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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.
NBC Entertainment today named a new executive vice president and chief financial officer. NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt announced the promotion of Bradley Melnick to the post. “Melnick advances from his previous role as senior vice president and chief financial…
A nationwide “execution” of sorts that had been scheduled for Saturdays has been called off. Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Postal Service has been denied permission to kill off mail delivery on Saturdays. The service “doesn’t have the legal authority…
Among the artists whose work will be added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress are Pink Floyd, the Ramones, Simon & Garfunkel, Ornette Coleman and Big Brother and the Holding Company. This year’s list of 25…
ABC has taken the wraps off its schedule of season finales, along with its summer premieres. TVLine reports that the network plans expanded finales for “Suburgatory” and “Revenge.” The report notes: “The finale date for ‘Happy Endings’ — which returns…
One of the stars of the hit AMC drama series “Mad Men” has apparently created a distraction by going without underwear on the set. The Huffington Post reports: “Jon Hamm’s not-so-private parts are reportedly causing quite the stir on the…
A television comedy writer who worked for four seasons on NBC’s "The Office" has died. Deadline.com reports that Lester Lewis died Tuesday night at 46. The report did not provide a cause of death. Lewis worked as a consulting producer…
Now that the successor to Jay Leno as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show” appears to be decided, key players at the network have turned their attention to deciding when to pull the trigger on the transition — and the battle…
With talk that her days on ABC’s "The View" are numbered, Elisabeth Hasselbeck is receiving interest from another network, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. CNN boss Jeff Zucker is interested in hiring her, the story reports. While "The…
Former CNBC and MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan has discovered a second act after leaving cable news, reports TVNewser. Ratigan wrote about his new life on his blog, noting that after leaving television he moved to San Diego County to work…
HBO is adding an "odd" disclaimer to its film "Phil Spector," TheWrap.com reports. The disclaimer notes that the movie "is a work of fiction," according to the report. The disclaimer marks a departure from other recent TV movies that have…