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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.
Bob Barker, the longtime host of "The Price Is Right," says the show banned him from its 40th anniversary telecast, which aired Monday, reports the New York Post. Barker, 88, cited his past criticism of the show as the reason….
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry yelled at one of her guests on the air Saturday, striking a nerve among viewers, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. Harris-Perry was hosting a panel that included financial expert Monica Mehta during a discussion…
The New York Times has demoted one of its critics, writes Norman Lebrecht at the Arts Journal blog Slipped Disc. Lebrecht writes: "The move has nothing to do with the quality of Times journalism. It is rooted entirely in the…
"Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf is adapting a U.K. series for NBC, reports TheWrap.com. The original British program, "Injustice," stars James Purefoy as the attorney William Travers. NBC has given the project a script order. The NBC project is…
A&E’s "Coma" miniseries had a low viewer turnout for its first night — especially when compared with the network’s previous medical thriller miniseries, "Andromeda Strain," reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The first installment of "Coma" aired Monday, with only 1.8 million…
News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch received a compensation cut for fiscal 2012, although another leading exec at News Corp. — Fox News chief Roger Ailes — got a pay boost, reports Jon Lafayette at B&C. Murdoch’s total compensation fell…
Amazon.com has signed a deal that increases its footprint significantly in online video — ramping up the competition between Amazon and segment leader Netflix. Bloomberg reports that the pay-television network Epix signed a deal with Amazon bringing key film titles…
ABC is moving forward with a project from director-producer Jake Kasdan and playwright-screenwriter Kate Robin (“Six Feet Under”), reports Deadline.com. ABC has given a script commitment plus significant penalty to the project, a family soap. The project, from 20th Century…
"Justified" executive producer Graham Yost is developing a spy drama for NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The hourlong drama focuses on a female spy and is set in 1970s Los Angeles. Called "L.A. Woman," the drama has…
Writers from "Frasier," "Party Down" and "Up All Night" have received script orders from ABC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Peter Huyk of "Frasier" received a script order for his project about a family that moves from New York City…