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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.

WGA Warns of Potential Delays to Start of Fall TV Season

The Writers Guild of America is ratcheting up the pressure on studios as the threat of a writers strike continues to hang over Hollywood, the Los Angeles Times reports. The WGA is “reaching out directly to advertisers, saying that a…

Two ABC Affiliates May Go Dark on DirecTV

A deadline looms this Friday in a retransmission fee skirmish between DirecTV and the ABC affiliates KRGV-TV in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, market and WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge, La. DirecTV and the Manship family, which owns the stations, have been…

Musician Who Pioneered a Hybrid of Rock, Classical and Christmas Music Dead at 61 — He Was Behind One of the Great Holiday Rock Classics

A musician who was about Christmas music and heavy metal at the same time, who was behind one of the all-time classics of the holiday rock genre, has died. Billboard reports that Paul O’Neill, the founder and leader of the…

Look Who’s Stealing Google’s Ad Thunder

Google’s ad business is getting a run for its money from a competitor whose business is booming: Amazon. A new report this week from BMO Capital analyst Daniel Salmon projects that Amazon will grow its share of the digital ad…

Why Next Week Will Be an Epic Week at Discovery

Discovery Channel has a big week coming up, with a seven-day celebration lined up that will feature season premieres, programming marathons, supersized episodes and an all-new documentary special. The stunt is all part of Discovery’s annual “Epic Week,” which runs…

Report: Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Two Friends Circling Time Inc. Again

An investor group dubbed the “three amigos” may take another run at a Time Inc. acquisition after initially being rejected. The New York Post reports: “The trio, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Len Blavatnik and Ynon Kreiz — who were originally rebuffed…

‘If You’re Not In the Obit, Eat Breakfast,’ a Celebration of Vitality After Age 90 Hosted by Carl Reiner, Debuts June 5, Exclusively on HBO

Press release from HBO, April 6, 2017: “Every morning before having breakfast, I pick up my newspaper, get the obituary section, and see if I’m listed,” says comedy legend Carl Reiner. “If I’m not, I’ll have my breakfast.” The 95-year-old…

Discovery Channel Unleashes ‘Epic Week’ With Season Premieres, Supersized Episodes and All-New Documentary Special

Press release from Discovery, April 6, 2017: Discovery Channel is rolling out an all-new marathon line-up with EPIC WEEK, a seven-day celebration featuring super-sized episodes of the network’s top series and new specials. The week-long programming block packs in 8…

MGM to Take Full Ownership of Premium Channel in $1 Billion Deal

MGM Holdings Inc. has a deal in the works to assume full ownership of the premium channel Epix for about $1 billion, Reuters reports. The deal would have MGM acquiring the 81% of the channel that it does not already…

Megyn Kelly Cleared to Start Work at NBC

Former Fox News Channel star Megyn Kelly, who is getting a Sunday night newsmagazine on NBC along with her new role as part of the NBC morning lineup, has been given the all-clear signal from Fox. Variety reports that Kelly…