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.

Spike TV Comedy Series Canceled

The plug has been pulled on a comedy series that has been airing on Spike TV for three seasons, Zap2it.com reports. The series is the Lionsgate-produced "Blue Mountain State," which aired its finale in November. Viewership fell during the show’s…

NBC Announces When ‘Community’ Is Returning, Along With Three Other Shows

NBC has announced the return of "Community" to its lineup. It will return Thursday, March 15, 2012, at 8 p.m., the same time the hit "Big Bang Theory" is on CBS. NBC also announced dates for "Bent," "Best Friends Forever" and…

Lindsay Lohan Lands Another Role — but There’s a Catch

Soon after news broke that Lindsay Lohan will host “Saturday Night Live,” as previously reported, word surfaced that she has landed the role of Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s upcoming TV movie “Liz and Dick,” Access Hollywood reports. But there’s one…

‘Glee’ to Break With Its Summer Tradition

Fox’s musical series “Glee” will break with a tradition it has built over the past two summers, Entertainment Weekly reports. The series will not take its show on the road this summer. “Glee,” which did live tours the past two…

‘The Voice’ Powers NBC to Another Monday Win

NBC continued to flex its Monday night ratings muscle, getting a strong performance from a two-hour installment of “The Voice” to win the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “The Voice” was down two-tenths from a week ago but still easily finished as…

Price Tag Revealed for CBS Revamp of ‘Early Show’

How much did it cost for CBS to remake "The Early Show" into "CBS This Morning"? According to The New York Times, the price tag was about $40 million. The company took a restructuring charge of about $46 million, mostly…

2012 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED — Full List, per Press Release on Feb. 19, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 19, 2012 2012 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED Los Angeles and New York – The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the winners of the 2012 Writers…

Troubled Drama at Risk of Cancellation After Weak Turnout for Season Finale

Poor ratings for the finale of a broadcast drama series may lead to the show’s cancellation, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. Only 3.9 million viewers watched Sunday’s first-season finale of ABC’s “Pan Am,” with the broadcast trailing CBS’s…

ESPN Fires Writer Over Offensive Jeremy Lin Headline

ESPN has fired the overnight headline writer who wrote a headline about Knicks player Jeremy Lin that included the phrase "chink in the armor," reports the New York Daily News. Additionally, ESPN suspended anchor Max Bretos for using the same…

Stephen Colbert, Back on Air, Explains His Sudden TV Absence

Stephen Colbert returned to taping his Comedy Central show Monday and explained his sudden absence from the show last week, noting that he was tending his 91-year-old mother, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Evidently, having 11 children makes you tough…