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.

NBC Drama Gets New Exec Producer–Thanks to an ABC Cancellation

Now that ABC has decided not to bring back "Brothers & Sisters," the showrunner for that series, David Marshall Grant, has signed on as an executive producer on NBC’s midseason drama pickup "Smash," reports Deadline.com. Grant will assist the show’s…

Action Star Sued for $25 Million

A botched agreement for an infomercial has wound up in court, with a marketing firm filing a $25 million lawsuit against a well-known action star, TheWrap.com reports. The action star is Jean-Claude Van Damme, who has been sued by Total…

Even With Season Finales on Other Networks, ABC’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Dominates Monday Ratings

On a night of season finales for many shows–including NBC’s “Chuck” and CBS’s “Hawaii Five-0,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Mad Love” and “Mike & Molly”–the biggest ratings splash by far was made by “Dancing With the Stars,” which pushed…

Hall of Fame Slugger Dead at 74

A baseball Hall of Famer who hit more than 500 home runs in the pre-steroid era died today, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported. Former Minnesota Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew was 74. Killebrew had been battling esophageal cancer, and entered hospice…

ABC Overhauls Lineup for Fall–Eight New Dramas and Five New Comedies on Tap

ABC has announced that it plans on introducing 13 shows into primetime over the course of the 2011-2012 season. New comedies include “Apartment 23,” “Last Man Standing,” “Man Up,” “Suburgatory” and “Work It.” New dramas are “Charlie’s Angels,” “Good Christian Belles,”…

ABC’s Announcement About Its New Shows For the 2011-2012 Season

May 17, 2011 ABC UNVEILS 2011-12 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE New Series “Apartment 23,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Good Christian Belles,” “Last Man Standing,” “Man Up,” “Missing,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Pan Am,” “Revenge,” “The River,” “Scandal,” “Suburgatory” and “Work It” Join the Lineup…

CBS Announces Another Series Pickup

CBS is adding a new drama to the lineup, following announcements Monday that it was picking up two dramas and a comedy for fall 2011, Broadcasting & Cable reported. The drama “A Gifted Man” will also be on the schedule….

Pimps, Coke and Screaming About the WNBA: How Explosive Will New Book About ESPN Be? It’s Co-Written by High-Powered TV Critic

The secrecy surrounding a 770-page oral history of ESPN is serving to heighten interest in the book’s content, with some wondering how many salacious details are included in the publication, reports The New York Times. And no wonder the folks…

Most Popular ‘Survivor’ Villain Gets His Own Show

One of the notorious villains from the long run of CBS’s showcase reality competition franchise “Survivor” has been given his own show, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Russell Hantz will resurface on A&E, which has greenlighted a house-flipping show…

ESPN Unveils New Programming

ESPN rolled out a significant lineup of new programming at its Tuesday upfront presentation, including new ESPN programs “Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable” and “Numbers Don’t Lie.” “Batard” is a 30-minute weekday afternoon show (4 p.m. ET) featuring the…