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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.

Shakeup at Fox News Channel: Co-President Bill Shine Is Out, and a Woman Will Oversee Programming

Fox News Channel, which has been rocked in recent months by sexual harassment scandals involving Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly, is shaking up its top management.  The channel announced today that Bill Shine, who has been co-president of Fox News…

One Nation, Underwood: Kevin Spacey’s ‘House of Cards’ Character Has Big Plans

“The American people don’t know what’s best for them … I do,” says Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey’s character, in an ominous trailer for season five of the hit Netflix drama “House of Cards.” The eagerly awaited rollout of the season…

Daytime Emmy Award Winners Announced — ABC Soap Among the Big Winners; CBS Claims Seven Trophies

The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were handed out Sunday in a gala ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Southern California, and CBS led the way among the networks, winning seven trophies. ABC was close behind with five Emmys,…

ABC Owned Television Stations Group Names President, National Sales

The ABC Owned Television Stations Group announced today that it has named 18-year company veteran Vincent J. Sollecito to the post of president, ABC National Television Sales. Making the announcement was Rebecca Campbell, president of the ABC Owned Television Stations…

New Sketch Show to Premiere This Summer

A new sketch comedy show has a series order and plans are in place for a debut on IFC in the late summer. The cable channel announced today that it has acquired “Baroness von Sketch Show,” an all-female, single-camera series….

Hello Disney. Hello Nick. Here Comes Universal Kids

A new network, Universal Kids, will soon be vying for young eyeballs with established channels from Disney and Nickelodeon. NBCUniversal today announced plans for Universal Kids, which goes live on Sept. 9. The channel is a rebrand of the company’s current…

Discovery Fills Key Sales Post

Discovery Communications announced today that it has filled a key executive position on the sales side, promoting company veteran James Levitt to Senior Vice President National Ad Sales in the U.S., effective immediately. Levitt reports to Ben Price, President, Advertising…

Another Unfunny Clip From Funny or Die — This One Has Larry King

In keeping with its tradition of painfully unfunny video clips, Funny or Die just sent around a new one featuring Larry King doing a talk show in the future as a head in a jar. We are becoming increasingly convinced…

‘Live With Kelly’ Names Permanent Co-Host

After a search process that spanned about a year, the daytime chat show “Live with Kelly” announced today that the new co-host is Ryan Seacrest, who will be working full time alongside Kelly Ripa starting today. The show is now…

IFC Acquires Critically Acclaimed ‘Baroness von Sketch Show’

Press release from IFC, May 1, 2017: IFC today announced that it has acquired a new “slightly off” sketch comedy series, the critically-acclaimed and award-winning Baroness von Sketch Show, which celebrates the absurd, mines the embarrassing and satirizes our daily…