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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.
Two more executives are joining the exodus from NBCUniversal in the wake of the Comcast takeover. Paula Madison, 58, the executive vice president of diversity at NBCUniversal, will leave May 20, Deadline.com reports. Also, Don Browne, 68, will leave NBCUniversal June 30, the company…
Nigel Lythgoe, the showrunner of the most popular show on TV, "American Idol," has suggested changing the voting rules for next season, and giving viewers less influence about who gets voted off the show. In remarks you can see in…
Even though "American Idol" contestant Pia Toscano has reportedly signed a record deal with Interscope after being booted off the show, "Idol" producer 19 Entertainment is unlikely to allow her to release an album, reports AOL’s PopEater in its Naughty but…
Sharon Osbourne, one of the co-hosts of CBS’s "The Talk," complained on Twitter that she had been duped by people she believed were handling her taxes, after the IRS said she and her husband Ozzy owe more than $1.7 million…
Randy Quaid, who escaped legal troubles in the U.S. by moving to Canada, is in talks to open Charlie Sheen’s tour when it shifts to Canada, reports the Globe and Mail. Quaid’s record label, Maximum Music Group, is talking with…
Scott Pelley, a correspondent for "60 Minutes," may be Katie Couric’s successor as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," but some colleagues are concerned that the move could be seen as a demotion, reports The New York Times. That concern…
The four stars of ABC’s "Desperate Housewives" are close to finalizing one-year deals that would bring back the show for an eighth season and pay each of them about $325,000 per episode, reports Deadline.com. Previously, the four stars–Teri Hatcher, Felicity…
Reality program creator Mark Burnett has entered into a joint-venture partnership with Hearst Corp., which will take a 50% interest in Burnett’s company, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The venture also gives Hearst a 50% stake in…
Aaron Sorkin’s cable-news drama project at HBO has tapped a "Six Feet Under" producer-director, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Alan Poul, who has signed an overall deal with HBO, is joining the project. Poul will executive produce the pilot, along…
A show tentatively called "Hulk Hogan’s MCW," which will star Hulk Hogan as he mentors little people in a new professional wrestling league, has received a six-episode order from TruTV, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The league, called Micro Championship…