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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.
A biopic that aired over the weekend is the top original cable movie premiere this year among adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. Deadline.com reports that Lifetime’s "Anna Nicole," about the life of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, earned that…
Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger has extended his role at the entertainment company. Bloomberg reports that Iger will stay through June 2016, giving him an additional 15 months in the role and delaying the need for the company…
According to the Lakers News website, Academy Award-winning actor and Los Angeles Lakers superfan Jack Nicholson has reached out to Laker Dwight Howard, a free agent, to stay with the team. The article also notes that Time Warner Cable executives — who have…
An annual report from the Writers Guild of America, West, indicates that the earnings of TV writers and movie writers are headed in opposite directions. The earnings of television writers rose 3.9% last year, reaching $1.02 billion, while earnings for…
"Former CNN morning show host Soledad O’Brien will be joining Al Jazeera America as a special correspondent," reports Politico. As previously reported, the move was expected. Writes Politico, "O’Brien will contribute short-form segments to Al Jazeera America’s current affairs magazine…
NBC’s "The Biggest Loser" has booked an "American Idol" winner to compete on the upcoming 15th season of the show. People magazine reports that Ruben Studdard will appear on the reality show as he tries to deal with his obesity….
In a fascinating article written for Political Research Associates (PRA), David Dodge, who "has an extensive background in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.organizing and a Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School," explains how the anti-same-sex marriage forces…
"In the media industry, it’s once again important to be big," write Keach Hagey and Shalini Ramachandran in the Wall St. Journal’s Markets Pulse column (Warning: the WSJ is behind a pay-wall and may charge you to read this article). The article continues, "Tribune…
The sequel to History’s wildly successful miniseries "The Bible" will be on NBC, with the broadcast network greenlighting the Mark Burnett project, TheWrap.com reports. The project is "moving from the minors to the majors: Burnett and NBC are forging a holy…
Audience members at a Cirque du Soleil performance Saturday in Las Vegas described their horror as they witnessed the death of one of the show’s cast members who was killed in a 50-foot fall. "Sarah Guyard-Guillot, an artist in ‘Ka’…