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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.
Alex Trebek, 71, the longtime host of "Jeopardy,’ was injured chasing a burglar at a San Francisco Hotel early Tuesday morning, July 26, 2011, reports the San Francisco Examiner. According to the article, "San Francisco police responded to a report…
A familiar TV title is likely to be getting airplay again soon, as a show is in the works that revives the iconic name, reports Deadline.com. But the people behind the new "Tales From the Crypt" are downplaying any connection…
Apparently the relationship with her former boyfriend is still a sore point for one reality star, as “Good Day L.A.” found out the hard way Wednesday morning. Kat Von D, a tattoo artist featured on the TLC reality show "LA…
A former CNN anchor whose job with the network went down in flames last year following a controversial radio rant has scored a new job, reports the Miami Herald. Rick Sanchez will be a radio color analyst on Florida International…
Google’s new social-networking service may be losing momentum, with a report finding that fewer U.S. visitors tapped the site last week and that users are spending less time on the service, reports Bloomberg. Total Google+ visits fell about 3% to…
A day after news broke that three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont was stepping down as showrunner on AMC’s zombie show “The Walking Dead,” word has surfaced on who will step into the job. Glen Mazzara, a veteran of "The…
Comcast is asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny a complaint from Bloomberg, which last month asked the agency to order Comcast to move Bloomberg into "existing news neighborhoods," reports B&C. Comcast alleges that Bloomberg is trying to "extract" preferential…
The fate of two pilots in play at A&E — “Longmire” and “Big Mike” — has become a bit clearer. The network has decided to pass on “Big Mike,” Deadline.com reports. “Longmire,” meanwhile, is still in the running, with strong…
A photographer who is upset about one of his images being blown up for use in a decorating show is suing Warner Bros., Bravo owner NBCUniversal and a decorator on "Million Dollar Decorators," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq….
News Corp. is surveying its top shareholders on Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch’s succession and his family’s control of the media giant, reports Bloomberg. The survey also asks shareholders about their view of News Corp.’s corporate governance, its dual-class structure…