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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.
The pattern for fall 2012 continues to take shape in the hotly contested ratings fight among syndicated talk shows — and with most shows now having unveiled their fall premieres, the early leader in the key demo of women 25-54…
TNT announced plans to roll out two new midseason shows along with new seasons for a number of returning shows, Entertainment Weekly reports. Joining the lineup are "Boston’s Finest," a new unscripted show from executive producer Donnie Wahlberg, and "Monday…
In an incident that has received wide attention on the Internet, Jennifer Livingston, a morning anchor on CBS affiliate WKBT-TV in Lacrosse, Wis., responded on air to a viewer who criticized her for being overweight, The New York Times reports….
After some ratings success at the start of the new television season, NBC quickly renewed three new shows Tuesday: the drama "Revolution" and the comedies "Go On" and "The New Normal," reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media…
A battle between two divas appears to be brewing at "American Idol," with rapper and judge Nicki Minaj caught on tape swearing at fellow judge and singer Mariah Carey during auditions Tuesday in Charlotte, according to a video posted by…
Fox News Channel has drilled its staff on using a 5-second delay in an effort to ensure that the channel never repeats what happened Friday, when Fox News televised a suicide, reports TVNewser.com. As previously reported, FNC was airing live…
A developer in Phoenix wants to raze a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright — and called by The New York Times architecture critic "one of Wright’s great works" — by tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, unless someone buys the house,…
NBC has ordered a comedy set in the 1980s, tracking a family coming together after the parents divorce, from “Arrested Development” star Jason Bateman and "Up All Night" executive producer DJ Nash, Deadline.com reports. The comedy, "Then Came Elvis," is…
The leader of one of the most popular rock bands of the past 20 years dropped a bombshell this week, indicating the group will no longer be out there fighting foo — at least for a while. The Los Angeles…
The co-creator and executive producer of "The Cleveland Show," who just signed a new multiyear overall deal extending his long run with 20th Century Fox TV, will take over as showrunner and executive producer on "Family Guy,” Deadline.com reports. Rich…