Chuck Ross

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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.

‘Walking Dead’ Fans Have a Chance to Appear on the Show as Walkers — But What’s Up With Quebec?

Fans of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” have a chance to earn some “walking around money” as part of a sweepstakes announced today by the cable channel — and oh by the way, they may also wind up on the show…

Thank Goodness It’s Another Season! ABC Picks Up Triple Threat Lineup — ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ ‘Scandal’ and ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ — for Another TGIT Season

Press release from ABC, Feb. 10, 2017: ABC’s hit TGIT series – “Grey’s Anatomy, “Scandal,” and “How to Get Away with Murder” – have each been picked up for another season. It was announced today by Channing Dungey, president, ABC…

AMC Announces ‘The Walking Dead’ Play Dead Sweepstakes

Press release from AMC, Feb. 10, 2017: AMC announced today “The Walking Dead” Play Dead Sweepstakes, which will give four lucky fans a chance to each win a walk-on role as a walker in the 100th episode of “The Walking…

Netflix Users Cancel Subscriptions Over New Series — Here’s the Trailer That’s Fueling the Controversy

Some Netflix users are up in arms about an upcoming original series on the streaming service, with a number of them canceling their subscriptions and others calling for a Netflix boycott. At the center of the furor is the series…

‘Big Bang Theory’ Was the Highest-Rated Show Last Week in the 18-49 Demo — Nothing Unusual There, But the Show That Was No. 2 May Surprise You

The second-highest-rated show on TV in the key demo of viewers 18-49 for the week ending Feb. 4 was not on in prime time, and was a show that the president of the United States has called “unwatchable.” Variety reported…

Cable Series Gets Two-Season Pickup

An acclaimed horror anthology series running on cable received a renewal for two additional seasons. The announcement today by Syfy of the pickup for “Channel Zero” means the show will be around for its third and fourth installments. “In addition,…

NBCU’s Streaming Comedy Service Rolls Out Programming Slate

The NBCUniversal streaming video-on-demand channel Seeso took the wraps off its lineup of premieres for the second quarter of 2017, with premieres scheduled to begin April 6. The slate features programming from Big Jay Oakerson, Brent Weinbach, Jonah Ray and…