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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.
CBS has responded to a lawsuit filed last week that accuses the network, along with production companies and some top executives behind “The Talk,” of stealing the idea for the daytime talk show, Deadline.com reports. Author Angela Wilder filed the…
A two-time Oscar winner is attached to star in an ABC project called "Now What?," which is reported by Deadline.com to be a female version of "$#*! My Dad Says." Jane Fonda is slated to portray a mother moving in…
Superman’s alter ego is leaving his job at The Daily Planet, which he has had since 1940, and appears poised to start his own online publication, USA Today reports. The developments are just part of a series of updates in…
Bob Schieffer, who moderated last night’s third presidential debate, had a moment when he messed up Osama bin Laden’s name, calling him “Obamas, uh, bin Laden.” Neither candidate acknowledged the slip. ABC News posted the clip. Here it is:
A freshman drama has received a full-season order from The CW, after the show’s premiere drew 4.1 million viewers and ranked as the network’s most-watched telecast of any show in three years, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The…
ABC is close to a script deal for a comedy from husband and wife Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa, reports Deadline.com. Consuelos would star in the project, about a working-class handyman from Queens who becomes part of a nontraditional family…
Despite suffering a herniated disc during rehearsals Sunday for "Dancing with the Stars," Melissa Rycroft returned to the ABC dance competition to perform Monday night, reports People.com. "I’m on a little medication right now," she said, adding that she had…
MTV is working on its next scripted drama, with Kevin Cornish, the co-producer of "Are We Done Yet?," attached to executive produce, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is based on the young adult novel "Unraveling," the debut novel…
"New Girl" actor Jake Johnson has sold a comedy to Fox, along with writer-director Max Winkler, about a group of underdogs who — lacking any superpowers — create a version of the Avengers, Deadline.com reports. The five characters in "The…
Showtime has placed a third-season order for "Homeland," the drama starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The pay-television network ordered 12 new episodes of the show, which recently cleaned up at the Emmys,…