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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 Screen Actors Guild has announced its Life Achievement Honoree, who will be honored during the ceremony featuring the presentation of the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan 27, 2013. Dick Van Dyke, in "The Dick Van Dyke…
[Upated on Aug. 21, 2012 at 2:35 pm (PT) to include ABC News comments in response to this article] By Chuck Ross ABC News has reposted a news story that was widely picked up by other news organizations and websites…
A long-running soap opera continues to lose members of its core cast, with the second cast member in the past couple of weeks giving notice, TVLine.com reports. The soap opera is CBS’s daytime drama "The Bold and the Beautiful." Susan…
Rosie O’Donnell, 50, says it’s a "miracle" she’s alive after suffering a heart attack last week, reports People.com. O’Donnell wrote about the experience via verse on her blog on Monday, in a post called "my heart attack." "She is now…
A new fall NBC comedy series is off to a bumpy start. First the show became the target of anger among viewers because of a couple of incidents during NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, and now the series will see…
Ryan Seacrest’s production company has added a number of key programming executives to its ranks, according to The Hollywood Reporter, as the company continues to make progress on its ambitious plans. Ryan Seacrest Productions added Nina Wass as executive VP…
Bryan Cranston, the star of AMC’s "Breaking Bad," moved behind the camera recently to direct an episode of the NBC comedy series “The Office,” reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Rainn Wilson, who stars as Dwight on “The Office,” tweeted a photo…
Apple has become the most valuable company ever after topping a record previously held by another technology firm, Microsoft, reports the New York Post. Apple’s shares hit a historic high of $665.15 on Monday, giving the company a market capitalization…
Warner Bros. TV is close to renewing "another rich overall deal" with Chuck Lorre, the creator of "Two and a Half Men," reports Deadline.com. Ten years ago, Lorre was toward the end of another pricey overall deal with WBTV that…
Comedy pioneer Phyllis Diller — a TV fixture who blazed a trail for today’s female comedians — has died, Reuters reports. The legendary comedian was 95. The story reports: “Diller’s agent, Fred Wostbrock, said in a statement her death was…