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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 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder are proving to be a ratings bonanza for ABC, the Los Angeles Times reports. Even with a small-market team in Oklahoma City, the series has attracted national interest…
An actress whose idiosyncratic career included receiving an Oscar nomination for her performance in John Huston’s 1972 film "Fat City" has died in Austin, Texas, reports People magazine. Susan Tyrrell was 67. Tyrrell played Carroll Baker’s in-law in Andy Warhol’s…
Correction 6-19-12 at 8:22 pm PT: Headline changed from "Sitcom" to "Comedy/Drama" The star of "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Men of a Certain Age," comedic actor Ray Romano, is joining the cast of NBC’s "Parenthood" for a multi-episode arc during season…
Emmy-winning actor Alec Baldwin got into a physical confrontation this morning outside the marriage license office in New York City when a photographer tried to shoot pictures of Baldwin and his fiancee, reports the New York Daily News. The 54-year-old…
All the legal wrangling and hype generated by a legal challenge from CBS apparently didn’t help ABC get its new reality show "The Glass House" off the ground. The show premiered to weak viewer numbers Monday night — even falling…
NBC has taken the wraps off the “C-list” celebrity cast of the network’s upcoming military-themed reality competition series "Stars Earn Stripes," reports B&C. The series, which will be hosted by Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) — the former Supreme Allied Commander…
With a weak economy and rising cable bills, more Americans are watching broadcast-only television, or TV that’s delivered free over the airwaves, reports the New York Post, citing data from research firm GfK Media. Almost 18% of all U.S. households…
The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office has decided not to go forward with a case of sexual assault against actor/director Timothy Busfield, best known for his roles on "thirtysomething" and "The West Wing," reports TMZ.com. A woman who went on…
An actor who was featured in all three of the Beatles’ major 1960s films — “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Help!” and “Magical Mystery Tour” — has died, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports. Victor Spinetti was 82. The Welsh-born Spinetti died…
WNBC-TV has tapped a successor to the legendary anchor Sue Simmons, who signed off from the station Friday night after three decades there, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Her successor is Shiba Russell, who joined the station in…