38,865 Entries
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.
Even without upgrading the iPhone enough to call it an iPhone 5, Apple’s recent rollout of the new iPhone 4S has been a rousing success. PCMag.com reports that the device sold 4 million units during its launch weekend, more than…
Don Johnson is expanding his relationship with HBO with the development of a dark comedy from "Temple Grandin" writer W. Merritt Johnson, reports Deadline.com. Don Johnson is executive producing with his manager and Merritt Johnson, the piece notes. The dark…
Fox is no longer considering a comedy pilot that featured a former correspondent of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Rob Corddry’s pilot "Little in Common," was passed up by Fox, reports Deadline.com. The project was about three families with different views…
NBC Owned Television Stations named a 10-year veteran of NBCUniversal as the new chief financial officer, B&C reports. Taking the job is Christine Dorfler, who has been vice president of finance for WNBC-TV in New York. Dorfler will report to…
ABC announced its first cancellation of the fall season, pulling the plug on a high-profile drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Charlie’s Angels” had been on the brink pretty much from the beginning, with rapidly eroding ratings in the key…
A TV celebrity news host and reality star revealed today that she has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, E! Online reports. Appearing this morning on NBC’s "Today," Giuliana Rancic revealed the diagnosis, saying it came while she was going…
AMC had a huge viewer turnout for Sunday’s season premiere of a drama series that was one of the cable network’s surprise hits of the past year, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “The Walking Dead” pulled in 7.3 million…
Charter Communications CEO Michael Lovett announced last week that he plans to step down from his post in April 2012, setting off speculation about who might succeed him, St. Louis Business Journal reports. The list of contenders includes Landel Hobbs,…
NBC continued to dominate the Sunday night ratings with its football coverage, while ABC’s freshman drama “Pan Am” appears less likely than ever to get off the ground, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC’s coverage of the blowout win by the Chicago Bears…
One of the stars of "The Wayan Bros.," a comedy that ran for five years on the WB in the 1990s, has made a deal with ABC to do a buddy sitcom about two brothers who are cops, reports Deadline.com….