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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 Selection," described as "The Hunger Games" meets "The Bachelor," received a green light for a pilot from the CW — its second from the network, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The project was developed for this season and received a…
Netflix surprised investors by reporting a fourth-quarter profit, instead of the loss expected by many analysts, after seeing a surge in customers signing up for online streaming, reports The New York Times. The company gained 2.05 million new streaming customers…
ABC offered disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong a spot on "Dancing with the Stars," reports EW.com’s Inside TV, adding that Armstrong declined the invitation. The network reportedly approached the cyclist before he admitted to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey,…
Nat Geo’s "Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?" reality competition series is coming under fire from the activist group GLAAD, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. GLAAD is angered that Nat Geo is moving ahead with the show…
"TVLine has learned that [Fox] is pulling [an] acclaimed, ratings-challenged rookie comedy from its schedule, effective immediately," writes our friend Michael Ausiello at TVLine.com. The show is the brother/sister Tuesday night sitcom "Ben and Kate." The news comes as the cast…
Apple came in below expectations today in its quarterly earnings report, fueling the recent pessimism that has sent the company’s share prices down 27% since last September, Bloomberg reports. The piece reports: “Profit was little changed at $13.1 billion, or…
Two NBC series turned in season lows in the ratings Tuesday night, based on Nielsen overnights, as the broadcast networks in general endured a night of less-than-stellar numbers. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC’s “Go On,” which sank to a 1.3 average…
TBS is pulling the plug on a series that has failed to gain traction in the ratings. Going away after one season is the low-rated musical comedy-drama “Wedding Band,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Since its debut in November 2012…
One of the regular hosts in MSNBC’s lineup revealed that health problems related to a brain tumor kept him out of his regular spot Friday. The Huffington Post reports that Martin Bashir said over the weekend that the tumor was…
The man who is the voice of Charlie Brown in a series of animated “Peanuts” TV specials was arrested over the weekend on felony charges including stalking and making threats, TheWrap.com reports. Peter Robbins, 56, was arrested Sunday night at…