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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.
Syfy’s Executive Vice President, Development Mark Stern, and Ron Moore, the guiding light of the network’s hit "Battlstar Galactica,"–which has ended its run–are discussing a " ‘Battlestar’-related project….[that] would mark a return to the franchise’s space-opera roots." Such is the word from…
There’s nothing more American than a good ol’ fight in Washington over policy changes. In this case it’s the Federal Communications Commission’s new National Broadband Plan, which hasn’t even cooled after being pulled from the oven. Says an article is…
Chicago insurance executive Michael David Barrett, who was convicted of stalking and secretly videotaping ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, TheWrap reports. The sentence was higher than the 27 months Barrett had earlier agreed to…
A top public television executive has abruptly resigned after just over a year on the job, Current reports. The president of the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS), Larry Sidman, said he’s resigning, effective April 1. Sidman told Current that he’s leaving…
It’ll be a fun beginning of summer if you’re a fan of "True Blood." HBO has finally announced when the popular vampire series will return for its third season, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show returns on Sunday, June 13,…
It took more than six months, but Comcast’s sports channel, Versus, is back on DirecTV, reports the Los Angeles Times. The channel was MIA for DirecTV for most of the college football season, as a result of a standoff between…
The National Broadband plan has been issued to reporters and the Federal Communications Commission has taken its embargo off the material, so a number of media outlets are now writing about it. To read the official six-page summary of the…
Despite a number of press reports that for all intents and purposes this will be the last TV season of "24" on Fox, Michael Ausiello–who’s got a good track record with scoops–reports for EW that NBC could pick up the drama thriller…
One of the most famous stars of "Battlestar Galactica," actor James Callis, will be joining another Syfy series, playing, yet again, a doctor. Callis will be joining "Eureka" in a new, regular role, Syfy has announced. This time he’ll be Dr. Grant, a former…
Showtime, which last year used the Los Angeles Times as a major component of its Emmy campaign, is turning to social media networks Facebook and Twitter this time around, according to our good friend and former TVWeek colleague James Hibberd…