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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.

Here’s What TV Favorites Lauren Graham and James Van Der Beek Have Been Up To

Lauren Graham, a favorite of TV viewers for her role as Lorelai Gilmore on “Gilmore Girls,” and James Van Der Beek, who broke out as Dawson Leery on “Dawson’s Creek,” are part of “Vampirina,” a new Disney animated series that’s…

What’s IBM’s Watson Doing at the U.S. Open?

IBM’s famous Watson computer is at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, and no, it’s not there to play chess. Watson is on hand for the official launch of IBM Watson Media. The new suite of Watson-powered solutions…

Discovery Takes Wraps Off Fall Schedule

Discovery Channel unveiled a slate of original programming for fall, including the channel’s top-rated show, “Gold Rush,” which returns Friday, Oct. 13. New programs include “The Bush League” (working title), about the growing bushcraft movement, which premieres this fall; and…

IBM Launches Watson Media at the 2017 U.S. Open Tennis Championships

Press release from IBM, Aug. 30, 2017: IBM today announced it is launching IBM Watson Media, a new suite of AI-powered solutions on the IBM Cloud that analyze images, video, language, sentiment and tone, at the US Open. By combining…

‘Vampirina,’ Starring Lauren Graham, James Van Der Beek and Isabella Crovetti as a Family of Vampires, Debuts Sunday, Oct. 1, Simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney Junior

Press release from Disney, Aug. 30, 2017: Disney Junior’s animated series “Vampirina” will premiere SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 (11:00 a.m. EDT), with two back-to-back episodes simulcast on Disney Channel and Disney Junior. The episodes will also be available on Disney Junior…

CBS Announces the 18 Castaways Competing on the Next Edition of ‘Survivor,’ Premiering Wednesday, Sept. 27

Press release from CBS, Aug. 30, 2017: CBS announced today the 18 castaways who will compete against each other on SURVIVOR, when the Emmy Award-winning series premieres Wednesday, Sept. 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. This season…

Discovery Channel Announces Fall Slate of Original Programming

Press release from Discovery, Aug. 30, 2017: Discovery Channel has a packed line-up for the fall with a variety of all-new unscripted series, documentaries and the highly anticipated return of the network’s most iconic game show. The Emmy-winning series CASH…

Kathy Griffin Unapologizes for Gory Trump Head

“Kathy Griffin retracted her apology for a gory image of a fake Donald Trump head, saying anger against her was overblown and should be directed at Trump and his administration,” the AP reports. “A feisty Griffin, interviewed Tuesday on Australian…

Oxygen Scores Its Highest-Rated True Crime Series Premiere in Network History — and Uncovers a Key Lead in a High-Profile Crime

Oxygen has just had its highest-rated premiere for a true crime series in the network’s history, with “The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway” delivering a cumulative 1.1 million total viewers on premiere night, the network announced. The program premiered Saturday, Aug….

Fox News Pulled From the U.K.

Fox News is no longer available in the U.K., having been pulled from the Sky satellite platform, Variety reports. The decision by parent company 21st Century Fox to pull the feed of the U.S. news channel was a financial one,…