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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.

Series Gets Order for 100 New Episodes

A TV series that’s still in its first season just received a whopping order for 100 additional episodes — an order that’s even more whopping considering that each episode runs three hours. A&E Network announced the order today for “Live…

Why the TV Ad Market for Viagra and Cialis Has Gone Soft

The makers of the drugs Viagra and Cialis have begun to pull out of the television ad market, according to a report by The New York Post. The once ubiquitous “flirty, bedmate Viagra ads” will no longer be staples of…

Wow: PBS Releases an Impressive Lineup of Fall Programming — Vladimir Putin, Vietnam and Scarlett Johansson Are Just the Beginning

PBS rolled out its fall 2017 programming slate today, featuring a lineup anchored by the 10-part documentary series “The Vietnam War,” directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. The schedule also features returning dramas “Poldark” and “The Durrells in Corfu,”…

Cable Drama Series Renewed

A drama series that is currently in its first season on cable has picked up a renewal for season two. TNT today announced the pickup for “Claws,” the comedic nail salon drama starring Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes and…

HBO Exec Maps Out Possible Future of an Expanded ‘Game of Thrones’ Franchise

HBO has plans for the “Game of Thrones” universe that go well beyond the end of the fantasy series, according to Programming President Casey Bloys, who confirmed that the pay-cable channel has four, and possibly five, “successor shows” in the…

MLB All-Star Game Reverses Recent Ratings Trend

Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game, in which the American League pulled out a 2-1 win over the National League in 10 innings, scored a bit of a ratings turnaround. The 88th installment of the game, which aired on…

Tarantino Delves Into Manson Murders

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is reportedly lining up A-list talent for a new project that promises a “unique take” on the Manson family murders, The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision reports in an exclusive. “The project, whose title is unknown, was written…

Trillion-Ton Iceberg Breaks Loose — Is It Cause for Concern?

A massive iceberg, weighing in at 1 trillion tons and about half the size of Connecticut, has broken away from Antarctica, scientists reported today. The New York Post reports that the loose iceberg will create a hazard for ships traveling…

PBS Announces Fall 2017 Schedule

Press release from PBS, July 12, 2017: PBS today announced its fall 2017 lineup, as well as the January 2018 broadcast of TONY BENNETT: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE, a PBS music special taping this fall to honor the…

Did a History Buff Just Shoot Down the New Amelia Earhart Theory?

A new theory on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart that surfaced in connection with the History documentary “Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence” has run into some turbulence. The documentary, built largely around a newly discovered photo thought to be from…