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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.

Jim Jefferies Brings Inquisitive, International Point of View to Comedy Central in New Weekly Late Night Series

Press release from Comedy Central, March 3, 2017: We’re in the midst of some intense and dividing times in America and Australian comedian Jim Jefferies is here to cue the laughs and cut through the bullshit with his new weekly,…

ABC Has a Big February Sweeps

ABC is happy about the performance of its prime-time lineup during the recently concluded February sweeps period. While the network finished second overall to Fox — which had the Super Bowl — ABC was No. 1 in the key demo…

Jane Fonda Opens Up About Being Raped

Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda, who stars on the Netflix series “Grace and Frankie,” revealed that she was raped and said she was sexually abused as a child. Fonda opened up publicly about the experiences for the first time…

Food Network Going All In on ‘Iron Chef’ With New ‘Gauntlet’ and ‘Eat’ Series, a Special Retrospective and a Digital Program

The hotly anticipated “Iron Chef” reboot is closing in on its premiere with the announcement today by Food Network that “Iron Chef Gauntlet” will debut Sunday, April 16, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Food Network is all in on the “Iron…

Amazon Set to Delve Into Marijuana, Superheroes, Adult Animation and More — Here Are the Details on the New Shows

Amazon is about to unveil a batch of new TV projects, with March 17 set as the date when the service will roll out five new pilots. The projects include three half-hour shows — “Budding Prospects,” “The Legend of Master…

Netflix Unveils Its New Original Series From South of the Border

A new dramatic thriller coming to Netflix later this month, starring Kate del Castillo and Erik Hayser, takes a gritty look at the life of the presidential family in Mexico. The Mexican series, “Ingobernable,” rolls out March 24 for a…

Disney Exec Exits After 25 Years

An executive who has been with Disney for 25 years is leaving the company, which announced today the departure of Disney Media Distribution President Ben Pyne. Making the announcement was Bruce Rosenblum, president, Business Operations, Disney|ABC, to whom Pyne reports….

PwC Accountants Implicated in Oscars Fiasco Now Have Their Own Security Guards

Two PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants are now under protection, the venerable accounting house said, after photos of their homes were posted online along with other personal information. PwC told NBC News that Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz, who were responsible for guarding…

ESPN’s Surprise Plan to Replace Chris Berman

ESPN’s replacement for Chris Berman may not be a conventional choice. Berman, an ESPN institution who announced in January that he was cutting way back on his ESPN duties, may be replaced by three people — two of them women….

TV’s No. 1 Talk Show Gets a Spinoff

The No. 1 talk show on television — and we’d be surprised if you can name it right off the bat — is getting a spinoff. AMC announced that “Talking Dead,” which the cable network says is No. 1, has spawned…