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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.
CBS Television Distribution committed to "The Arsenio Hall Show" back in August after the strip was cleared in 85% of the country, and that figure has now swelled to 95%, reports Deadline.com. The show is set to bow Sept. 9,…
Ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing’s exit from "Dallas" will bring back memories of the famous “Who shot J.R.?” episode of an earlier version of the show that created a sensation in the 1980s, reports the New York Post. People will…
Lada Gaga has been displaced as the most followed person on Twitter, according to a report by E! Online. The new No. 1 is another pop star: Justin Bieber. The piece notes that Bieber recently mooned his followers in an…
More young people are digging into "retro TV" — programs from the 1990s and earlier — the New York Post reports. That’s because of the increased availability of the programming online on streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu and…
In this guest commentary, Crain’s David Klein says it’s "astonishing" that this hoax ever gained any traction. To read his insightful comments about this black eye for journalism, please click here.
YouTube has cut off its funding of two news channels, PandoDaily.com reports. The channels have been run by The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Reuters has reportedly cut positions in response to the move. The cutbacks come after YouTube said…
The broadcast networks are under increased pressure to find hits this pilot season, Nellie Andreeva writes on Deadline.com, after last year’s crop produced only three series that can be called hits — NBC’s "Revolution," The CW’s "Arrow" and CBS’s "Elementary."…
The National Rifle Association is increasingly becoming a presence on cable. The group sponsors or produces six television shows that air on the Outdoor and Sportsman channels, creating a potential profit center for the group as well as a way…
HBO’s vampire drama "True Blood" has added two actresses for its sixth season, reports Deadline.com. Joining the show are Amelia Rose Blaire, who has appeared in "90210," and Jurnee Smollett, who acted on "Friday Night Lights," the story says. Blaire…
Endemol Group, the independent television production company behind "Big Brother," has named executives to two key positions, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Martha Brass was named chief operating officer and Edwin van Es was installed as chief financial officer, the…