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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.
The announcement that the trailer for a popular television series’ new season is about to be unveiled has been picked up by the media, an indication of the show’s popularity. The show is HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” The Los Angeles…
A veteran newsman has received what NBC News described as a “long-term commitment,” ensuring he will be back as host of one of the division’s signature shows. The Associated Press reports that the network renewed the contract of David Gregory,…
Security experts were warning Thursday afternoon that consumers might want to avoid visiting NBC.com, after hackers broke into the site early in the day in an attack that apparently made it possible for visitors’ computers to be infected with malware,…
NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" will have a familiar face back as host and musical guest on its March 9 episode. Making his fifth hosting appearance on the show will be singer Justin Timberlake, TVGuide.com reports. The appearance is slated for…
Soledad O’Brien, who is leaving her CNN anchor role on "Starting Point" but will work on documentaries in partnership with the cable network, said her show didn’t receive "a ton of support and didn’t get a ton of marketing and…
Pat Derby, an animal trainer who worked on shows such as "Lassie" and "Flipper," has died, reports The New York Times. She was 69. Derby, who died of cancer, was one of the earliest animal rights advocates to work on…
20th Century Fox Television has signed a two-year overall deal with "Up All Night’ creator Emily Spivey, reports Deadline.com, noting that her first assignment under the pact will be working as a co-executive producer on the studio’s "Murder Police," an…
FX has ordered a second season of the series that recently set a record for the cable channel’s most-watched series debut. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that the channel ordered a 13-episode second season of the drama "The Americans." The series…
A new comedy from "Scrubs" and "Cougar Town" creator Bill Lawrence and former "How I Met Your Mother" and "Friends" executive producer Greg Malins is having the finishing touches put on a pilot order from TBS, reports Deadline.com. The project,…
An Emmy-winning actress has been cast to play opposite “Up All Night’s” Will Arnett in the new Greg Garcia comedy pilot at CBS, Deadline.com reports. Margo Martindale, who won an Emmy in 2011 for her supporting role in the FX…