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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.
An actor who was one of the many 007s in the James Bond movie franchise’s storied history has a gripe with the latest installment in the series. The producers of the new James Bond movie, "Skyfall," have inked a $45…
One series is by far the most violent show on television, counting an average of 25 dead bodies per episode, according to The Hollywood Reporter, citing a study of 40 TV series. The show? The Starz drama "Spartacus: Vengeance." In…
A major station group has decided to scrap two of the most successful shows in syndication, "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!," reports B&C. The group is Scripps, which will drop the shows in the next few months in almost half…
Latino television became a greater force than ever before at the upfronts during last week’s broadcast presentations in New York, which marked the arrival of an important new player in the Latino TV marketplace. TVWeek Open Mic blogger breaks it…
With tonight marking the last official night of the 2011-12 television season, “NBC’s long ratings nightmare may be over,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt is poised to end his first full TV season on the…
Michael McKean, the actor who played Leonard Kosnowski — the “Lenny” in Lenny & Squiggy — on the 1970s sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has been hospitalized after being hit by a car while walking, reports TheWrap.com. McKean, 64, had his…
NBC’s "Smash" will see the departure of several characters when it returns at midseason next year, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. One character who is on the way out is Dev, played by Raza Jaffrey. The character cheats on fiancee Karen,…
CNN’s prime-time viewership sank to its lowest number in more than 20 years last week, triggering speculation about what has gone wrong for the onetime cable news leader. CNN averaged only 395,000 viewers in prime time for the week of…
HBO has signed a film and television director to an exclusive two-year overall deal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The director is Jay Roach, who helmed the channel’s political biopic “Game Change.” Roach has a fondness for political fare, but…
HBO has optioned a Vanity Fair article about the wife of Johnny Carson’s longtime producer Freddie de Cordova — Beverly Hills socialite Janet de Cordova, reports Deadline.com. HBO will develop the piece, "Once Upon a Time in Beverly Hills," into…