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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.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School killings, viewers and critics have taken aim at television coverage that included interviews with frightened children outside the school, reports TVNewser.com. Time magazine’s James Poniewozik writes that aiming cameras at the…
A Western hero from television’s early days may ride again on USA Network. The cable channel is working on a present-day "Zorro" project set in Los Angeles, reports Variety.com. The project, titled "Z," comes from executive producers Naren Shankar and…
A Baltmore hitman named Donnie Andrews, who was the inspiration for a popular television character, has died at 58 from heart complications, reports the Baltimore Sun. Andrews inspired the character Omar Little on HBO’s lauded series "The Wire," the story…
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the question has been raised whether the ABC Family program "Socio" will make it to the air, writes Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. "’Socio’ is already darker than the typical ABC Family fare. Referred…
"Today" show co-host Al Roker has sold a comedy to NBC in what Deadline.com calls a late buy. The project, called "The Fosters," will be executive produced by Roker, one of the network’s top personalities. The project is co-written by…
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, television programs on broadcast and cable were rescheduled because of violent content. Both Fox and Syfy shifted their schedules because of the massacre, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder….
The Sunday political talk shows were virtually absent of gun rights advocates, with the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School the major subject on the programs — even though the shows tried to book some gun rights voices, reports…
ABC is taking another swing at a Justin Bieber comedy project. The network is developing a single-camera comedy that’s based on the pop star’s life, reports TVGuide.com. The comedy was set up at the network last year, but has been…
Syfy is closing in on pickups, with a top contender said to be a project from "Battlestar Galactica" developer and executive producer Ron Moore, reports Deadline.com. The project is “Helix,” which is about scientists investigating a possible outbreak of disease…
NBC has denied a report in a U.K. newspaper that it is offering a role on the "Today" show to Pippa Middleton, the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, reports the New York Daily News. According to the U.K.’s Daily…