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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 Parents Television Council is taking aim at local television stations to fight the new CBS comedy "$#*! My Dad Says" after putting pressure on national advertisers, reports TVNewscheck The group put a call to action on its Website Wednesday,…
Benderspink, the production company behind "Kyle XY," is working on two comedy projects at CBS under a new first-look deal with CBS Television Studios, reports Deadline.com. The projects are "Second Wind" and an untitled half-hour show from writer Jonathan Goldstein…
The stars of "Jersey Shore" are getting offers right and left to strip for money. Vinny Guadagnino has been offered $30,000 plus a portion of the proceeds to pose naked for Playgirl magazine, reports the New York Daily News. The…
The broadcast networks had their big guns blazing Monday for opening night of the fall season, with important new shows premiering on CBS, NBC and Fox. But it was a returning reality competition from ABC that was the evening’s big…
HBO got a nice surprise Sunday night when “Boardwalk Empire” premiered to better-than-expected ratings–and HBO responded with a quick order for a second season. according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show’s premiere was the pay cable net’s most-watched premiere for…
Twentieth Television announced that its new action adventure series from “Baywatch” creator and executive producer Gregory Bonann has been sold to the Tribune Broadcasting Stations in the top 10 markets, including New York, L.A. and Chicago. The weekly hour program,…
Two of the stars of Discovery’s "Deadliest Catch," Captains Jonathan and Andy Hillstrand, claim that a $3 million lawsuit filed against them by the network is an attempt to "extort" them, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Should the captains lose…
Just in time for Halloween, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is coming back to television, reports Deadline.com. Cassandra Peterson will don the dark suit of the dark side for "Elvira’s Movie Macabre" each Saturday night at midnight on KDOC-TV, an…
If “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams has his way, two Emmy-winning actors from that show will be back on television in a new series about retired black-ops agents, reports New York Magazine. Abrams is pitching a dramedy that would star Michael…
CNN, which introduced the Magic Wall in 2006 and has been acknowledged as the industry leader in technology, is ready to spring some new surprises on the public during the upcoming elections, reports B&C. David Bohrman, senior VP and the…