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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.

Fox News Channel Promotes Advertising Sales Executives

Press release from Fox News Channel, Nov. 28, 2017: Fox News Channel (FNC) has promoted advertising sales executives Dominick Rossi, Frank Sorace and Sam Moser, announced Marianne Gambelli, president of ad sales for FNC and Fox Business Network (FBN). Effective…

Jeff Wachtel Named President, NBCUniversal International Studios

Press release from NBCUniversal International Studios, Nov. 28, 2017: Jeff Wachtel, a senior award-winning NBCUniversal television executive and producer, has been named as President, NBCUniversal International Studios. The appointment was announced by Kevin MacLellan, Chairman, Global Distribution & International, to…

CBS Pulls the Plug on Drama Series

CBS has opted to let a drama series close out its run on the network without a back-nine order. The freshman series “Wisdom of the Crowd,” starring Jeremy Piven, will wrap after its initial 13-episode order is completed, USA Today…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Announces Lineup of Hosts, Musical Guests

NBC’s late-night sketch show “Saturday Night Live” has taken the wraps off the lineup of guest hosts and musical guests for the next three shows. Saoirse Ronan, who was previously announced as the guest host for the Dec. 2 show,…

CBS Goes Retro With Holiday Clips

CBS served up some holiday cheer in the form of a series of clips paying homage to the network’s hand-drawn holiday greeting from 1966. You can see the vintage clip below, along with some of the network’s new holiday clips….

TV Series to Focus on Opioid Crisis

The nation’s opioid epidemic will be the focus of the upcoming season of the series “Intervention,” airing on A&E. The two-hour season premiere is set for Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. “For the first time in series history,…

CNN Launches New Political Commentary Show

CNN today announced plans to launch a new one-hour prime-time program focusing on political commentator Van Jones. “The Van Jones Show” is scheduled to launch in January. “Jones will return to CNN with his unique take on the forces that…

Trump Offers a Surprising Explanation for the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape

Donald Trump has been suggesting that the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape that surfaced during the presidential election is a fake. The suggestion is mentioned in a report published Saturday by The New York Times that focuses mainly on Trump’s support…

Late-Night Personality to Host Golden Globes

The host was announced today for the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be televised Sunday, Jan. 7, on NBC. The network announced that “Saturday Night Live” alum Seth Meyers, who hosts NBC’s “Late Night,” will host the awards…

‘Glee’ Actress Arrested

An actress who played one of the main characters on the Fox musical drama “Glee” faces a domestic battery charge after being arrested Saturday night. TMZ reports that Naya Rivera, who played Santana Lopez on the Fox show, was arrested…