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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.

Renowned Television Creators Sign Multiyear Deal With Amazon Studios

Amazon Studios has entered into a multiyear overall deal with the Emmy-nominated TV creators behind “Gilmore Girls” and “Bunheads.” The studio announced the deal today with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino. The husband-and-wife team will develop television projects exclusively for…

ESPN a Key Player in Disney Beef With Cable Company

More than 2.6 million customers could soon lose ABC and ESPN in a dispute between Disney and cable company Altice, USA Today reports. The dispute potentially affecting customers in the New York area centers on how much Altice USA should…

FX+ Secures Every Season of 15 Additional FX Original Series Including ‘The Americans,’ ‘Atlanta,’ ‘Better Things,’ ‘Legion’ and ‘Taboo’

Press release from FX Networks, Sept. 25, 2017: FX+, a new commercial-free service featuring all seasons of almost every current and library title of FX original series, has added all seasons of 15 additional FX original series, including The Americans,…

History’s New Scripted Drama Series ‘Knightfall,’ Delving Into the Mysterious World of the Knights Templar, Premieres Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Press release from History, Sept. 25, 2017: HISTORY’s new drama series “Knightfall,” makes its series debut on Wednesday, December 6 at 10 PM ET/PT. From A+E Studios in association with Jeremy Renner’s The Combine and Midnight Radio, the ten episode…

Freeform Orders a Pilot Spinoff, ‘Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists’

Press release from Freeform, Sept. 25, 2017: Freeform, Disney’s young adult television and streaming network, has ordered a new drama pilot, “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists,” from Warner Horizon Scripted Television, it was announced today by Karey Burke, Freeform’s executive…

Renowned Television Creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino Sign Multiyear Overall Deal With Amazon Studios

Press release from Amazon Studios, Sept. 25, 2017: Amazon today announced that critically-acclaimed multi-hyphenates Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino (Gilmore Girls) have entered a multi-year overall deal with Amazon Studios. Sherman-Palladino and Palladino will develop television projects that will add…

Veteran TV Executive Dead at 67

A longtime television executive who was one of the champions of reality TV, and who oversaw National Geographic Channels, has died. Variety reports that David Lyle died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer. He…

Jerry Lewis Disinherited Almost All of His Children

Comedy legend Jerry Lewis, who died in August of heart failure at age 91, made it clear in his will that he didn’t want any of the children from his first marriage to get a piece of his estate. The…

Mysterious Apocalyptic Alert Interrupts TV Viewing

Residents of some parts of Southern California were shocked when their television programming was suddenly interrupted by a warning about the apocalypse. The Orange County Register reports that a man’s voice came over the air proclaiming: “Realize this, extremely violent…

Wait a Minute — Was the Wheel Rigged? History Is Made on ‘The Price Is Right’

The venerable TV game show “The Price Is Right,” hosted by Drew Carey, announced that it made history on today’s broadcast with a record-breaking showcase showdown in which a total of $80,000 was awarded — the most money ever given…