38,865 Entries
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.
A senior executive who played a key role in firing commentator Juan Williams has resigned from his post with National Public Radio, CBS News reports. NPR’s Board of Directors confirmed that Vice President Ellen Weiss has stepped down, but gave…
Film critic Roger Ebert opened a can of worms when he tweeted about the current controversy over censored words in the latest edition of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and he later took back what he said, New…
HLN has renewed its contract with reporter/anchor Nancy Grace, reports TVNewser. Grace reportedly signed a multiyear contract to stay with the network, where she is the host of "Nancy Grace," the controversial but popular 8 p.m. celebrity news program. Grace…
The former partner of actor Heath Ledger, who died in 2008 as the result of an accidental drug overdose, is angry with ABC News’ “Nightline” over its editing of a three-hour interview she gave the show, Access Hollywood reports. Actress…
ESPN appears to be on the verge of paying the NFL a huge sum to extend its contract to televise “Monday Night Football,” B&C reports. The amount will be as much as $1.9 billion annually, the story says. The current…
OWN, the new cable network from Oprah Winfrey, has laid out plans for a new show to debut in fall that will feature one of the regulars on the network’s “Ask Oprah’s All Stars.” The working title is “Money Class,”…
The return of fresh episodes of ABC’s Wednesday night comedies, especially the top-rated "Modern Family," helped the network claim a tie with NBC–riding high on a two-hour “Law & Order: SVU”–for first place in Nielsen ratings in the 18-49 demo,…
A popular cable reality show is ending its run after six seasons as its star shifts her focus to comedy specials with an eye on getting back into sitcoms, People.com reports. Kathy Griffin said she’s ending her Bravo show "My…
WABC-TV weather reporter Heidi Jones allegedly said she made up a story about a Hispanic man trying to rape her in New York’s Central Park because she was under stress, reports the New York Post. According to court documents, Jones…
Caught up in the scandal about profanity- and slur-laden videos shown on the Navy’s USS Enterprise is three-time Emmy-winning actress Glenn Close, who is shown in one of the videos, reports EW.com. The clip of Close came from a 2006…