38,865 Entries
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.
Fox announced today that Demi Lovato will return as a judge for the upcoming season of “The X Factor.” Entertainment Weekly reports that the spots held last season by L.A. Reid and Britney Spears — both of whom have said…
A longtime producer and writer for the Fox animated hit “The Simpsons” has died. TheWrap.com reports that co-executive producer Don Payne died at 48 after a battle with cancer. Payne, who earned four Emmys with "The Simpsons" after joining its…
An NBC “backup plan” has reportedly surfaced for the embattled “Today” show, with new names being floated as possible replacements for Matt Lauer. The New York Post reports that NBC News Chairwoman Patricia Fili-Krushel is working on a "plan B"…
The weekend anchor for NBC’s “Today” show revealed that she’s gay and is pregnant with her first child. People magazine reports that Jenna Wolfe is expecting her first child with her partner, NBC News correspondent Stephanie Gosk. "This is the…
FX is launching a new sister cable channel, with the rollout set for this fall, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new channel from the News Corp.-owned cable network is dubbed FXX. “To get the channel off to a strong…
Former "Downton Abbey" star Jessica Brown Findlay, who portrayed Lady Sybil Crawley on the hit historical drama, said she regrets appearing topless in earlier work, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. She appeared topless in the 2011 film "Albatross,"…
The stars of a quirky A&E series are upping the ante for the surprise hit with demands for more money. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the "Duck Dynasty" stars want more than $200,000 an episode for the fourth season. The…
One of the fixtures of TV baseball has announced his plan to retire after 34 years in the broadcast booth and an 18-season run in his current job. USA Today reports that Fox lead analyst Tim McCarver will step down…
CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker is getting closer to picking a co-anchor for the network’s newly made-over morning show, reports TVNewser. One of the top names on the short list is Kate Bolduan, the network’s congressional correspondent. She has recently…
Fox News is moving one of its contributors into a co-hosting spot on the weekend installments of “Fox & Friends.” The New York Times’ Media Decoder reports that the channel promoted Tucker Carlson to co-host the shows. Carlson, who will start…