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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.
Bravo has renewed "Million Dollar Listing New York" for a second season, reports B&C. The World of Wonder production has been a solid hit for the cable network, averaging 1.04 million total viewers. The finale hit a season high of…
A founding member of a popular musical group that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year has died after a fight with cancer, TMZ.com reports. Rapper Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who used the…
An NBC correspondent who was involved in a March segment about the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has left the network, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The segment, which aired on "Today," has been criticized for giving…
While Apple’s third-generation iPad was released to much fanfare earlier this year, another iPad release has been brought to the market with almost no notice, CNET reports. It’s an internally modified variation on the older iPad 2, priced lower than…
The Daytime Emmy Awards, which have been televised on CBS for the past two years, may move to cable news channel HLN this year, B&C reports. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is working out a deal with…
Estimates vary widely on how much “The Avengers,” which opens today, will rake in at the box office, but everyone is in agreement on one thing: The movie will be huge. Almost everyone thinks it will top $150 million for…
NBC News marked the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden this week with a special episode of “Rock Center with Brian Williams,” titled “Inside the Situation Room.” TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin takes a close look…
Keith Olbermann’s time period on Current TV has seen a steep decline in viewers since the hot-button host exited the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The audience for the 8 p.m. slot was down 68% in total viewers (46,000,…
The CW announced early renewals for three series, all of which have been performing well for the network, TheWrap.com reports. The broadcast network picked up "The Vampire Diaries," "Supernatural" and "90210," the story reports. "The Vampire Diaries," the CW’s top-rated…
An Alfred Hitchcock movie that was the director’s only film to win the Oscar for best picture is headed to Broadway as a musical, The Huffington Post reports. The movie is the 1940 release “Rebecca,” which starred Joan Fontaine and…