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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.
Walt Disney Co. has entered into a deal with Comcast Corp. to provide access to the Disney group of channels to Comcast customers via their mobile devices and through on-demand services, the Los Angeles Times reports. Among the offerings will…
A legendary figure in sports broadcasting, who redefined how the Olympics are covered while overseeing broadcasts of 10 Olympic Games, has died, Sports Video Group reports. Marvin Bader, an ABC Sports fixture for decades and a member of the Sports…
A syndicated daytime show is parting ways with one of its co-hosts, saying it wasn’t a good fit, the New York Post reports. "The Doctors" has decided to carry on without former "Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels, the story says….
Updated 1/4/12 at 1:15 PM (PT) Corrected to say that Roker was in the L.A. area co-hosting the Tournament of Roses parade. Just a few weeks after actor Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight, another NBC personality, Al Roker, was involved…
A Republican candidate has quit the GOP presidential race — but it’s not Rick Perry, who has been the focus of speculation that he would end his bid if he did poorly in Iowa. It’s Michele Bachmann. Reports the Associated…
A “Star Trek” cast member from the 1960s version of the show and a well-known IndyCar driver who won the series’ championship without ever winning the Indy 500 are on the list for the upcoming installment of Donald Trump’s NBC…
A cable group has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but continues to operate, Multichannel News reports. Plum TV, described as “a collection of local cable channels serving resorts and upscale communities,” will sell its assets to “a…
Even though some reboots failed this year — "Charlie’s Angels" and "Prime Suspect" come to mind — the networks aren’t ready to give up on the strategy just yet. Many of the hottest projects in development for the 2012-13 season…
New York City Comptroller John Liu wants Time Warner Cable to reimburse its customers for losing New York Knicks and Rangers games, a casualty of the clash between the cable company and programmer Madison Square Garden, reports Bloomberg. The blackout…
Yahoo Inc., which is struggling to turn around its online advertising business, has tapped the president of eBay’s PayPal unit, Scott Thompson, as its next chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reports. The story reports: “The move announced Wednesday came…