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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.
The latest incarnation of a long-running television science-fiction franchise appears to have hit a snag. Deadline.com reports that Syfy has decided not to move forward with "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" as a regular television series. The project is about…
Oprah Winfrey’s struggling cable network can look forward to a hefty loss for 2012, according to a prominent media research firm. Bloomberg reports that researcher SNL Kagan says OWN may lose as much as $142.9 million this year as it…
Fox’s struggling Tuesday night comedy block appears to have claimed its first victim. The lowest performer in the two-hour block last night was “I Hate My Teenage Daughter,” which fell to a series-low 1.2 rating in adults 18-49, and today…
An Oscar-winning actress who currently stars in a network drama series appeared on Anderson Cooper’s talk show and revealed that she went through a battle with ovarian cancer and kept it secret from the public, reports People magazine. Kathy Bates,…
Two big stories broke today in the NFL, with the league handing down unprecedented sanctions in the New Orleans Saints’ bounty scandal on the same day that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was dealt to the New York Jets. The…
WE tv announced two new shows today, including one featuring a well-known pop singer and another built around a Playboy model. “Cyndi” is the working title for a docu-series featuring singer Cyndi Lauper. Meanwhile, former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett will…
With a preliminary ratings report in for the first quarter of 2012, one company is touting a number of significant achievements among its various cable networks. Turner Research spotlighted key ratings success stories among various Turner Broadcasting channels, including TBS,…
One of the quintessential rock operas is the focus of a planned episode of the Fox musical series “Glee,” the Chicago Tribune reports. “Glee” co-creator Ryan Murphy is working on an episode built around the seminal 1969 rock opera “Tommy”…
The actor who became one of the most iconic characters in TV history is set to appear as the father of Maya Rudolph’s character on “Up All Night,” TV Guide reports. Henry Winkler, best known as the Fonz on “Happy…
Robert De Niro found himself apologizing for a joke he made at a New York fundraiser after he drew criticism from both Newt Gingrich and first lady Michelle Obama, USA Today reports. Gingrich called on President Obama to apologize on…