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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.
HBO confirmed today that it will bring back one of its high-profile drama series for another season, with the announcement following word late last month from the show’s creator that he had signed a deal with the network. TheWrap.com reports…
Viewers in the Los Angeles market will have an opportunity to compare and contrast NBC’s new police procedural “Prime Suspect” with the original British drama that provided the inspiration for it. KCET-TV, billed as the nation’s largest independent public television…
In an unusual example of corporate synergy, ABC’s flagship New York television station, WABC-TV, recently added sports reports from ESPN Radio to its morning news telecasts, the New York Daily News reports. The radio spots air during the 5 a.m….
On the heels of TBS’s cancellation of "Lopez Tonight," Turner Entertainment chief Steve Koonin said he "could not be happier with ‘Conan’ as a show or Conan O’Brien and Team Coco as people and an organization," reports Joe Adalian at…
One of the biggest television stars of the 1990s, who had a long-running prime-time comedy, is set to return to sitcoms, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Roseanne Barr, whose hit sitcom “Roseanne” aired on ABC from 1988-1997, has a project…
Lifetime has given the green light to a series that is likely to put star Jennifer Love Hewitt in some sexy predicaments. TheWrap.com reports that Hewitt will star in and executive produce “The Client List,” a drama series about a…
The launch of a new restaurant owned by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was a washout — literally — according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ramsay’s Montreal eatery Laurier Gordon Ramsay had to be evacuated during Wednesday’s opening night because of a…
Chris Meloni’s exit from "Law & Order: SVU," in which he has played Det. Stabler for 12 years, will be dealt with over several episodes, according to TVLine.com. “The reasons for his absence and the effect it has on the…
News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch told investors on a conference call Wednesday that the company’s board wants him to stay as chairman and chief executive officer, Bloomberg reports. Murdoch added that if he weren’t able to do the…
Two major producers have deals for projects at CBS and ABC, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The producers are Jerry Bruckheimer (“CSI,” "Amazing Race") and Mark Gordon ("Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds"). Bruckheimer Television has a put-pilot…