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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.
CNBC has bought "Nightly Business Report" from the investment company Atalaya Capital Management and will start producing it from its New Jersey headquarters on March 4, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. While the format will…
A pioneering producer who actively worked in TV from the late 1940s until the early 2000s has died at age 90. His name was Milt Hoffman, and he was born in Los Angeles in 1922. The first producing credit we could…
CBS has got an Academy Award-winning actress to star in one of its comedy pilots. She won an Oscar in 1995 as Best Supporting Actress and is the daughter of a famous actor. "Mira Sorvino is returning to her comedy…
NBC, which has been in a miserable ratings slump, is about to notch another unpleasant milestone as the network is projected to finish the February sweeps period in fifth place for the first time in history, Deadline.com reports. The Peacock…
A former winner of “Latin American Idol” was arrested Wednesday night, reportedly with heroin in her possession, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dominican singer Martha Heredia, 22, who won the 2009 edition of the show in Argentina, was reportedly nabbed…
Robin Roberts’ return to the desk of ABC’s “Good Morning America” after almost six months away from the show produced a spike in viewer numbers for the program, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show had 6.1 million viewers, based…
Fox’s singing competition “American Idol” continued to see its viewer numbers slip Wednesday night, but the show still had enough strength to win the night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the two-hour installment of “Idol” registered a 4.1…
Women in Cable Telecommunications today announced the release of its "Path to PAR" report, which spotlights leadership development practices at the companies identified as the best for women in cable in the organization’s 2011 Pay equity, Advancement opportunities and Resources…
A broadcasting fixture announced Wednesday that he is retiring from broadcasting. Reuters reports that veteran sports and television personality Joe Garagiola is hanging up the microphone. “Garagiola, 87, who made his Major League debut with his hometown team, the St….
An NBC series that has already suffered a series of setbacks received another piece of bad news as one of its stars landed another job. Deadline.com reports that Will Arnett, a co-star of NBC’s "Up All Night," will play the…