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.

John Miller, NBC Universal’s Top TV Marketing Executive, to Step Down at Year’s End

John Miller, the veteran award-winning, well-respected chief marketing officer for NBC Universal Television Group, will leave his post by the end of the year, after working in NBC’s marketing department for 28 years, reports Nellie Andreeva on Deadline.com. Miller may remain at NBCU in…

What Would MacGyver Do? How One Man With an Arm Trapped in a Boiler Used Inspiration from TV to Perform Self-Amputation

After being trapped with his injured arm stuck in a boiler for 12 hours, a Connecticut man reflected on what fictional television character MacGyver would do to get out of the situation, reports People.com. The answer he reached wasn’t a…

With Ratings Drifting Lower, Is Fox’s ‘The Good Guys’ a Problem?

Fox’s "The Good Guys" may be turning into a bad problem for the network, opines Bill Gorman on TVbytheNumbers.com. The program’s ratings have continued to drift down, despite Fox’s tactic of introducing the show in May with the goal of building…

Nicollette Sheridan Updates Lawsuit With Allegation that ABC Minimized Assault As a ‘Light Tap’

An updated lawsuit from fired "Desperate Housewives" actress Nicollette Sheridan alleges that ABC dismissed her assault claim against series creator Marc Cherry by calling it "a light tap on the side of the head," the Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq. blog…

Two A-List Stars, Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen, to Star in HBO Project; Gandolfini Producing

HBO has given the greenlight to an original movie starting Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman and produced by James Gandolfini, reports Deadline.com. The project, "Hemingway & Gellhorn," will star Owen as Hemingway and Kidman as the war correspondent Martha Gellhorn whom Hemingway…

Emmy-Winning Former Writer and Exec. Producer of ‘West Wing’ Gets Primetime Show on MSNBC

A former political operative who also once was a writer and executive producer on "The West Wing" has gotten his own show during primetime on MSNBC, the Los Angeles Times Show Tracker blog reports. Former Democratic aide Lawrence O’Donnell has…

Alleged White House Party-Crashers the Salahis to Be Featured in ‘Real Housewives of D.C.’

It turns out that crashing a party at the White House won’t get you a reality show, but it won’t get you kicked off one either, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Michaele Salahi and her husband Tareq…

More on Gary Coleman Saga: It Could Be Months Before He’s At Rest, as Ex-Wife and Ex-Girlfriend Battle Over His Ashes and Estate

It may be months before the remains of the late Gary Coleman reach their final resting place, as his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend are battling over the rights to his estate and ashes, reports People.com. Anna Gray, an ex-girlfriend who lives…

Greta Van Susteren Signs Multi-Year Contract to Remain at Fox News

Greta Van Susteren has signed a new contract that will keep her at the Fox News Channel for several more years, the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog reports. Her current contract was set to expire at the end of…

With Concern Over CNBC in Comcast Merger, Bloomberg Asks for More Time to Study Comcast-NBCU Deal

With concern that competitor CNBC will gain an unfair advantage once parent NBC Universal closes its merger with Comcast, Bloomberg LP is asking the Federal Communications Commission for more time to study the deal, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town…