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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.
"Yahoo Inc. recently approached Hulu to discuss a possible acquisition of the popular online video service, according to a person with knowledge of the matter," report Dawn C. Chmielewski and Ben Fritz at the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog….
Movie critic Roger Ebert had his Facebook page suspended after a comment he made about the death of “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn sparked an angry outcry, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ebert responded to the suspension on Twitter, saying, "Facebook…
The Broadcast Television Journalists Association has named the best shows and actors in television, and the honors closely paralleled last year’s Emmys, B&C reported. The group named AMC’s "Mad Men" the best drama and ABC’s "Modern Family" the best comedy….
A former marketing executive at Turner Broadcasting Systems has been named to the position of executive vice president of marketing for BET Networks, Multichannel News reported. Vicky Free gets the job, and will report to BET Networks Chairman and CEO…
ABC’s VP of drama development, who has overseen the network’s successful medical shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice,” along with other shows, is leaving to take a post at Lifetime, Deadline.com reported. Jennifer Breslow is Lifetime’s new VP of scripted…
History is being made this week in television news, and it’s taking place on two very different networks, TVNewser reported. For the first time, a journalist on U.S. television is anchoring both an English-language and a Spanish-language newscast, on two…
Heidi Jones, a meteorologist for WABC-TV in New York, has been indicted for allegedly reporting fabricated attacks, according to the AP. Jones told police that while walking in Central Park, she was accosted. After a police investigation, Jones confessed that…
ABC rode a reality lineup of “The Bachelorette” and “Extreme Makeover” to an easy ratings win Monday on a night of mostly repeat programming on the other networks, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC finished the night with a 2.2 average rating in…
The Grammy Awards announced that they have inked a 10-year deal that will keep the awards on one network through 2021. It’s the same network that has aired the awards since 1973: CBS. In a statement, Neil Portnow, president and…