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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.

Time to Dust Off Your Resume If You’re Good With Numbers: Scripps Looking for a New CFO

The E.W. Scripps Company will launch a search for a new chief financial officer after the departure this week of Executive Vice President and CFO Tim Wesolowski. Scripps Chief Strategy Officer Lisa Knutson will serve as CFO in the interim….

Monty Hall to Be Honored With ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ Marathon

Legendary TV game show host Monty Hall, who died Saturday of heart failure at age 96, will be honored by GSN with a marathon of the show Hall hosted for 23 years, “Let’s Make a Deal.” The six-hour marathon is…

ABC Gives Full-Season Order to Television’s No. 1 New Drama, ‘The Good Doctor’

Press release from ABC, Oct. 3, 2017: Television’s No. 1 new drama, “The Good Doctor,” has been given a full-season order, Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, said today. “We are thrilled to announce that we are giving our viewers additional…

TNT’s Hit Series ‘Major Crimes’ Concludes With Sixth and Final Season Premiering on Oct. 31, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)

Press release from TNT, Oct. 3, 2017: Television’s beloved squad of detectives will tackle their three final cases when TNT’s hit drama Major Crimes returns for its sixth and final season on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). The…

Tom Petty Dies at 66

“On behalf of the Tom Petty family, we are devastated to announce the untimely death of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty,” wrote Tony Dimitriades, the longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Monday evening on tompetty.com,…

Disney and Altice Come to Terms

“Walt Disney Co. and cable provider Altice USA Inc. reached a preliminary programming agreement that will enable 2.4 million New York-area pay-TV subscribers to continue to get ABC, ESPN and the Disney Channel,” Bloomberg reports. “The two sides ‘have extended…

Las Vegas-Themed TV Programs Pulled

In the wake of the mass shooting Sunday night in Las Vegas, in which at least 59 people were killed and more than 500 others were injured, the CW announced changes to its programming lineup. Monday night’s finale of “Penn…

A Sitdown With Clive Davis, the Record Exec Behind Springsteen, Manilow, Joplin and Other Superstars

Clive Davis, who has been a driving force behind the careers of music stars from Janis Joplin to Bruce Springsteen to Whitney Houston, Patti Smith, Barry Manilow, Aerosmith, Alicia Keys ant The Notorious B.I.G., is the focus of the documentary…

ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ to Honor Victims of Mass Shooting

The ABC competition series “Dancing with the Stars” announced today that it will honor the victims of the mass shooting Sunday night in Las Vegas by opening tonight’s show with a moment of silence. The dance competition will air live…

CBS Fires Executive Over Comment About the Las Vegas Mass Shooting

CBS acted swiftly after one of its executives sent out a surprisingly harsh message this morning about the mass shooting Sunday night in Las Vegas. Variety reports that the network fired legal executive Hayley Geftman-Gold over the Facebook comment. Geftman-Gold…