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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.
Before Steve Carell’s character on “The Office,” Michael Scott, leaves the show he will have an encounter with his counterpart from the U.K. version of the show, David Brent, played by Ricky Gervais, New York Magazine reports in its Vulture…
ESPN will launch a new network in September, the all-sports company has announced. The new network–yet to be named–will be a year-round, 24-hour-a-day channel dedicated to more than 200 sporting and other events involving the University of Texas. It is…
The National Association of Television Program Executives/Content First has revealed the election of new chairs and its board of directors. The association’s newly elected 2011 co-chairs are Chris Grant, president, Shine International, and Jordan Levin, CEO, Generate. According to the announcement,…
Helped by a guest appearance by TV legend Bob Newhart, CBS’s "NCIS" was the top-rated show Tuesday night, and the Eye Network notched a big win for the night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. CBS finished the night with a 3.2 average rating in the…
CNN announced that its new prime-time talk show “Piers Morgan Tonight” beat its main competition, Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” in Nielsen Fast Nationals for Tuesday in the key 25-54 demo. The program also improved on its Monday night premiere numbers…
Under investigation by legal authorities in Utah, the stars of TLC’s reality show "Sister Wives," about the polygamist family of Kody Brown, have moved to Nevada, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. Kody, his wives, Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn, and…
CNN has unveiled the latest in a series of lineup adjustments as it scrambles to try to reverse its recent ratings woes. Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN/U.S., announced today that CNN White House reporter Suzanne Malveaux will leave…
An acclaimed television and movie actress who is in the running for an Oscar nomination has been selected by Harvard University as its Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, USA Today reports. Julianne Moore, a likely Academy Award nominee for…
The head of daytime programming for CBS will leave the network when her contract expires at the end of the month, reports TV Guide. Senior Vice President Barbara Bloom has been with CBS in her present job since 2003 after…
A major marketer has unexpecttedly moved its $700 million media account to a new media agency, Advertising Age reports. The marketer, Home Depot, moved the account from Initiative Media to Carat, the report says, adding, "The sudden move, which some…