Chuck Ross

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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.

Oprah on OWN: We’ll Reach the Summit by 2014 — ‘Thank You for Staying With Us During What I Call the Climb of My Life,’ Winfrey Tells Advertisers

By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age A worn-out-looking Oprah Winfrey thanked advertisers for sticking with OWN at Discovery Communications’ upfront presentation Thursday evening but implied the network won’t reach the "summit" until 2014. "If the only prayer you ever say in your…

NBC Taps Mark Burnett, Dick Wolf to Develop Celebrity Military Competition Show

NBC has drafted "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf and reality producer Mark Burnett to create an unscripted competition show that will benefit the military, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Called "Stars Earn Stripes," the show…

20th TV Signs Two-Year Deal With ‘House’ Executive Producers

20th Century Fox TV has signed a two-year pact with "House" executive producers Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend, reports Deadline.com. Under the pact, the pair will develop new shows while also working on existing programs, the piece notes. The deal…

‘NYPD Blue’s’ Jimmy Smits to Spend a Season as a Gang Member

Jimmy Smits, who was a New York police detective on “NYPD Blue” in the 1990s and a lawyer on “L.A. Law” in the 1980s, will spend a season as a gang member on FX’s biker drama "Sons of Anarchy," reports…

‘CSI’ Co-Showrunner Inks New Pact With CBS TV Studios

An executive producer and co-showrunner of “CSI” has inked a new three-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios, Deadline.com reports. Don McGill’s new agreement has him staying on with the hit drama show, which is produced by CBS TV Studios….

On Fifth-Place NBC, One Sitcom Premieres With a Whimper as Another One Goes Out With a Thud

On a Wednesday night when NBC found itself in the increasingly common position of fifth place in the ratings, the network’s newest sitcom premiered to mediocre numbers while another NBC comedy wrapped up its difficult freshman run with some of…

Viacom Wins Reversal in Landmark YouTube Case

Google’s YouTube suffered a key defeat in court Thursday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a landmark June 2010 lower court ruling that had gone in YouTube’s favor, Reuters reports. The decision revived lawsuits brought by Viacom…

CBS Comedy Finds Quick Replacement After Bryan Greenberg’s Departure

The sudden exit of Bryan Greenberg as the male lead in CBS’s untitled Greg Malins/Greg Berlanti comedy project, which we reported earlier today, turned into an opportunity for an actor whose NBC sitcom appears to be doomed. Deadline.com reports that…

‘GMA’ vs. ‘Today’ in Closely Watched Ratings Fight — Did ABC’s Couric Finally Beat Her Old NBC Show?

In the high-stakes battle for morning ratings supremacy between NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” a crack finally appeared Wednesday in the NBC show’s armor. “GMA,” with former “Today” star Katie Couric as guest host, beat “Today” in total…

Three New Cast Members Announced for ‘Real Housewives of New York’

Three new cast members have been added to Bravo’s "The Real Housewives of New York City," filling out the lineup after the departures of Cindy Barshop, Alex McCord, Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon, US Magazine reports. The new cast members…