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.

Univision Touts the Power of Its Audience, Plus Special Guest Bill Clinton

By Mike Reynolds — Special to TVWeek In an interview, Bill Clinton opened Univision’s upfront by saying: “I’m well aware I’m just the warm-up act for Ricky Martin.” Turns out Martin, who performed a short set after touting “La Banda,”…

CBS Releases Must-See First Look Extended Six and a Half Minute Video Trailer for New Series ‘Supergirl’

‘Seinfeld’ Alum to Return to TV

One of the four main stars of the long-running NBC hit “Seinfeld” is headed back to TV. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Jason Alexander will star in a new comedy project for Adult Swim. The project is a…

Samantha Bee Joins the Late-Night Party — Here’s the Clip

Recently departed “Daily Show” fixture Samantha Bee teased her upcoming entry into the male-dominated late-night talk game with a racy clip mocking her male competitors. TBS, where Bee’s new show will air, released the teaser for the show — here…

‘CSI: Cyber’ to Lose One of Its Original Stars

The CBS drama series “CSI: Cyber” will be bringing aboard a regular from the “CSI” flagship and saying goodbye to one of its own. Deadline.com reports that Peter MacNicol “will not be coming back as part of tweaks the spinoff…

ABC Family Announces Series Premieres

ABC Family is rolling out an ambitious lineup of new programs, and the cable network today released premiere dates for five new shows along with return dates for existing series. Here’s the list of premiere dates for the five new…

The Summer Continues to Heat Up on ABC Family With the Series Premieres of ‘Monica the Medium,’ ‘Job or No Job,’ ‘Next Step Realty: NYC,’ ‘Startup U’ and ‘Kevin From Work’

Press release from ABC Family, May 13, 2015: ABC Family announces the summer premiere dates for five of its new series, including unscripted series “Monica The Medium,” “Job or No Job,” “Next Step Realty: NYC,” “Startup U” and single-camera comedy…