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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.
Sharon Osbourne is refusing to return to her husband, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, until he can prove he can stay sober, TMZ.com reports. As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne took to Facebook to refute reports that he and Sharon, who…
Fox News and CNN saw big increases in their audience size Monday, as viewers turned to cable news networks for coverage of the Boston Marathon bomb attack, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. More than 3 million viewers…
Syfy had its highest-rated premiere for a scripted series in the key demo of viewers 18-49 since the 2006 debut of “Eureka,” TVLine.com reports. The new series “Defiance” raised the bar by delivering 1.3 million viewers in the demo for…
NBC has pushed back the finale of "Revolution" until June, following its decision to pre-empt Monday’s episode to air a special report about the Boston Marathon bombing, reports TVLine. An NBC spokesperson said Tuesday: "The original episode of ‘Revolution’ that…
An executive producer on Showtime’s new drama series "Ray Donovan" is one of 34 people charged with running a gambling ring with ties to the Russian-American mob, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The executive producer is Bryan Zuriff. The charges…
A bomb threat Tuesday evening against a Los Angeles television station turned out to be a hoax, reports Deadline.com. The threat was made against KTLA-TV, a Tribune Broadcasting-owned CW affiliate. Los Angeles police received a call at 6:15 p.m., with the…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided who will produce the 2014 ceremony, and the choice may raise a few eyebrows. The academy said it’s bringing back Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, after this year’s show drew…
A new drama set at a theme park is in development at MTV, which has hired writer Ben Epstein of "10 Things I Hate About You" to write the hourlong project, reports Deadline.com. This is the second MTV project for…
There was a huge increase in the viewing of free, on-demand TV shows in 2012 compared to 2011, Rentrak is reporting. Here’s Rentrak’s press release about its report: PORTLAND, Ore., April 17, 2013 — Rentrak, which measures TV and movies everywhere,…
First, the good news: "A faster version of Wi-Fi will hit the market this year, giving users the power to download a television show’s entire season in less than a minute," writes Drew Fitzgerald in the Wall Street Journal [Note:…