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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.
Fox is taking a strong stand on the broadcast indecency issue, essentially pushing for the Federal Communications to stop enforcing indecency standards entirely, B&C reports. “Fox has asked the FCC to dismiss all of its remaining indecency complaints — several…
NBC won the broadcast ratings battle by a narrow margin Wednesday night with the Stanley Cup Finals, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC’s 2.2 average for prime time put it just ahead of…
Celebrity chef Paula Deen and her representatives have offered an explanation for her use of the N-word, which surfaced during a deposition for a lawsuit against Deen, as previously reported. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Deen admitted using the racial…
An actress who was a regular on a recent comedy series is reportedly in stable condition after a health crisis. People magazine reports that Kathryn Fiore of TBS’s "Wedding Band" spent 12 days fighting for her life following the birth…
Actor James Gandolfini was struck down during a father-son trip, TMZ.com reports. As previously reported, the "Sopranos" star was on vacation in Rome when he died, with his cause of death not immediately known. An HBO representative said the cause…
With the untimely death of actor James Gandolfini, three major television projects are now facing an uncertain future, reports Deadline.com. The actor-producer had been working on "Bone Wars" at HBO Films, a project in which he and Steve Carell were…
An NBC drama is writing an actress out of the series, leading to her departure from the show. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the freshman drama "Believe" is writing out actress Sienna Guillory. Guillory, of "Resident Evil," had…
With so many of us shocked and saddened by the unexpected death of James Gandolfini, if you click here you can read TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross’ remembrance.
"Today" co-host Matt Lauer took a shot at The New York Times when he appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show Wednesday morning, reports TVNewser. Asked what he reads in the morning, the NBC morning fixture mentioned The Times and said…
Kelsey Grammer is teaming with another big name in comedy for his next TV project. FX ordered an untitled sitcom starring Grammer and Martin Lawrence as Chicago lawyers, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The order is set up akin to the…