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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.

Comedy Series Gets New Showrunners

A broadcast comedy series will have new showrunners in place when the show premieres for its next season. Variety reports that ABC’s “The Goldbergs” tapped Chris Bishop and Alex Barnow to oversee the sitcom starting with season seven. Bishop and…

VMAs Continue Downward Trend, Hit All-Time Ratings Low

MTV’s Video Music Awards, televised Monday night, dipped in the ratings again, continuing the downtrend they’ve been on for the past couple of years. “Monday’s kudocast on MTV drew 1.93 million viewers and a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49,” The…

Oscar Winner Signs First-Look Deal With MGM TV

An actress with three Academy Award nominations on her resume, including a win in 2004 for “Cold Mountain,” has just signed an exclusive two-year first-look deal with MGM TV. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Renee Zellweger landed the…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Regular Leaving the Show

One of the major cast members on NBC’s late-night sketch comedy staple “Saturday Night Live” is leaving the show. Leslie Jones will not be back for the show’s upcoming 45th season, according to media reports. Jones has been with “SNL”…

Why the New Martin Scorsese Movie Won’t Get a Wide Theatrical Release and Will Quickly Head to TV

The new Martin Scorsese movie, which reportedly cost about $200 million to make and stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, will open in theaters Nov. 1 but it won’t be getting a traditional wide theatrical…

Final Season on Tap for Popular Drama Series

The plan is in place to wrap an Emmy-winning drama series that has been a fixture of the USA Network lineup. “Mr. Robot” will premiere its fourth and final season on Sunday, Oct. 10. The season will consist of 13…

Snakes Create a Stir at the VMAs; See the Complete List of Winners

Among the biggest winners at MTV’s Video Music Awards, which were presented Monday night, were the usual suspects — Taylor Swift won Video of the Year, Ariana Grande won Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year went to…

News About the ‘Breaking Bad’ Sequel. Watch the Trailer Now

On Saturday, after details of Netflix’s ‘Breaking Bad’ sequel leaked online, “the streaming giant issued the first teaser for ‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,’ which will debut on Netflix on Oct. 11th, reports Variety. You can see the trailer…

Winners of the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards

Winners at the VMAs, presented Monday, Aug. 26, 2019: MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD Missy Elliott VIDEO OF THE YEAR Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ariana Grande – Republic Records…

‘GMA’s’ Third Hour Gets a New Name and an Additional Host

“ABC’s not-so-new hour of ‘Good Morning America’ is getting another name – and a third host,” writes Brian Steinberg in Variety. The story says the third hour of GMA, which has been known as ‘Strahan & Sara, “would now be…