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.

HBO Greenlights Miniseries From Oscar-Winning and Tony-Winning Writer Tom Stoppard

Acclaimed author Sir Tom Stoppard, the Oscar-winning co-writer of "Shakespeare in Love" and winner of the Tony four times, is writing a miniseries for HBO. HBO, in conjunction with BBC, is going ahead with “Parade’s End,” a five-part World War…

What’s Up With Lindsay? Electronic-Monitoring Bracelet Goes Off

Actress Lindsay Lohan, currently serving what is expected to be about 35 days under house arrest for that theft of a necklace from a Venice, Calif., jewelry store, may not be as easy to keep track of as authorities thought….

Shaq’s Retirement Announcement Puts Social Networking Site in Spotlight

When NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal announced his retirement Wednesday, he didn’t just issue a statement and he didn’t just tweet. Shaq chose an integrated announcement that included video on Tout.com, a new social media platform he had discovered a month…

James Arness, One of the Biggest Stars in the History of TV, Dead at 88

James Arness, who played Marshal Matt Dillon in the long-running TV Western “Gunsmoke,” has died, the Los Angeles Times reported. Arness died today, Friday, June 3, 2011, of natural causes at his home in Brentwood, Calif. The 6-foot-7 TV legend…

Has Paris Hilton Lost Her Mojo?

It looks as though the public’s fascination with Paris Hilton is over, as evidenced by the socialite’s ratings for her latest television show, Oxygen’s "The World According to Paris," reports our friend Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. "The…

Simon Cowell’s Production Company Aggressively Defending Itself Against Accusations of Contest Fixing

Simon Cowell’s production company is angrily denying allegations that two of its signature television programs–the U.K. shows "Britain’s Got Talent" and "X Factor"–fixed their competitions by picking winners from the start, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Reps for Cowell’s company,…

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Who Most Famously Allowed Himself to Be Seen Assisting a Patient’s Death on ’60 Minutes,’ Dead at 83

"Known as Dr. Death even before launching his fierce advocacy and practice of assisted suicides, [Dr. Jack] Kevorkian, 83, died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak [Mich.], where he had been hospitalized with kidney and heart problems," the Detroit Free Press reports….

Sony Hacked Again

A hacking operation announced that it has breached Sony security and compromised more than 1 million user accounts associated with Sony Pictures websites, CNN.com reported. The group, which goes by the name LulzSec, is the same one that recently defaced…

Shaq Hints What His Next Move Will Be

"In a video tweeted by O’Neal and posted on the social media site Tout, the NBA star said he had just been offered a position at the all-sports network [ESPN]," the New York Post reports. "I’m sitting here with my…

‘Chicago Hope’ Veteran Joins CBS’s ‘Blue Bloods’

CBS’s "Blue Bloods" has tapped veteran director-producer Michael Pressman to serve as co-executive producer and director, reports Deadline.com. Pressman, who directed two episodes of the police and family drama in its first season, has previously served as executive producer on…