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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 U.S. Supreme Court will revisit a First Amendment battle over broadcast indecency, reviewing appeals court rulings that threw out FCC rules against fleeting expletives and brief nudity, the Associated Press reports. “The justices said Monday they will review appeals…
For the second time in a month, PBS said its website has been hacked, reports the Associated Press. Some data was taken, which PBS spokeswoman Anne Bentley described as a "very small number" of administrative user names and encrypted passwords….
The Federal Trade Commission confirmed Friday that it is investigating Google, but the agency would not give the reason, Multichannel News reports. The announcement came after Google itself reported on its policy blog that the FTC had launched a review…
An infomercial pitchman who has been accused of being a con man was arrested Thursday night in Tempe, Ariz., after failing to appear in court for an arraignment, reports the AP. Donald Lapre, who has recently been hawking "The Greatest…
The first interview with Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for the next 18 years, is set to air next month as a two-hour television event, ABC News announced. The interview, to be conducted by…
An actress whose character has become an integral part of the storyline for FX’s hit drama series “Justified” has signed a deal to return to the show for season three, Deadline.com reported. Natalie Zea will be back as Wynona, the…
A new Showtime television project sets its sights on the record business in the 1970s, reports Deadline.com. From the writing team of Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg, with Oscar winner Barry Levinson involved as director, the idea for the project,…
An actress from Showtime’s "The Tudors" has been cast in the second season of HBO’s "Game of Thrones", reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Natalie Dormer, who played Anne Boleyn in "The Tudors," will portray Margaery Tyrell, a…
One of the biggest fans of "All My Children," Emmy Award-winning star Carol Burnett, will return to the ABC soap opera one last time to reprise her role as Verla Grubbs. Burnett first appeared on the show in 1983, introducing…
With a promising opening for reality competition “Expedition Impossible,” ABC notched an easy win in the ratings Thursday–a night when the other networks aired mostly repeat programming, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC wound up with a 2.1 average rating for the night…