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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.

Is NBC Getting Its Money’s Worth Out of Megyn Kelly? Here’s What the Numbers Say

Megyn Kelly’s new NBC morning show is off to a ragged start by most accounts, but The New York Times reports that the trouble may run deeper than just having the host glared at by Jane Fonda or having a…

Jason Aldean Cancels Tour Dates

Country singer Jason Aldean, who was headlining the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire on his show Sunday, has canceled three upcoming tour dates out of respect for the victims of the mass shooting….

Oscar-Winning Actor to Play Hugh Hefner in Upcoming Biopic

Hugh Hefner, who died Sept. 27 at the Playboy Mansion at 91, will be played by Jared Leto in a new biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Leto won an Oscar in 2014 for his supporting role in “Dallas Buyers…

Cable Channel to Wrap Drama Series

The endgame is now set for a drama series that has had a good run on TNT. The cable channel unveiled plans today to wrap up “Major Crimes” with a sixth and final season. The season will premiere Tuesday, Oct….

Cause of Death Revealed for Hugh Hefner

Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who died Sept. 27 at the Playboy Mansion, died of cardiac arrest and respiratory failure after contracting the blood infection septicema along with drug-resistant e. coli, People magazine reports, citing Hefner’s death certificate from the…

Numbers Are In for Premiere Week — One Network Extends a Winning Streak, Another Wins the Key Demo

Nielsen Media Research numbers for the week ending Oct. 1 — premiere week for the 2017-2018 television season — show that NBC won the week in the key 18-49 demo while CBS won total viewers. For CBS, the win extended…

Bill O’Reilly Calls Las Vegas Shooting ‘The Price of Freedom’

Former Fox News star Bill O’Reilly went public with his reaction to Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, posting an article Monday on his website in which he wrote: “This is the price of freedom. Violent nuts are allowed to…

Tom Petty to Rock TV Tonight

Following the shocking news of the death Monday of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tom Petty after a heart attack at age 66, AXS TV announced today that it will air a tributes to the legendary rocker starting tonight….

TV News Heavy Hitters Converge on Las Vegas; Red Carpet Premieres Canceled, Broadcast Lineups Revised

The tragic shooting Sunday night in Las Vegas sent the television networks into scramble mode just as the new broadcast season is getting up to speed, and also had film studios pulling the plug on some red carpet premieres. ABC’s…

Somber Night for Late-Night Television After Las Vegas Tragedy

Monday night’s late-night television landscape took on a somber tone as talk hosts across the dial addressed the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas. Here’s a roundup of clips from last night … NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” ……