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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.

ESPN President John Skipper Resigns, Cites Substance Addiction

John Skipper resigned Monday as president of ESPN and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks. ESPN announced that George Bodenheimer, who was ESPN’s president from 1998 to 2011 and served as executive chairman until May 2014, will take over as…

Cable Series Canceled

A comedic science-fiction series that premiered in 2016 has been canceled after a two-season run on cable. BBC America announced the cancellation today of “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.” In a statement, BBC America said: “We are beyond proud of…

Sheila Nevins to Leave HBO

Longtime HBO executive Sheila Nevins will be leaving the company after 38 years with the pay-cable network. HBO announced today that Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary and Family Programming, will leave in early 2018. Nevins commented in today’s announcement…

‘Glee’ Actor Pleads Guilty in Child Porn Case

An actor known for his work on the Fox musical drama “Glee” entered a guilty plea today to a federal offense of possessing child pornography. Deadline reports that Mark Salling, who played Puck on the series, “admitted he possessed some…

New Animated Program Takes Aim at Trump — Here’s a Look

A new animated TV series parodying the Trump presidency will have an early preview before its premiere Sunday, Feb. 11, on Showtime. The pay cable network released a teaser-trailer today for “Our Cartoon President,” which you can see below. The…

Premiere Plans Set for New Late-Night Talk Show

A new addition to the late-night talk landscape is set to premiere next month, with the announcement today by BET that “BET’s Mancave,” from executive producer Steve Harvey and Truly Original, will roll out Thursday, Jan. 18, at 10:30 p.m….

CBS’s ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ Heads to Cable

The procedural “NCIS: New Orleans” has found a cable home, with CBS announcing today that it has inked a deal licensing off-network syndication rights to the first three seasons to TNT. The cable channel also gets the rights to subsequent…

NBCUniversal Widens the Reach of ‘Sunday Night Football’

NBCUniversal’s “Sunday Night Football” coverage will be reaching a wider universe, with the company announcing today that 2018 will mark the first time it will have the rights to stream the programming to mobile phones. NBC Sports Digital has been…

Netflix Unveils Will Smith Featurette — Watch It Now

Netflix today unleashed a featurette about its new Will Smith project. The clip, which you can watch below, focuses on the streaming service’s new feature film “Bright.” “Set in an alternate present-day where humans, orcs, elves, and fairies have been…

Sheila Nevins, Longtime President of HBO Documentary and Family Programming, to Leave the Network in Early 2018

Press release from HBO, Dec. 18, 2017: After 38 years at HBO, Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary and Family Programming, has announced that she is leaving the network to “pursue the rest of my life.” “HBO is in my DNA…