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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.
The last "Harry Potter" novel has been written and the final film is coming out this summer, but creator J.K. Rowling has something else up her sleeve about the world of wizardry, reports Entertainment Weekly. Next up is a new…
One of ESPN’s lead NBA correspondents has filed a libel suit against a New York Post columnist over what the suit characterizes as “a maliciously false article," reports Forbes.com. Chris Sheridan filed the lawsuit Wednesday against columnist Peter Vecsey and…
The innovative filmmaker who created the Cablecam "eye in the sky" technology that has become a regular feature at concerts and sporting events has died, the Los Angeles Times reported. Jim Rodunsky died June 10 in California following a three-year…
On a night when almost no new episodes of shows aired on network television, Fox’s fresh episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" won the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox came out with a narrow win for the night overall,…
For the fifth time in the show’s history, the ‘cast’ of MTV’s reality show "Jersey Shore" has been given raises, reports TMZ.com. The new contracts ensure that Snooki, the Situation and the other colorful participants will return for season five….
Editor’s Note: This is basically another version of a story we posted earlier today, June 17, 2011. That story can be found if you click here. Basically, we posted the same story twice. Sorry for the inconvenience.
With the magical 100-episode mark approaching, a hit CBS sitcom is making progress with its syndication effort, Deadline.com reported. Sony Pictures Television has placed "Rules of Engagement" in 45% of the country, including the top three markets, the story says….
A former host of MTV’s “Total Request Live” has been tapped as the new co-host of a prime-time ABC show, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Vanessa Minnillo, who also has been a correspondent for the syndicated program…
Big changes are taking place behind the scenes of Fox hit “Glee,” which is hiring a writing staff for the first time as it readies the show’s third season. In the show’s first two seasons, all episodes have been written…
Oprah got a lot of attention this week saying she’d like to interview O.J. Simpson, but only if he agreed to confess to her that he killed his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman. For TVWeek Open Mike blogger…