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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.
Five actors are vying to replace the departing Chris Meloni on "Law & Order: SVU," reports our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com According to the story, the five actors are: Kevin Alejandro ("True Blood," "Southland"), Rhys Coiro ("Entourage"), David Conrad…
Comedy Central has canceled two shows, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The shows have something in common: They’re both sports-themed. The cable channel pulled the plug on "SportsShow With Norm Macdonald" and "Onion SportsDome," according to the report. "SportsShow" debuted…
The new No. 1 in online display ads this year, according to researcher eMarketer, is expected to write $2.19 billion in business, compared to $1.62 billion for Yahoo and $1.15 billion for Google, reports Advertising Age. The new No. 1…
Just two weeks before "Criminal Minds" was scheduled to start production on its seventh season, star Thomas Gibson has signed a deal to return to the show, reports Deadline.com. Gibson’s deal is a two-year pact in what the article calls…
A rock legend who made an appearance on last Sunday’s "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" told The New York Times that the role came about after she discovered "there is nothing better to dispel loneliness on the road than a…
Keith Olbermann plans to let his new Current TV show run past the 9 p.m. hour each night, eating into the audience that tunes in to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in that time slot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. For Olbermann’s…
Donald Trump’s Miss USA pageant on NBC saw a ratings surge over last year’s broadcast, tying its highest rating in six years, MediaLife reported. Sunday’s telecast drew a 2.2 rating among viewers 18 to 49 years old, a 57% increase…
Following the death of "Jackass" regular Ryan Dunn, G4 has put his new show on hiatus, reports Deadline.com. The show, "Proving Ground," featured Dunn as he sought to re-create professional stunts from television shows and films, as well as imaginary…
Bloomberg’s fight with Comcast over channel placement has drawn the interest of another party, reports Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The interested party is Current TV. Current has the goal of becoming a news channel…
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ proposed television deal with Fox Sports was rejected by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, a move that Bloomberg says may lead to the sale of the team. "It is my conclusion that this proposed transaction…