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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 Writers Guild of America and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are criticizing ABC’s decision to cancel "All My Children" and "One Life to Live," with AFTRA calling the end of the shows a "devastating loss" for…
Comcast is disputing a March study from research firm NPD Group that concluded Netflix dominates the video-on-demand market, reports Multichannel News. The study said Netflix had a 61% share between January and February 2011, followed by Comcast at 8%. But…
Diet Coke is talking with former "King of the Hill" executive producers and "Blades of Glory" screenwriters John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky about creating an original, scripted comedy series for the soda maker, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. It’s…
Neil Gaiman’s novel "American Gods" may become a series on HBO, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project comes from Playtone, the production company from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, which was also behind TV series such as "Big Love" and…
Nickelodeon has renewed its popular show about a show on the Internet. And if you have tweens, you’ll know which show we’re talking about. It’s "iCarly," starring Miranda Cosgrove. Once Nickelodeon locked her in with a new deal, the show…
The stars and producers of a provocative reality show that debuted last week have been told not to talk by Showtime, as the pay-network wants to minimize questions about how it can broadcast what appears to be unlawful prostitution in…
The recently launched Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN, made a number of programming announcements at its first upfront presentation since it launched in January, Deadline.com reported. But the news that most observers are really waiting for–news about a show featuring the…
The Los Angeles Unified School District turned down celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s request to feature its lunch program in his ABC show "Food Revolution" to avoid drama, but now the district is finding itself very much involved in one, reports…
Former ABC News President David Westin has been named CEO of News Licensing Group, an independent agency that is designed to generate more revenue for the AP and other media companies by licensing news content for online use, reports the…
Sharon Osbourne, one of the stars of CBS’s "The Talk" and the wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, announced Thursday that the Osbourne family has paid off a debt to the Internal Revenue Service of $1.7 million, reports Reuters. Ms. Osbourne…