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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.
Charlie Sheen is continuing on his public interview roll, booking an interview with "Today" on Monday morning that NBC is touting as "exclusive," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The only problem with the description is that ABC…
The Obama administration is considering revamping the country’s television content ratings system, possibly including alternatives from parental and religious groups that want more rigorous standards, reports the National Journal’s David Hatch. The story notes that the V-chip, installed in all…
UPDATED 3/1/2011 at 4 AM, PT to Reflect correct distributor. "The Nate Berkus Show," which is co-produced by Sony and Harpo Productions, is getting a new executive producer,reports Paige Albiniak at B&C. According to the article, the distributor of the…
A deal is near to keep the Primetime Emmy Awards on the top four broadcast network, Deadline.com reports. The pact is likely to close in two weeks and would keep in place the "wheel" system, with each of the four…
Don Johnson is returning to NBC for the first time since he starred in "Miami Vice" with a starring role in a drama pilot called "A Mann’s World," reports TVLine.com. Johnson will play Allan Mann, a straight and famous hairdresser…
Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards drew a fast affiliate 10.6 adults 18-49 rating down 15% from the fast affiliate 12.5 adults 18-49 rating for last year’s show," reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The article continues, "The fast affiliate average viewership…
Former "Numbers" star David Krumholtz has been tapped for a co-starring role in a new pilot, reports Deadline.com. Krumholtz will play the general manager of a Playboy club, set at the Playboy Club in Chicago in 1963, in the NBC…
Steven S. DeKnight, the creator of Starz’ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" and its prequel "Gods of the Arena," tells EW.com’s Inside TV blog that he could see the show lasting "anywhere from three to six seasons." "Budget is not a…
Mediaweek.com’s National Broadcast blog asks whether Internet TV service Ivi TV will be able to return from last week’s setback, when it was hit with a preliminary injunction by a federal district judge in New York and forced to halt…
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly considering spinning off several digital assets as well as some television services, including the company’s share of pay-TV service EPIX, its TV Guide assets and FearNet, reports the New York Post. The spin-off would include businesses…