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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.
Analyst Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets "believes that Apple will launch a full-blown television set in the later part of 2013 that promises to ‘revolutionize the TV experience forever,’ " reports Apple Insider. The article says White "believes the…
Cinemax is moving forward with a project based on a series of novels about a contract killer. Deadline.com reports that the pay-cable channel ordered a pilot for "Quarry," a drama based on a novel series by Max Allan Collins. The…
Syfy has ordered a reality show based on a Japanese series that features contestants trying to escape from "four mind-bending and seemingly diabolical rooms," reports Deadline.com. The Syfy project, "Exit," is based on Japan’s "Dero!" The winning team has to…
HLN and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences took the wraps off plans for the upcoming 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Awards. The program will air live from Los Angeles on HLN on Sunday, June 16. The ceremony will…
USA Network has set the summer premiere dates for several of its popular shows, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. "Burn Notice" will return June 6, followed by the debut of "Graceland," a new drama that’s focused on undercover agents from several…
Certain programming from the Oprah Winfrey Network will soon be available to be seen in the United Kingdom on a regular basis, OWN has announced. Here’s the press release: (Los Angeles, CA and Silver Spring, MD) – OWN: Oprah Winfrey…
The president and chief executive officer of Tribune Broadcasting has left the company. Chicagoland Radio and Media reports that Nils Larsen ended his roles not only with Tribune Broadcasting but also with the Tribune Company as a whole. He was…
ABC’s celebrity diving competition “Splash” fell to an all-time low Tuesday night in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the show delivered a series-low 1.4 average rating in the demo, dropping 18% from last week….
MSNBC continues to tweak its lineup, focusing in particular on weekends. B&C reports that the cable channel has named political analyst Karen Finney, a familiar talking head on MSNBC since 2009, as the host of a new weekend program. Finney…
Michael Healy, the Disney Channel executive who shepherded hits including "High School Musical," is leaving his role as senior vice president of original movies to pursue other opportunities, reports Deadline.com. As Deadline notes, the "High School Musical" original movie and…