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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.
Horror guru Clive Barker is being brought on board by Amazon Studios to rewrite the action horror project “Zombies vs. Gladiators,” TheWrap.com reports. The project focuses on a gladiator who battles zombies in ancient Rome. In a statement, Barker said:…
Following up on its famous Magic Wall for election coverage, CNN unveiled a new version of its interactive national election map on "The Situation Room," reports TVNewser.com. John King appeared on the show using the new CNN Electoral Map to…
An Oscar-winning actress is firing back after becoming embroiled in a Twitter controversy over a reference to the N-word, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gwyneth Paltrow, who won an Oscar for “Shakespeare in Love” in 1999, stepped into it on…
Tribune, the troubled media company that has been in Chapter 11 for more than three years, is considering Jeff Zucker as one of its top candidates to fill the company’s CEO slot, reports our good friend Claire Atkinson at the New York…
Dish Network has banished AMC to channel 9609, the realm of informercials and low-quality programming, in retaliation for the "Mad Men" cable network airing negative ads about Dish, according to The Hollywood Reporter. AMC aired commercials during Sunday’s episode of…
A familiar television actor is the new Herman Munster. The NBC reboot of the classic television sitcom "The Munsters" will feature former "Crossing Jordan" cast member Jerry O’Connell as the patriarch of the Munster family, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The…
"Sean Parker, first president of Facebook, is starting a video chat site because he thinks that social media is making people lonelier," the Financial Times reports. The new site is called Airtime. Says that report, "Mr. Parker says Airtime will…
The popular WNBC-TV anchor Sue Simmons will sign off from the New York station on June 15, reports TVSpy.com. As previously reported, WNBC opted not to renew her contract earlier this year. Simmons, 69, has spent three decades at the…
A&E set a network record with the debut of its new Western-style drama series, The New York Times’ Media Decoder reports. Sunday’s premiere of "Longmire" attracted 4.1 million viewers, more than any new drama series on cable TV this season,…
A top development executive with the cable channel Syfy has been hired by New Regency to lead its return to television, reports Deadline.com. Andrew Plotkin most recently was senior vice president of original programming for Syfy, informing the channel in…