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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.
Fun article from Wired magazine Gadget Lab if you’re going to be downloading Apple’s iOS5 to your iPhone. The piece is called "iOS5: Exploring 7 Hidden New Features." Here’s one of our favorites from the piece: "You’re in a high-powered business meeting….
Production of a Cinemax show is on hiatus for at least two weeks following an injury on the set, Deadline.com reports. Chris Vance, the star of Cinemax’s "Transporter," was hurt during the taping of an action sequence, causing the production…
After a bidding war, "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy has found a network home for his comedy pilot about a gay family, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Murphy wound up selling the project to NBC, the story reports. The project focuses…
Saying the strategic value of Hulu is too important, the owners of the online-streaming service have canceled the sale of the property, reports Bloomberg. “Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to its owners," owners News Corp., Walt Disney…
"Politico says a reporter has resigned after editors determined she had plagiarized stories about transportation, most recently from a New York Times article," reports The Huffington Post Media blog. The article goes on to say, "Editor-in-chief John F. Harris and executive…
VH1 is keeping its options open for "Celebrity Rehab" after putting the show on hold, reports TMZ.com. The network is keeping Dr. Drew Pinsky on deck in case it revives the show, the story notes. It decided to put the…
In a strategy geared to build interest in Kelsey Grammer’s "Boss," Starz has launched a plan to make the pilot available across several platforms before its debut on the linear channel, reports Deadline.com. The previews launched Thursday, according to the…
The Disney Channel has given a pilot order for a show about a teenage zombie, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. "Zombies and Cheerleaders" will follow high school student Zed Necrodopolis, a zombie who wears a watch…
Fred Durst, the frontman for Limp Bizkit, has signed his first television deal, making a pact with CBS and CBS TV Studios, reports Deadline.com. The deal is for a comedy series, which Durst will star in and produce, the story…
Two teams that have created TV magic in the past are hoping that lightning will strike once again. "Almost 2 decades after they created ABC’s groundbreaking cop drama ‘NYPD Blue,’ Steven Bochco and David Milch have reunited to create a…