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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.

NBC Pulls the Plug on Drama Series

NBC has canceled a prime-time drama series, pulling the plug on the show that has been the lowest-rated series in Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” franchise. Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com that the freshman series “Chicago Justice” won’t be back for a…

CBS’s James Corden Begins Search for His ‘Late Late Show’ Successor … Sort Of

The search for a successor to James Corden as host of CBS’s “The Late Late Show” is the premise for a new digital series launching this fall. “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and CBS Interactive announced plans today…

Actress Dina Merrill Dies — She Made an Elegant Impression on TV and in Film

Dina Merrill, who was an elegant screen presence in film and on television starting in the late ’50s, has died. The New York Times reports that Merrill died Monday at her home in East Hampton, N.Y. Merrill, who was 93, had…

Colbert Reveals His True Feelings About Trump

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert took time off from the Trump jokes and got real about his views on Donald Trump during a live appearance Saturday before a crowd of a few hundred people at the Vulture Festival. Colbert “described…

Wrapping Up the TV Upfronts

Even with the television business in the digital era seemingly focused more than ever on the “Everything Old Is New Again” credo, the recent upfront presentations had their share of highlights. Today TVWeek recaps them in a report by Open…

U.S. Senators Call for Hearing on Fake News, Trump Media Hostility

As the treatment of reporters under the Trump administration continues to gain attention in Washington, two members of the Senate Commerce Committee have asked the panel to hold a hearing on the state of the media. Multichannel News reports that…

Monica Lewinsky Says Roger Ailes’ Dream Was Her Nightmare

Monica Lewinsky offered her own take on longtime Fox News boss Roger Ailes, who died May 18 at age 77. Lewinsky wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times that Ailes was a key player when her relationship with…

Roger Moore, TV’s ‘The Saint’ and the Longest-Running James Bond, Dead at 89

Sir Roger Moore, who played James Bond in the film franchise from 1973-1985 and starred on television as Simon Templar on “The Saint” from 1962-1969, has died. Moore’s family posted a message on the actor’s Twitter account confirming his death….

History Commissions Limited Documentary Series ‘Watergate’ From Academy Award Winner Charles Ferguson

Press release from History, May 23, 2017: HISTORY has commissioned the definitive original documentary series about one of the biggest criminal conspiracies in modern politics, “Watergate,” produced and directed by Academy Award-winning director Charles Ferguson (“Inside Job”). “The Watergate investigation…

Nickelodeon Greenlights Season 12 of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ Number-One Animated Series Across All TV with Kids

Press release from Nickelodeon, May 23, 2017: Nickelodeon today announced that SpongeBob SquarePants, the number-one animated show for kids 2-11 and kids 6-11, has been greenlit for season 12. The 26-episode pick up will further the nautical adventures of SpongeBob…