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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.
The winner of CBS’s most recent season of "Survivor" has been hired as a writer for one of the network’s new comedies. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that John Cochran made the announcement on Twitter. "I’m thrilled to announce…
Broadcast networks have filed a lawsuit against Aereokiller in an effort to prevent the company from providing streaming video of broadcast programming in the Washington, D.C., market, Variety reports. The move is “the latest effort to challenge the legality of…
A spelling bee-themed game show called "Spell-Mageddon" has been ordered by ABC Family for a summer debut, reports TheWrap. The show adds distractions to the traditional spelling bee. The program is executive produced by Adam Reed, Adam Freeman and Leslie…
Music and TV producer Russell Simmons has signed a two-year overall deal with HBO, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Simmons will develop new projects for the network, which was home to his "Def Comedy Jam," which ran from…
Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis apologized for his "hurtful" remarks made during an interview in which he called jurors who convicted him "retarded" and said they should be shot by firing squad, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker. As…
"The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to end its controversial policy banning gay kids and teens from joining one of the nation’s most popular youth organizations, ditching membership guidelines that had roiled the group in recent years,"reports NBC News….
A cable series that has had a 13-season run has been canceled. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that A&E is giving up on “Intervention.” The docuseries’ final five episodes will be televised starting June 13. David McKillop, executive VP…
A TV interview featuring Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine promoting their new movie “Now You See Me” caught Freeman apparently catching a few Z’s, USA Today reports. During the interview Wednesday on Fox’s Seattle-Tacoma affiliate KCPQ-TV, Freeman, 75, appears to…
Changes are taking place behind the scenes of a broadcast drama series. Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva reports that co-creator/executive producer/co-showrunner Stephanie SenGupta has left the CW series “Reign.” SenGupta’s departure leaves co-creator/executive producer Laurie McCarthy as the series’ sole showrunner, the…