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.

Debra Messing of ‘Will & Grace’ Near Deal to Join NBC Musical Pilot

Debra Messing, the Emmy winning-star of "Will & Grace," is close to a deal to join a NBC musical pilot in a lead role, reports TVLine.com. On the show, titled "Smash," Messing would play Julia, a good-natured lyricist in the show…

‘Smallville’ To End 10-Year Run with 2-Hour Finale in May

"Smallville" will wrap up its 10 years on television with a two-hour finale on Friday, May 13, reports TVLine.com." Paying homage to 10 seasons is no small task, and wrapping up each character and story arc has been extremely important…

What a Drag: Kids’ TV Shows Have ‘High Amount’ of Tobacco Use, Says Anti-Smoking Group

The most popular primetime shows with children between the ages of 12 to 17 show a "high amount" of tobacco use, according to the anti-smoking group the American Legacy Foundation, reports MediaDailyNews. The study found that 40% of the 73 TV…

Super Bowl’s Super Ratings: Game Is Most-Watched TV Show Ever

The Super Bowl XLV broadcast was the most-watched U.S. TV program in history, lifting Fox to a milestone as the first network to top the 100 million-viewer average for a night of prime time, the network reported, based on Nielsen…

Jeff Zucker Says NBC Universal Tried to Buy Huffington Post–Here’s Why It Never Happened

Jeff Zucker today said today that NBC Universal tried to acquire the Huffington Post, according to an article by Bill Kirtz at Poynter.org. According to the article, Zucker, "said NBC had tried for 18 months to buy the popular blog…

Most Enticing Off-the-Field Super Bowl Altercation: CBS Commentator and ESPN Analyst–Both Former Super Bowl Stars–Go at It; Cops Intervene

The top color commentator for CBS’s NFL broadcasts–who is also a former Super Bowl-winning quarterback–reportedly threatened ESPN analyst Desmond Howard, a former Heisman Trophy winner and a Super Bowl MVP, during a high-profile event connected with this year’s Super Bowl,…

Attorneys for Convicted Murderer Demand That Lifetime Pull Plug on TV Movie

Amanda Knox’s attorneys have sent a formal letter to Lifetime demanding that the network pull the movie and its trailer based on her murder trail in Italy that resulted in her conviction, reports Deadline.com. "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in…

Paltrow’s Return to ‘Glee’ Will Get a Sex Angle

Gwyneth Paltrow returns next month to Fox’s hit musical series "Glee," reprising her role as substitute teacher Holly Holiday, only this time there’s a new sex angle, TV Guide reports. Her character will be teaching sex education, the story reports….

Guess What the Black Eyed Peas Earned for Their Half Time Performance: A) $1 million, B) $500,000, C) $250,000, or D) $0; Also, Christina Aguilera Hopes Viewers Felt ‘True Spirit’ of Anthem Even If She Got The Words Wrong

Wanna guess how much the Black Eyed Peas got paid for performing at halftime during the 2011 Super Bowl? The group typically earns between $250,000 to $350,000 per concert, but, in fact, they made nothing for their performance at the Super Bowl XLV’s…

Former Cox Communications Worker Arrested in 2009 Super Bowl Porn Incident

A former Cox Communications employee in Arizona was arrested for allegedly placing a brief porn clip in the 2009 Super Bowl broadcast carried on the Tucson system owned by Comcast, reports Multichannel News. The FBI and police in Marana, Arizona…