Chuck Ross

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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.

Cable Channel Has Its Highest-Rated Series Premiere in History

A cable channel is touting Sunday’s premiere of a new drama series as the highest-rated series premiere in the channel’s history. The channel is BBC America, which rolled out the new period cop drama “Copper” to record numbers. “Copper,” from…

David Mamet Doing Reboot of Classic TV Western for CBS

Playwright David Mamet, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Glengarry Glen Ross,” is behind a TV reboot of the late 1950s-early 1960s television series "Have Gun — Will Travel" that’s in development at CBS, Deadline.com reports. Mamet is writing the…

Struggling Home Entertainment Market Gets a Shot in the Arm: New Release Sells a Whopping 3.8 Million DVDs and Blu-rays in Debut Weekend

The home entertainment market has been struggling to move units, so a hot new release comes as good news for the market segment. The potential savior for the segment is “The Hunger Games,” TheWrap.com reports. The story reports: “The dystopian…

BBC America’s First Original Drama, ‘Copper,’ Becomes the Channel’s Highest-Rated Series Premiere Ever

Press release from BBC America: New York — August 21, 2012 — BBC America’s first original scripted series, “Copper,” which premiered on Sunday, August 19, has become the channel’s highest-rated series premiere ever. “Copper” delivered 1.8 million viewers in total…

Soap Opera Star Has Second Thoughts, Returns to the Fold

Just one day after news broke that a four-time Emmy winner was exiting a long-running daytime drama, the actress has changed her mind, Soap Opera Digest reports. The publication reports that original cast member Susan Flannery has now decided to…

Justin Bieber to Appear on TV Show That Launched Before He Was Born

Teenage pop superstar Justin Bieber will pay a visit to a familiar TV show in an upcoming episode, appearing as himself — in animated form — on Fox’s Sunday staple "The Simpsons," reports EW.com’s Inside TV. "The Simpsons" executive producer…

Syfy to Remake British Cult Classic

A British cult classic television show will get a reboot at Syfy, to be written by Joe Pokaski of "Heroes" and directed by film director Martin Campbell of "Casino Royale," reports Deadline.com. The classic series is "Blake’s 7," a 1978-1981…

Missouri TV Stations May Be Hurt by Akin ‘Legitimate Rape’ Controversy

Missouri television stations stand to lose a lot of advertising dollars in the controversy over Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks that women should be able to prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape," reports MediaPost.com. Missouri stations, including stations owned by…

Lawsuit Claims Viacom Is Paying Sumner Redstone Too Much

A lawsuit against Viacom claims the company is paying too much to compensate Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone, as well as President and CEO Philippe Dauman and Chief Operating Officer Thomas Dooley, reports the Los Angeles Times. Robert Freedman, a shareholder…

‘Parks and Rec’ Co-Creator Sells Comedy to Fox, Ending Bidding War

"Parks and Recreation" co-creator Mike Schur and show producer Dan Goor have sold a single-camera comedy to Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Fox has given a put-pilot commitment to the project, which is about a group of detectives working…