reports: “Betty’s been one of Hollywood’s hardest working leading ladies for years, but today she’s taking…