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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.

History Channel Exits Project Amid Legal Tussle

The History Channel has dropped out of a planned production that has become the focus of a legal battle. The AP reports that the channel pulled out of a documentary on 1930s gangster John Dillinger. The project “would have featured…

Talk Show Premiere Delivers Ratings Bump

A highly anticipated new talk show premiered Monday to strong numbers, based on Nielsen data. Disney announced that the Monday, Sept. 9, premiere of the new syndicated daytime show “Tamron Hall” saw increases over year-ago time period levels. The show…

CBS All Access Announces Additional Casting for ‘The Stand’

Press release from CBS, Sept. 11, 2019: CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced that Whoopi Goldberg, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Brad William Henke and Daniel Sunjata have joined the cast of its…

WarnerMedia Names New Distribution Chiefs for HBO, HBO Max and Turner Channels

WarnerMedia named two company veterans to oversee distribution for HBO, the Turner channels and the new HBO Max streaming service. Variety reports that Sofia Chang and Rich Warren were named presidents of WarnerMedia Distribution. The report notes that the appointments…

Fox News’ Harris Faulkner on the 2020 Election, Trump’s Criticism of Fox News Channel and More

Fox News Channel host Harris Faulkner’s weekday program “Outnumbered Overtime” has been beating her broadcast competition, and Faulkner discussed the show’s success — along with a range of topics including the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump’s criticism of FNC…

Mark Cuban Sells Majority Stake in HDNet

A majority stake in Mark Cuban’s HDNet, the parent company of U.S. TV networks AXS TV and HDNet Movies, was purchased by Canada-based Anthem Sports & Entertainment and entertainer Steve Harvey, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Terms of the deal…

NBC Series Renewed

NBC announced today that it has renewed the series that is reportedly the No. 1 most watched new alternative series of the summer. The network picked up “Songland” for a second season. The show enables viewers to immediately download or…

CBS Unveils Plans for Live Broadcast of ACM Awards

CBS rolled out plans today for the “55th Academy of Country Music Awards,” which the network will broadcast live from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Billed as “Country Music’s Party of the Year,” the ceremony will take place…

David E. Kelley Developing Stephen King Series

A new Stephen King TV project from David E. Kelley and “Lost’s” Jack Bender has landed at Spyglass Media Group’s TV division in what Deadline describes as a competitive situation. The project is a limited series based on King’s latest…

Apple Takes Wraps Off Its New Streaming Service — Including Price, Rollout Date and Content

Apple released details today about its upcoming streaming service, which will carry a monthly subscription price of $4.99 and will come with a seven-day free trial. The Apple TV+ service, which launches Nov. 1 in more than 100 countries and…