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.


Recent Stories by Chuck Ross

Backstreet Boy Working on Reality Show

Posted May 23, 2013 at 5:48 AM

One of the Backstreet Boys has a reality series in the works. Deadline.com reports that the show will star and be executive produced by Nick Carter, tracking him as he tries to make amends for his past and get ready......

Will 'Freaks and Geeks' Get a Second Act, a la 'Arrested Development'?

Posted May 23, 2013 at 5:31 AM

With "Arrested Development" returning with new episodes on Netflix after a seven-year hiatus, the Los Angeles Times asks why a similar feat couldn't be undertaken for another cult hit, "Freaks and Geeks."Asking "Freaks and Geeks" creator Paul Feig the question,......

CBS Extends Deal With Tony Awards

Posted May 23, 2013 at 5:19 AM

The Tony Awards will continue to air on CBS through 2018, extending what has become a 35-year tradition for the network, reports The New York Times.The announcement comes just three weeks before CBS's telecast June 9 of the theater awards......

Angelina Jolie Turns Down All TV Interviews About Her Double Mastectomy

Posted May 23, 2013 at 4:41 AM

Angelina Jolie has turned down all TV interviews, including a request from NBC News' Ann Curry, with whom she has a long-standing relationship, reports the New York Post's Page Six.After Curry was ousted from "Today," Jolie let it be known......

CBS, Looking to Replace a Retiring Hit, Orders 'Bad Teacher' to Series -- the Network's Sixth New Sitcom for Fall 2013

Posted May 22, 2013 at 1:25 PM

[Updated at 3:03 p.m. PT on May 22, 2013 to say it's CBS' sixth new sitcom it's ordered, not its fifth. A spokesperson for CBS called us with this correct informaton, saying that THR was wrong when it said it......