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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.
Updated 8:20 p.m. on 12/19/2011 with correct picture of Dan Frazer. Thanks for the commenters who noted that the picture we originally posted was not Frazer. We had pulled the wrong picture. One of the stars of the hit police…
A former CNBC anchor who has recently worked as a contributor to ABC’s "Good Morning America" is joining Bloomberg Television as co-anchor of "Street Smart," reports Deadline.com. Trish Regan, who was also with CBS News in the past, will be…
Syfy has announced that it is bringing back a freshman series for a second season, Deadline.com reports. The show is "Paranormal Witness," which re-creates the experiences of people who have lived through apparent supernatural episodes. The network has ordered 12…
A New York University professor has filed a lawsuit claiming that giving a bad grade to a well-known actor got the professor fired by the school, the New York Post reports. The case involves actor James Franco, who has appeared…
A straightforward newsman and a controversial, “F” bomb-dropping comedienne will have another go at co-hosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve telecast. Talk show host and CNN broadcaster Anderson Cooper will again be paired with Bravo star Kathy Griffin to co-host the…
A new ABC show has come under fire from a number of organizations, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Among those voicing disapproval are the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, according to the report. The…
A pioneering TV fitness expert who sounded the alarm about flabby children back in the 1950s has died, The New York Times reports. Bonnie Prudden, who was one of the earliest fitness instructors on television and who blamed children’s flabbiness…
Asked how much he’s making for his new gig as a judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” Howard Stern scoffed at the suggestion that it’s as “little” as $20 million, as has been reported. TMZ.com reported that Stern’s response when…
With a former "Saturday Night Live" star hosting the show over the weekend, the venerable NBC program chalked up its best overnight ratings of the season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jimmy Fallon’s return to his old show as host…
Like many news outlets today, Dec. 19, 2011, The Washington Post has an obituary of Vaclav Havel, the former Czech president and playwright who died over this past weekend. What makes the Post’s obituary somewhat odd is that it is…