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.

Good News on Two Fronts: NBC Is Committed to Bringing Back ‘Rockford,’ and the Move Could Mean a New Lead Role for a ‘Lost’ Refugee

NBC remains interested in rebooting the James Garner detective series "The Rockford Files," and now the name attached to the project is a former cast member of "Lost," reports Entertainment Weekly. Josh Holloway, who played James “Sawyer” Ford on “Lost,”…

Michael J. Fox Makes Return to TV–as Cynical Lawyer Willing to Use His Neurological Condition to His Advantage

Five-time Emmy Award winner Michael J. Fox will return to TV this fall with a guest spot on CBS’s "The Good Wife," the Orlando Sentinel reports. He has been cast as a "shrewd and cynical litigator" on the legal drama,…

CBS’s ‘Big Brother’ Tops Fox’s NFL Preseason Game in Ratings

CBS’s summer reality hit "Big Brother" delivered the night’s best Nielsen ratings Thursday, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. "Big Brother" served up a 2.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic, ahead of the first hour of Fox’s broadcast of the…

Colbert Plans Two-Night Tribute to Iraq Vets With the Title: ‘Been There: Won That’

Coinciding with the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert will host two special episodes devoted to the troops, reports The New York Times. During the Thursday night broadcast of "The Colbert Report," Colbert announced that…

Comic Book King Adds His Geek-Cred to Syfy’s ‘Eureka’

The father of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and dozens of other comic book heroes will appear on Syfy’s "Eureka," reports TV Squad. The former president and chairman of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee is also behind the Fantastic Four, the X-Men,…

OMG: This Is Something We Would Pay to See on Premium Cable, and It’s on Basic: Jerry Springer and Perez Hilton on the Same Show

A celebrity blogger who has stirred up his share of controversy is joining forces with a veteran talk show host known for his salacious subject matter to raise the level of intrigue on GSN’s “Baggage,” Multichannel News reports. The top-rated…

Set Your DVR: Great Opportunity This Weekend to Visit a Famous Show From the Golden Age of TV

Yes, some observers say we’re in the midst of a second golden age of TV drama, but we’re talking about the first one, in the 1950s. Back in 1955 Rod Serling wrote two dramas that went a long way to…

Nothing is More Important Than Communicating About Your Brand. Is the Press Release, As You’ve Known It, Dead? This Is a Must-Read on the Future of Public Relations and Social Media

The modern press release, as we know it, was created in 1906. Is the Internet, with the advent of social media, finally changing the face of public relations? That’s the subject of and article titled "The Future of Public Relations and Social Media"…

PC World Says About New Verizon iPad FiOS App: ‘You might want to skip it for now.’ Plus, Here are Lots of Other Choices for Streaming Video on an iPad

PCWorld has taken a look at the new Verizon iPad FiOS app and comes to this conclusion: It an app "you might want to skip for now." The article, written by Brennon Slattery, says, "The app’s restrictions — including a…

Hallmark’s Big Marketing Push Behind Its Upcoming Martha Stewart Block

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Hallmark Channel’s recipe for launching a new block of Martha Stewart-themed daytime programming on its air calls for generous helpings of, well, any promotional tool you can conceive. In an effort that will encompass everything from…