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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.
After reports that star Lindsay Lohan suffered exhaustion and dehydration and that two of its crew visited the hospital for the same reason, the Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick" is being investigated by two Hollywood unions, according to The Hollywood…
Associated Television International has been sued over its Lifetime docureality series "Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp," Deadline.com reports. Actors Christopher and Kyle Massey filed suit against the producer, claiming copyright infringement, breach of contract and unfair competition, the story reports….
Aaron Sorkin opened up about his HBO show "The Newsroom" and discussed whether the characters are based on real people, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Sorkin denied that Keith Olbermann was the inspiration for Jeff Daniels’ outspoken character…
Charlie Sheen continues to open up about his infamous 2011 meltdown, serving up quotes that indicate the actor has gained considerable perspective on that turbulent period. On the heels of an interview with Rolling Stone, which we reported on previously,…
Oprah Winfrey’s "Oprah’s Next Chapter" got a ratings boost from her visit to the Kardashian family, with 1.1 million viewers tuning in, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The 8 p.m. Sunday broadcast was one of the top episodes…
Fox Business Network achieved a major milestone last week, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town reports. FBN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” beat rival CNBC’s "The Kudlow Report" for the first time, the story reports. "Lou Dobbs Tonight" averaged 139,000 nightly viewers…
Now in their second year, the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, have stepped up from a modest luncheon event to an evening gala at the Beverly Hilton. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin was…
One of the co-showrunners on a Fox drama series that has been on the air since 2008 has left the program ahead of the show’s fifth and final season, reports TheWrap.com. Jeff Pinkner, who has worked as co-showrunner on "Fringe"…
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has been hit with a lawsuit by Ashton Kutcher’s production company for allegedly pulling out of a reality television series deal, reports Deadline.com. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and…
Conflicting reports surfaced today about the state of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, with some news outlets saying he had been declared “clinically dead,” CNN reports. Mubarak suffered a stroke and cardiac arrest earlier in the day and was brought…