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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.
ABC rolled out its new daytime show Monday, and the initial results may have the network rethinking whether it was a good idea to cancel its long-running soap operas. The new talk show "The Revolution" premiered to a 1.9 rating/5…
Trifecta Entertainment & Media has announced a two-year deal to bring a hit TNT television drama to the CBS-owned stations in 13 markets, beginning in Fall 2012. The show is the caper series “Leverage,” which was recently picked up for…
In a message that was apparently meant to be private but ended up going public, NBC anchor Brian Williams criticized a performance by "Saturday Night Live" musical guest Lana Del Rey, Gawker reports. Williams said in an email to Gawker…
A cable TV channel that has a unique feature — some might say a monkey on its back — will soon be put up for sale, with its owner having already hired an investment bank to shop the channel, the…
A former participant on the ABC reality show “The Bachelorette,” who also recently appeared on “Bachelor Pad 2,” has reportedly been arrested, according to E! Online. Kasey Kahl was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct at a nightclub in Fresno,…
Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who has been criticized for the amount of sugar and fat in her recipes, has revealed that she has type 2 diabetes, reports People.com. Deen, who hosts "Paula’s Best Dishes" on Food Network, says that the…
The host of an upcoming daytime talk show admits he wouldn’t mind taking over where Oprah Winfrey left off, EW.com’s Inside TV blog reports. Jeff Probst, best known as the host of CBS’s "Survivor," says he’s positioning the new show,…
A fight over legislation designed to slow piracy of content over the Internet may hit home with consumers when Wikipedia goes dark on Wednesday, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said Monday that the…
A fast-food industry giant is now testing home delivery, says USA Today. According to the article, "Should home delivery catch on for the burger giants — as it has for the pizza kingpins — it could be an industry changer."…
"Jersey Shore" producers are scouting another city as they consider moving the MTV reality hit from its home base of Seaside Heights, N.J., the New York Post’s Page Six reports. They’re reportedly looking at locations in Jersey City, a port…