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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.

Showtime to Premiere ‘George Michael: Freedom’ on Saturday, October 21 at 9 PM ET/PT

Press release from Showtime, Sept. 18, 2017: Today, SHOWTIME announced the newest film to join its growing slate of music specials and documentaries, GEORGE MICHAEL: FREEDOM, premiering on Saturday, October 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on-air, on demand and over…

‘The Orville’ Posts Fox’s Largest Drama Premiere Since ‘Empire’ in Multi-Platform Viewers with 12.2 Million Viewers

Press release from Fox, Sept. 19, 2017: The premiere of THE ORVILLE, Fox’s new space adventure series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane, earned a 7-day multi-platform audience of 12.2 million viewers. Marking the network’s largest drama debut in two…

HBO Renews Drama Series ‘The Deuce’ Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, for Second Season

Press release from HBO, Sept. 19, 2017: Following early critical raves, HBO has renewed the drama series THE DEUCE for a second season, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming. The series was created by George Pelecanos…

Fox News Brings Aboard New Prime-Time Host

In the third lineup change this year for the Fox News Channel, the channel will add Laura Ingraham to its prime-time lineup. The Los Angeles Times reports that the conservative commentator will be the host of a 10 p.m. ET…

Pablo Escobar’s Brother Sounds Off About Killing of ‘Narcos’ Location Manager

Following the killing of “Narcos” location manager Carlos Munoz Portal, whose bullet-riddled body was found in a car in Mexico on Sept. 11, the brother of Pablo Escobar has responded to the attack. Deadline reports that Roberto De Jesus Escobar…

Viewership Ticks Up for Emmy Awards

Viewership for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, televised by CBS and hosted by the network’s late-night star Stephen Colbert, was up slightly from last year, with Nielsen estimating that 11.4 million people watched the program, the AP reports. The show…

Co-Host of ‘The View’ Drops a Bombshell on the Air, Announces She’s Leaving the Show — Fox News Alum Said to Be in Talks to Join the Show

One of the co-hosts of “The View” is off the show after dropping a bombshell on the air with the announcement that it would be her last show. You can see the announcement by Jedediah Bila below. Meanwhile, CNN cites…

Hillary Clinton Floats the Possibility of Contesting the 2016 Election

Hillary Clinton has been sharply critical of Donald Trump as she makes the rounds in support of her new memoir “What Happened,” but today she ramped up the attack. In an interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, Clinton not only questioned…

Music Superstar’s TV Series Canceled

This news may not be the end of the world, but it’s the end of “Mariah’s World.” Music superstar Mariah Carey had her docuseries canceled by E!, Variety reports. The cable channel pulled the plug on a possible second season…

Production Team Member on Drama Series Shot and Killed

A member of the production team for a popular TV drama series was shot and killed while scouting locations in Mexico. News broke over the weekend that Carlos Munoz Portal, locations manager for the Netflix series “Narcos,” was found dead…