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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.

HBO Reveals Details About ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7

HBO today rolled out details about the return of its hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones,” which premieres its seventh season July 16. New cast members for season seven include Jim Broadbent, Tom Hopper, Megan Parkinson and Ed Sheeran. The…

Court Upholds FCC Cable Rate Deregulation

In a setback for broadcasters and a win for cable companies, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington today affirmed a 2015 Federal Communications Commission ruling making it easier for cable operators to avoid rate regulation…

Emmy- and Golden Globe-Winning HBO Series ‘Game of Thrones’ Returns for Seventh Season July 16

Press release from HBO, July 7, 2017: Daenerys Targaryen has finally set sail for Westeros with her armies, dragons and new Hand of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister. Jon Snow has been named King in the North after defeating Ramsay Bolton…

Ava DuVernay Brings the Story of the Central Park Five to Netflix in Dramatic Limited Series

Press release from Netflix, July 6, 2017: The historic case of The Central Park Five will be brought to life in a new dramatic limited series for Netflix created by Ava DuVernay, who will also write and direct. The narrative,…

Showtime Closes In on Final Season of Acclaimed Series

Showtime is ready to wrap a series that has earned a slew of Primetime Emmy nominations and other awards recognition. The pay-cable net firmed up plans Thursday for the fifth and final season of the Matt LeBlanc comedy “Episodes.” The…

Dominant First Half of 2017 for Cable Channel

One cable channel is off to an especially strong start to 2017, ranking as the No. 1 cable network in men 25-54 and men 18-49 (excluding sports) and chalking up more top 10 unscripted cable series than any other network…

ABC Announces Lineup for 25th ESPYS

ABC has unveiled the lineup of presenters and attendees for “The 25th ESPYS,” to be televised live from the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 12, on ABC. The ceremony will be hosted by Peyton Manning. Among those expected to be…

New Criminal Trial Set for Bill Cosby

Comedian and TV icon Bill Cosby will be retried on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania, with his new trial set for Nov. 6, the AP reports. The announcement comes after the jury deadlocked in his previous trial, with the judge…

Two Cable Channels in $2.1 Billion Merger

Two cable channels that are household names will merge in a deal put together by veteran cable entrepreneur John Malone. Variety reports that QVC and Home Shopping Network, the two best-known home-shopping operations in television, will merge in a $2.1…

As Race Issue Surfaces, CBS Comments on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Salary Controversy

After losing two of the key players on its drama series “Hawaii Five-0” in a skirmish over salaries, CBS sent out word that the network did all it could to come to terms with the actors. As we reported Wednesday,…