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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.

HBO Max and Sesame Workshop Announce New Content Partnership Cementing a Shared Commitment to Kids and Families

Press release from WarnerMedia, Oct. 3, 2019: HBO Max solidifies its commitment to kids’ and family programming announcing today an expansive partnership with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit media and educational organization, to bring four new series and five new seasons…

Probe Finds Errors by 20th Century Fox Contributed to Fatality on Set

“Twentieth Century Fox committed several safety errors that contributed to the fatal motorcycle crash on the set of ‘Deadpool 2,’ according to a British Columbia workplace safety investigation,” Variety reports. The crash in downtown Vancouver on Aug. 14, 2017, killed…

Train Wreck? Long-Delayed Series Returns to Its Original Home

In a report Wednesday that includes the disclaimer “File this news under ‘train wreck,’” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the long-delayed TV series “Snowpiercer” has returned to its original home at TNT. The move comes after the Jennifer…

Broadcast Nets’ Premiere Week: A New Season, But the Same Old Declining Viewership

Significant declines in viewership continued for the broadcast networks even as they unveiled their shiny new season. In the first week of the 2019-2020 season, double-digit percentage declines continued in traditional Nielsen measurement, MediaPost reports. “Looking at the top four…

New Music Competition Program to Premiere Next Month on Nine Channels

A new music competition show is coming to television, with a splashy nine-channel simulcast set for Nov. 1 for Nickelodeon’s “America’s Most Musical Family.” The premiere will be televised across BET, MTV, MTV2, Nicktoons, Paramount Network, TeenNick, TV Land and…

CMT Names Breakout Artist of the Year

CMT announced Wednesday that its “Breakout Artist of the Year” award for 2019 will go to Ashley McBryde. The presentation will take place at the channel’s “2019 CMT Artists of the Year” celebration, airing live from Nashville on Wednesday, Oct….

New Sketch Series in the Works

Plans were unveiled today for a new sketch series, which will shoot in New York this fall and is scheduled to debut in 2020. Netflix announced plans for six half-hour episodes of “The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.” “From the mind…

Turner Sports Lands Big-Name NBA Analyst

Turner Sports unveiled the new lineup of commentators for its “NBA on TNT” Tuesday night coverage, with veteran NBA head coach Stan Van Gundy joining the team. With Van Gundy signed to a new multiyear agreement, he will work as…

New Series Revisits Iconic Filming Locations

A new series takes viewers to memorable locations where filming took place on movies including “John Wick,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Clerks,” “Terminator 2” and “Heat.” The series, “On Location,” hosted by Josh Horowitz, is Paramount Network’s first original digital series….

Good News/Bad News: Series Renewed … and Canceled

News surfaced today that a series that has received critical acclaim was renewed and canceled at the same time. The series is the comedic Netflix drama “Dear White People,” which was renewed for a fourth season — which will be…