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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 has ordered to pilot another workplace comedy from Greg Daniels, whose show "The Office" is wrapping up nine seasons on the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The untitled project stars "The Office" actor Craig Robinson as…
FX has given a comedy pilot order to filmmaker Andrew Gurland, who directed the movie "The Virginity Hit," reports Deadline.com. The project is about a married man whose wife gives him permission to get a mistress with the goal of…
A syndicated talk show veteran, who is celebrating his 10th year on-air this year, has had his show renewed through the 2016- 2017 season, Variety reports. The show is CBS Television Distribution’s "Dr. Phil," starring Phil McGraw. The show debuted in 2002….
"Zombieland," the hit 2009 movie that had originally been conceived as a TV pilot script but had no takers, is finally heading back to TV. " ‘Zombieland’ is being developed as an original series by Amazon.com, according to [the paid…
Fox’s “American Idol” slipped in the ratings from its premiere, based on Nielsen overnights for Wednesday night, while ABC’s “Modern Family” fell to a season low, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Idol” settled for a 5.4 average rating in the key 18-49 demo,…
Fox is moving forward with two more single-camera comedy pilots, Deadline.com reports. Coming from “Cougar Town” co-creator Kevin Biegel is “Enlisted,” while “Two Wrongs” comes from feature writer Michelle Morgan. Both projects are from 20th TV, the piece notes. “’Enlisted,’…
HBO had yet to reveal its plans for the Golden Globe-winning comedy series “Girls” when the show’s creator and star, Lena Dunham, let the cat out of the bag. Deadline.com reports that Dunham let it slip that the show is…
CNN has tapped into the ESPN talent pool to find an anchor for its new weekend sports program. The cable news channel announced that it has hired veteran ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols to anchor the show along with reporting for…
Two of our greatest, most popular actors — perhaps best known for playing Professor Xavier and Magneto in the ‘X-Men" movies — are coming to Broadway. Patrick Stewart (Professor Xavier) and Sir Ian McKellen (Magneto) "will star in Harold Pinter’s…