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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.
Two celebrity chefs are in discussions to create a daily talk show that would be similar to "Live! With Regis and Kelly," reports the New York Post. The two chefs — Bobby Flay and Giada DeLaurentiis — already have their…
Funny or Die has tapped one of the fixtures of cable news to moderate a spoof Republican debate, reports TVNewser.com. Former CNN host Larry King was set to moderate the “Yahoo News/Funny or Die Presidential GOP Online Internet Cyber Debate,”…
Online video content creator and distributor Alloy Digital announced that it has acquired studio and talent management company Generate, creating what the company calls “the first of its kind, multi-platform, next generation media company.” Making the joint announcement were Alloy…
NBC has tapped a former marketing executive as general manager of the male-skewing G4 network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Adam Stotsky will replace Neal Tiles and oversee all aspects of the network, from programming to digital operations, the story…
An Oscar-nominated film director is reportedly under investigation in an incident involving an alleged grope of his 19-year-old transgender niece, TMZ.com reports. The director is David O. Russell, who received an Oscar nomination last year for “The Fighter” and also…
There may have been a miscount made by the GOP in the Iowa Caucuses, reports Hearst Television’s KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa. According to the story, "Edward True, 28, of Moulton, said he helped count the votes and jotted the…
MSNBC has revealed plans for a new two-hour show, to be hosted by a familiar talking head, Deadline.com reports. The new weekend daytime show will feature Melissa Harris-Perry, a Tulane University professor of political science who has been a frequent…
One of the daytime talk shows vying to become the next “Oprah” has signed an alum of that show as its executive producer, B&C reports. “Survivor” host Jeff Probst’s new talk show landed Amy Coleman, a supervising producer on “Oprah,”…
Trouble is brewing on the Internet, where Wikipedia has signaled what might be coming with a series of warnings about the pending Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. Now it appears that Wikipedia, which has threatened to shut itself down…