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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 director of a string of successful films including “Die Hard” and “The Hunt for Red October” appears to have run out of sequels in his battle to avoid going to prison. Reuters reports that John McTiernan lost his bid…
A hit CBS drama series saw its ratings continue to soar Tuesday night, helping the network rack up a dominating win for prime time, based on Nielsen overnights. With “NCIS” leading the way, CBS averaged a 3.8 rating for prime…
The Syndicated Network Television Association is rolling out the results of its annual 2012/2013 member survey in advance of the annual NATPE conference. Here are a few of the findings: Syndication’s national breaks, at 2:27 in length, are 30% shorter…
A well-known sitcom actor who became a familiar face to TV viewers in the 1970s on "Maude" and "Diff’rent Strokes" has died. Conrad Bain, who played wealthy dad Phillip Drummond for eight seasons on the NBC sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” was…
AMC is bringing back a show it canceled last summer, The New York Times reports. The cable channel said it made a deal with Fox Television Studios to produce a third season of "The Killing." The drama drew early praise,…
One of the co-stars of the hit TLC reality show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" has revealed he’s HIV positive and says he wants his own show. Lee Thompson — who is called Uncle Poodle on the show — said…
Oprah Winfrey’s interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, which will air in two parts starting Thursday, Jan. 17, at 9 p.m., could be bad news for Fox’s "American Idol," potentially siphoning off viewers from the singing competition, reports Bloomberg. OWN…
Actress Jennifer Lawrence got a little grief over her Golden Globes acceptance speech after winning a Globe for her performance in the movie “Silver Linings Playbook,” with Lindsay Lohan among those she appears to have rubbed the wrong way. Lawrence…
Lifetime has canceled a scripted drama series after four seasons, Deadline.com reports. Executives waited until the last minute to make a decision on the show, "Drop Dead Diva," because they wanted to get a chance to see some of the…
ABC has pulled the remaining Sunday broadcasts of two comedy series, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The network is yanking "Happy Endings" and "Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23" from Sunday night before the two sitcoms leave…