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.

Cartoon Network Banking on TV Success of Web Series with Rob Corddry as a Creepy Clown Doctor

Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim is betting that a Web series featuring Rob Corddry as a doctor who likes to put on creepy clown makeup to cheer up patients in a children’s hospital will translate into television success, reports the Los…

Miley Cyrus Fights Back Over Posting of Picture by Perez Hilton

Miley Cyrus fired back at Perez Hilton yesterday during an appearance on Ryan Seacrest’s syndicated radio show, Billboard reports. "That’s like, some idiot being an idiot — that’s not me, you know what I’m saying?" Cyrus told Seacrest, according to…

Exec Gets Solo Executive Producing Slot for Upcoming ‘Nate Berkus Show’

There’s been some behind the scenes re-positioning at the new "Nate Berkus Show," with Terry Murphy becoming sole executive producer and Zev Shalev becoming an executive consultant concentrating on development, reports B&C. The Sony Pictures Television show, in association with…

Two-Time Oscar Winning Actor in Talks With Both HBO AND Showtime About Series

A two-time Oscar-winning actor is in talks with Showtime as well as HBO to star in his own TV series, reports New York magazine. The star is Kevin Spacey, who made a memorable TV appearance in the ’90s on "Wiseguy."…

Betchya Can’t Guess Which Cable Network Has Ordered Six Episodes About Collecting Movie, Music and Theater Memorabilia

Cable has shows about pawn shops, fisherman, hoarders. Soon it wlll have one all about show business memorabilia Syfy has order six episodes of "Hunting Hollywood," an hour-long documentaryseries about collecting and finding rare movie, music and theater memorabilia, according to…

‘Sons of Anarchy’ Creator Lashes Out at Ex-Hell’s Angel

The day after a former member of the Hell’s Angels, Chuck Zito, declared that FX’s "Sons of Anarchy" had been his idea and filed a $5 million breach suit against the network, the creator of the TV show, Kurt Sutter,…

Publicist Promoted at Comcast

Publicist Amelia Stewart has been promoted to VP of media relations for the Comcast Entertainment Group, in charge of the company’s corporate communications plans and trade media relations, reports The Wrap. Her duties will include the same responsibilities for E!…

‘The Office’ Ups Cast Member to Series Regular

The new season of NBC’s Emmy-winning sitcom "The Office" will include Sabre insider Gabe, played by Zach Woods, promoted to Dunder-Mifflin regular, reports Entertainment Weekly. The character was introduced last season when the Sabre Companybought Dunder-Mifflin, sending Michael Scott and…

Final NBA Game This Thursday Knocks ‘Ted’ Off-The-Air

It’s the final insult to he small, but loyal, following for ABC’s canceled sitcom "Better Off Ted." The final two episodes were due to air this Thursday night, June 17, but won’t because of game seven of the NBA finals,…

Basketball Rules on Tuesday Night

Game six of the NBA Finals was a major draw on Tuesday night in the Nielsens, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The eight o’clock hour started with the president’s address from the Oval Office, which was covered by all four networks. ABC was…