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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.
With the Joss Whedon-directed “The Avengers” setting up for Friday’s high-profile rollout in U.S. theaters, the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator is getting a chance to spin his yarns from years in the business. During an interview with GQ, he…
The departing "Smash" showrunner tells New York Magazine’s Vulture blog that she’s leaving the NBC show because she’s "moving on" to projects outside of television. Theresa Rebeck explained her departure by saying: "I have other things to do. I feel…
Former Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner is trying to raise $800 million for a new television and film production company, reports CNBC.com. JP Morgan is leading the effort to raise $400 million in equity and $400 million in debt financing,…
News Corp.’s board responded to a British parliamentary panel’s criticism of Rupert Murdoch, the company’s CEO, by throwing its support behind Murdoch after the U.K. panel said Murdoch is unfit to run a global company, Bloomberg reports. The board "announced…
Fox will debut a dating competition that includes elements of NBC’s "The Voice" and ABC’s "The Bachelor," reports TVLine.com. “The Choice,” which debuts June 7, starts with a "blind round" in which four celebrity bachelors sit in rotating chairs, similar…
The president of the ABC Entertainment Group, who became the subject of speculation after a report out of London gave the impression he might jump to the BBC, is staying put, Deadline.com reports. Paul Lee, who was born in the…
A former NFL standout who retired from pro football in 2010 has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Junior Seau, a 12-time Pro Bowl selection and a member of the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team,…
NBC’s reality lineup was mostly down as May sweeps continued Tuesday night, with the season finale of “The Biggest Loser” off 30% in Nielsen overnights from the season finale a year ago to a 2.1 average rating in the key…
One of the stars of Fox’s "Glee" passed out on the red carpet at a TV Academy event in Hollywood last night, reports E! News. Singer-actress Amber Riley, who plays Mercedes on the show, is fine now, and explained that…
One of the mainstays of CBS’s crime procedural "CSI" has signed a new one-year deal to remain on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. George Eads, who has been on the show since its debut in 2000, will return…