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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 a startling development in the investigation of the 1981 death of actress Natalie Wood, the Los Angeles County Coroner has changed the cause of death on her death certificate, TMZ reports. Originally the cause of death was determined to…
With NBC’s “Today” show in the spotlight during the week of Ann Curry’s rocky departure from the show as co-host in late June, TVNewser reports that “Today” ended up in a tie in the ratings with its fierce rival, ABC’s…
The powers that be at "American Idol" "have been talking about Adam [Lambert] for over a month" as someone who could be the next judge on "American Idol," reports E! online, E! reports that this information comes from an unnamed source, who adds…
MTV Networks has been sued for libel by a singer who competed on "American Idol" during its second season, reports Reuters. Corey Clark is suing for more than $40 million, claiming he was unfairly ridiculed by MTV News correspondent Jim…
Oprah Winfrey has made a strategic move in her effort to revitalize her ratings-challenged OWN cable network, and it’s a move that may resonate with longtime Winfrey fans, Advertising Age reports. The move is rolling out “Oprah Builds a Network,”…
Five cast members from the classic sitcom "Happy Days" have settled their royalties lawsuit with CBS, with each cast member paid about $65,000, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The settlement was reached just 10 days before a trial…
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are reportedly trying to work out a peaceful settlement of their divorce, but TMZ.com reports that one thing could be a deal breaker: their daughter, Suri. TMZ reports: “We’re told Tom has insisted that the…
Syfy has ordered a second season of a series that recently premiered its first season, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The cable channel picked up the competition series "Total Blackout" for season two, ordering 16 half-hour episodes, the story…
ABC has ordered eight episodes of a new show from Seven One International, Deadline.com reports. The show is the cooking competition “The Taste,” produced by Kinetic Content. The show features celebrity chefs Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain, the story reports….
"Everybody expected the ratings for Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’ to go down in week 2," writes our good friend James Hibberd at EW’s Inside TV. "The question was: By how much?" The answer, Hibberd writes, is a 35% drop in…