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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.
A cable channel is standing by a faux-documentary that aired Sunday and brought complaints from viewers. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Discovery is defending "Megalodon," which aired as part of Shark Week. Shark Week executive producer Michael Sorensen…
A popular CBS drama series is about to lose two of its original cast members. TVLine.com reports that toward the end of its sixth season, "The Mentalist" will bid farewell to Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman. "The departures of colleagues…
The U.S. pay-television industry lost 316,000 customers for the 12-month period ending in June, signaling that cord cutting is picking up pace, Variety reports, citing data from Moffett Research analyst Craig Moffett. The news comes even as the housing market…
Dustin Hoffman has been treated for cancer, People magazine reports, citing the actor’s representative. According to the rep, the treatment was successful. "It was detected early and he has been surgically cured," his rep said. "Dustin is feeling great and…
PBS announced the return date for the popular period drama "Downton Abbey," whose fourth season will premiere in the U.S. Jan. 5, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports. The premiere date is months after the program airs on British…
Oprah Winfrey revealed in an interview that she was recently a victim of apparent racism. In a video posted by ET Online, Winfrey, who is making the rounds of talk shows while promoting the new movie "Lee Daniels’ The Butler,"…
Lindsay Lohan’s guest-hosting gig on a late-night talk show produced the show’s best ratings this year, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Lohan hosted Monday’s installment of E!’s "Chelsea Lately," filling in for Chelsea Handler. The episode ranked as the…
CNN boss Jeff Zucker is hoping the cable channel’s resurrected "Crossfire" will tap into viewer interest that fires up around the start of a new broadcast season, with the show set to debut Monday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m., reports…
A casting announcement for a high-profile cable drama project brings together some of the players behind "Weeds" and "Homeland." Deadline.com reports that FX has cast Justin Kirk, one of the stars of Showtime’s "Weeds," in its pilot "Tyrant," which comes…
FX has a comedy project in the works from an actor known for his role on the NBC comedy series "Community." TheWrap.com reports that the cable channel gave Donald Glover a script development deal for a project based on the…