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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.
Discovery Communications has reorganized its management structure, including picking an executive to fill the newly created position of group president, Discovery and TLC Networks, the company announced today. The new post will be filled by Eileen O’Neill, it was announced…
An iconic 1980s prime-time soap opera will soon be coming back as a feature film. Richard and Esther Shapiro, who created the original TV show “Dynasty,” announced that they have a “Dynasty” film in the works. “The time is right,”…
Following in the footsteps of Sean Combs, who gave up the nickname Puff Daddy, "Jersey Shore" star Snooki Polizzi wants to stop being called Snooki and reclaim her real name, Nicole, the AP reports. The MTV reality show star told…
This is pretty amazing–a show in its eighth season drew its largest audience ever on Jan. 11, 2011, Deadline.com reports. It’s CBS phenom "NCIS." According to the article, "CBS’ NCIS last night posted a series high in total viewers: 22…
The last surviving member of the original family featured on the popular TV sitcom "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" has died, reports The Hollywood Reporter. David Nelson was 74 and had been battling complications of colon cancer. Nelson starred on his…
Skeet Ulrich, the first actor to be cast on "Law & Order: Los Angeles," is leaving the show amid a creative overhaul of the program, reports Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva. Ulrich, who plays Detective Rex Winters, will be joined by the…
Have the producers of "American Idol" lost their touch? TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross thinks they have, so he thinks the show–whose 10th season premieres next week–is in trouble. Part of the problem is the new judges, Steven Tyler…
As WLS-TV in Chicago moves forward with a new morning talk show to replace "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which holds the 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekday slot on the station, it’s auditioning more than 20 candidates to host the…
Boston’s WCVB-TV’s news helicopter, Sky 5, made an emergency landing on Boston Common on Tuesday around 6 p.m.,reports HinghamWeather’s BostonTVNews.com. The helicopter experienced mechanical problems and landed with both the pilot and photographer on board safe, the story notes. The…
After Jay Leno took back his "Tonight Show" job last year and since Conan O’Brien moved to TBS, Leno has been drawing a much larger audience among late-night viewers, notes the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. But when it…