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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 multiple Grammy Award-winning singer has filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey. USA Today reports a personal bankruptcy filing for Dionne Warwick, best known for a string of 1960s hits including “Do You Know the Way to San Jose, “Alfie”…
An actor in the hit HBO drama series “Game of Thrones” had part of his ear bitten off in an incident in Newcastle, England, BBC News reports. Clive Mantle, who plays Lord Greatjon Umber in the fantasy series, was attacked…
The 2014 Oscars ceremony is already making news, with an announcement this week that the 86th Academy Awards are being pushed to a later-than-usual date, March 2. E! Online reports the date change was designed to avoid conflict with the…
You may have played it as a kid or with your own kids, and now it’s headed for television. A TV show is in the works based on the card game UNO, reports Deadline.com. Mattel and The Gurin Company are…
Secrets of the final season of the AMC drama “Breaking Bad” are at risk of being revealed after a script for the series was reportedly stolen from the car of the show’s star, Bryan Cranston. “Cranston, 57, reported a theft…
National Geographic Channel is embarking upon a third collaboration with Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly, with the network agreeing to adapt his forthcoming book "Killing Jesus: A History," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The adaptation, from Ridley Scott’s…
Amanda Knox, the American at the center of a media storm during the sensational trial that accused her of murdering her 21-year-old roommate while studying in Italy, has had her acquittal overturned, reports The New York Times. Italy’s highest court…
TBS is bringing back a comedy series for a fifth season. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel ordered a 13-episode season of "Cougar Town," which will launch in 2014. The order is a bit short of…
Amazon has greenlighted a project based on a popular zombie movie. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that the online company is moving forward with a pilot based on the 2009 action-comedy “Zombieland.” "The film’s writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, are…
Actress Debra Messing, known for NBC’s “Will & Grace” and “Smash,” will play the lead in a new CBS comedy. Deadline.com reports that Messing will star in an untitled pilot — formerly known as “Mother’s Day” — from Julie Rottenberg…