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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.
NBC has increased its episode order for a freshman comedy, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The network ordered two additional episodes of "Up All Night." The series had already received a full-season order, and will now air 24 episodes this…
Networks that don’t carry the NBA are trying to woo advertisers that normally buy time on NBA broadcasts, reports Advertising Age. These networks are focusing on sports programming and other programming that’s geared to young men, the piece adds. "I…
HBO is developing a series with Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company based on "The Lobotomist," a book about the doctor who invented the lobotomy, reports the New York Post. In the late 1940s, Dr. Walter Freeman refined the surgery and promoted…
"Regis’ last day capped a 6-week growth trend for ‘Live With Regis & Kelly,’ delivering a 7.3 HH rating in an average of all 56 metered markets," according to a release from Disney ABC Domestic Television. The annoucement goes on…
ABC’s Sunday night broadcast of the “American Music Awards” matched last year’s program in the ratings, equaling the all-time low for the ceremony, Reuters reports. The ceremony averaged a 4.3 rating in adults 18-49, with 12 million total viewers. NBC’s…
NBC is developing a new single-camera comedy called “The New Neighbors,” which focuses on a Palm Springs neighborhood where a new family of puppets moves in, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project comes from a studio that knows a…
The son of a newsman who was a fixture on broadcast television has begun his own career in TV news, and he made his debut today as an anchor. Luke Russert, the son of Tim Russert — the late NBC…
An actor known for his role as a series regular on Fox’s "Party of Five" and other television and film appearances is being sought by police in Palm Springs, Calif., reports the Associated Press. Jeremy London is being sought after…
In her first regular television role since the 1980s, an Oscar-nominated actress is joining CBS’s "CSI," reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Elisabeth Shue will take over from Marg Helgenberger, who is leaving the show in January, the story says….