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.

MTV Greenlights Two New Series

MTV has greenlighted two new series, with a common theme running through them in that they’re both about young women following their dreams, reports Deadline.com. "The Alectrix" is about an all-girl pop music group working with music manager Joe Simpson….

Attorney General Defends AP Phone Records Seizure

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. defended the Justice Department’s seizure of telephone records from the Associated Press, calling an article that prompted the investigation one of "the top two or three most serious leaks" he’s ever seen, reports The…

ABC, with Nielsen, To Test Measuring Ads in Videos Delivered on Mobile Devices and Tablets

[Today’s news is about a major step in getting better measurement from Nielsen. It comes from our colleagues at our sibling Crain publication, Ad Age] By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age ABC will begin measuring advertising in videos viewed with mobile and…

HBO Gives Nod to Gay-Themed Show

HBO has given an eight-episode order to an untitled dramedy project starring Jonathan Groff, which is about three friends exploring the city’s gay culture, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The project is from Andrew Haigh, who directed a pilot…

PBS Sets Premiere for ‘Downton Abbey’ Season Four

PBS unveiled a big news item for Anglophiles today, announcing the premiere date for the eagerly anticipated fourth season of its period hit "Downton Abbey." E! Online reports that the drama series will return Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. The series…

Awkward Situation: A Reporter Congratulates Matthew Perry, Whose Show ‘Go On’ Was Just Canceled (Here’s the Video)

Upfronts week can be a tough time for some in Hollywood, given that many shows are canceled or passed over for pickup, something that happened to former "Friends" star Matthew Perry, whose freshman comedy "Go On" was canceled by NBC,…

‘The Voice’ Lifts NBC to Ratings Win; CBS Show Comes Back Strong From Season Low

Even while dropping in the ratings, NBC’s "The Voice" had enough to lift the network to a nightly ratings win in the key 18-49 demo Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights. Meanwhile, CBS’s "How I Met Your Mother" came back…

Fox Working on Drama About Billy the Kid

Fox is working with Tom Fontana of "Homicide: Life on the Street" on a limited-run drama about Billy the Kid, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The series would tell the origin story of the outlaw, set in the 1860s…

ABC Releases Trailers for New Shows

The ABC Network, launching its upfront presentation in New York today, rolled out first-look trailers for a number of its upcoming fall series. Here they are: Back in the Game video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Betrayal video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo…

Fox Network Rolls Out Trailers for Fall Series

Fox broke out trailers for its new fall shows, including "Gang Related," "Surviving Jack," "Sleepy Hollow" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." Here they are: Gang Related Surviving Jack Almost Human Brooklyn Nine-Nine Dads Enlisted Rake Sleepy Hollow Us & Them