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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.
TLC will televise a special called "The Man with the 132 lb. Scrotum," and the show is just what the title describes, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. "Yes, there are photos," the story notes. "But beware: Once you see a man…
Paul Giamatti has a project in the works at FX. Deadline.com reports that the Emmy-winning actor is working with the cable network on a historical project about the Civil War. Currently going by the name "Untitled John Brown Project," the…
Singer and actor Randy Travis was released from Baylor Heart Hospital in Texas and has been moved to a physical therapy facility, reports TheWrap.com. As previously reported, the 54-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition after acquiring viral cardiomyopathy. He also…
ABC is working on a semi-autobiographical miniseries based on the experiences of an Academy Award-winning writer. The project focuses on Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for "Milk," The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Black will…
Fox is developing a project from "The Big C" creator and executive producer Darlene Hunt and "Community" co-executive producer Andy Bobrow. Deadline.com reports that the network made an early buy with "On the Farm." The comedy focuses on a New…
President Obama, no stranger to the late-night talk circuit, has lined up his first late-night appearance since the election campaign. Obama will appear Tuesday, Aug. 6, on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," marking his fourth appearance on the NBC…
In the following video, Ben Urwand talks to The Hollywood Reporter (THR) about the overwhelming evidence of studio concessions to the demands of Nazi censors during the 1930s. To read THR’s excerpt of the book, please click here: Here’s the…
"During her 26-year tenure at Viacom’s Nickelodeon, [she] was involved in the creation and production of some of the industry’s most successful children’s programs, including ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ ‘Rugrats,’ ‘iCarly’ and the Kids’ Choice Awards," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company…
Amazon Studios announced today that it has greenlighted five new projects, as the studio continues its push into original programming. The five new pilots follow what the company calls positive response to its first round of TV pilots. The new…
Oprah Winfrey let her feelings be known about racism and the N-word in an interview with Parade magazine. The longtime queen of daytime TV made it clear she has no tolerance for the word. Winfrey sat down with fellow actor…