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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.
NBC marketing chief Adam Stotsky may be the next top executive to leave under Bob Greenblatt’s overhaul of the network, reports New York Magazine’s Joe Adalian in the publication’s Vulture blog. "The most recent speculation in industry circles: Greenblatt wants…
David Barrett, president of Hearst TV has made an eloquent plea for local broadcasters keeping the spectrum that allows them to provice local service, reports B&C. According to the story, Barrett, in a speech accepting the First Amendment Leadership Award…
Charlie Sheen’s house was searched by the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday as the police sought to see whether he was in possession of weapons, which would place him in violation of a restraining order taken out against him…
An actress acclaimed for her work in a gritty HBO series has been arrested in a drug raid, reports the Los Angeles ShowTracker blog. Felicia Pearson, who portrayed the ruthless drug assassin Snoop in HBO’s "The Wire", was arrested Thursday in Baltimore…
One of the iconic shows on cable TV in recent years has been "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" on the National Geographic Channel. Now, the show is moving networks, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The show is moving to Nat Geo…
"[T]he Hollywood legal community is buzzing about whether the case could go to trial or if it will be decided by a private abritrator. Our sources suggest arbitration is the most likely forum for this dispute, but it’s hardly a…
NBC has announced the date of the last episode of "The Office" that will feature star Steve Carell, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Carell’s last episode of NBC’s "The Office" has been scheduled for April 28. Interestinglyl that’s several weeks before…
Don Johnson is getting an Emmy-winner as his co-star for his NBC pilot "A Mann’s World," Deadline.com reports. Marking her first television series role, Ellen Barkin is set to co-star in the pilot. As TVWeek previously reported, the NBC pilot…
"[T]ime-shifting usage rose 17.9% in the third quarter of 2010 and 13.4% in the fourth quarter of 2010. Looking at overall TV usage, there were some 289.2 million average TV viewers, about a 1.0% rise over the same period a…