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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.
As her syndicated show draws to a close, Oprah Winfrey appears to be headed to Broadway. The daytime talk queen tells the Chicago Tribune that she is meeting with Broadway producers and has a stack of plays she’s reading. "Just…
A longtime television news executive who had the distinction of having worked for the news divisions of CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN has died, TVNewser.com reports. Jeff Gralnick, most recently a special consultant to NBC News President Steve Capus, died…
Pop star Justin Bieber took exception to a comment by one of the stars of “CSI” that referred to the singer as a “brat” following his guest appearance on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The “brat” comment came…
Disney reported fiscal second-quarter profits that were down 1%, with the film segment–and in particular the poor performance of “Mars Needs Moms”–doing most of the damage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Media networks–the company’s largest segment–was a bright spot, up…
With “Dancing With the Stars” racking up the best numbers of the night, ABC coasted to a huge ratings win Monday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC averaged a 3.8 rating for the night in the 18-49 demo, way ahead of Fox…
Singer Toni Braxton and her clan, stars of the unscripted drama series "Braxton Family Values," have been given a second season by WE tv, reports Deadline.com. The Braxtons will check in with 13 new hours, three more than season one….
CBS has unveiled the premiere date and other plans for the upcoming 13th season of reality competition “Big Brother,” Entertainment Weekly reported. The show’s next season premieres Thursday, July 7, with Julie Chen expected back as host. The series will…
Al Pacino will join the cast of “Gotti: Three Generations,” the eagerly anticipated mob movie from Fiore Films, Entertainment Weekly reports in its PopWatch column. Pacino joins a lineup that already includes Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Preston and John Travolta, and…
It’s a near certainty that NBC will announce at next week’s upfront that "The Voice" will be back, but don’t expect to see it until midseason, reports the Los Angeles Times. The music competition series has been NBC’s most successful…
A 30-year-old man who worked as a music coordinator for MTV was shot to death in what police describe as an execution-style slaying, the Los Angeles Times reported. The body of Gabriel Aron Ben-Meir was found Sunday on a sidewalk…