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.

NBC Sets Premiere Date for ‘Hannibal’ — With a Surprise in the Scheduling

NBC will debut the serial killer drama "Hannibal" on April 4 at 10 p.m., giving the show a Thursday slot, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. "The time slot is a bit of a surprise,” the article notes. “One would expect given…

Oscar-Nominated Actress to Co-Star in NBC’s ‘About a Boy’

An Academy Award-nominated actress has been cast to co-star in the NBC pilot "About a Boy," based on the Nick Hornby book and the 2002 movie, reports Deadline.com. Minnie Driver will play Fiona, the eccentric single mother who lives next…

‘New Girl’ Star Launches Production Company

"New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel has started a production company and signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Television, which produces her Fox comedy, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Deschanel and her Hello Giggles partner Sophia Rossi…

Multiple Emmy Winner — And ‘Downton Abbey’ Star — Dame Maggie Smith Tells ’60 Minutes’ Why She’s Never Watched ‘Abbey’

Some might find this somewhat odd — Dame Maggie Smith tells "60 Minutes" why she has never watched the award-winning drama she appears in, "Downton Abbey," reports the New York Post.. Says the Post, "Smith, who plays snarky dowager Lady Grantham…

Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ Is Like a Twisting, Turning, Head-Spinning Roller Coaster Ride, and Just as Exhilarating. This Long Presidents’ Day Weekend Is a Good Time to Binge-Watch Season One

I’ve always thought the best dramas usually have the nastiest of villains. Think “one-armed man” in the original TV series — or the movie version — of “The Fugitive.” Or the sicko killer named Scorpio in “Dirty Harry,” played with…

‘Survivor’ Has Its Lowest-Rated Premiere Ever

Wednesday night’s season premiere of “Survivor: Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites” had to be a big disappointment for CBS. The franchise reality show had the lowest-rated premiere in its long history, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the 90-minute “Survivor”…

Chubby Checker Sues Hewlett-Packard Over Its ‘Chubby Checker’ App … and This Story Is Every Bit as Risque as You Might Think

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chubby Checker is suing tech firm Hewlett-Packard over a smartphone app called “The Chubby Checker,” which reportedly estimates a man’s penis size based on his shoe size, according to LegalExaminer.com. The man whose name, up until…

Discovery Is Bullish on OWN

Discovery CEO David Zaslav talked about the prospects for OWN — a joint venture of Discovery and Oprah Winfrey — in a call this morning with analysts, saying ratings for the cable channel are “ahead of where we thought we’d…

Most Amazing Non-TV Story of the Day: FDA Approves Treatment That Gives the Blind Limited Vision

"The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first treatment to give limited vision to people who are blind, involving a technology called the ‘artificial retina,’ " reports The New York Times. The article, written by Pam Belluck, continues, "With it,…

Jenny McCarthy Wades Into Rex Reed’s War of Words Against Her Cousin Melissa

Actress Jenny McCarthy, host of “The Jenny McCarthy Show” on VH1, has weighed in on film reviewer Rex Reed’s criticism of her cousin Melissa, and it boils down to this: "He can go to hell,” E! Online reports. As previously…