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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.
Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network, OWN, is expected to be profitable in its first year, according to co-owner Discovery Communications, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Discovery previously had said not to expect the venture to turn a…
After moving to DirecTV following the show’s cancellation by FX, producers of Glenn Close’s critically acclaimed show "Damages" are being encouraged "to take things even further than we did on FX," especially the foul-mouthed language from lead character Patty Hewes,…
For the first time since returning to NBC’s "The Tonight Show," Jay Leno is pulling in as many younger viewers as Conan O’Brien had before O’Brien was bumped off the show, the New York Post reports. According to Nielsen, Leno’s…
If you love finding out about and downloading new apps for your smartphone, then a new syndicated program is targeted to you, reports Mediaweek’s Anthony Crupi. The nationally syndicated show, from the creators behind TV staples "A Current Affair" and…
The coveted time slot after the AFC Championship game broadcast on CBS, scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 23, is going to "Hawaii Five-0," reports Deadline.com. CBS used a similar strategy to give a boost to a promising freshman show back in…
Alec Baldwin hinted on CNN’s "Parker Spitzer" that he’s "very interested" in running for office, but a source close to the actor said his political ambitions are likely to have to wait a few years, reports the New York Post’s…
The news lineup at KCET-TV since the station broke away from the PBS network may have a hard time finding U.S. viewers, the Los Angeles Times‘ James Rainey writes, because the new lineup includes a half-hour of the Asian-focused "Newsline"…
Portable televisions that are capable of receiving both over-the-air and mobile digital signals will be introduced by RCA, with the devices being shipped to Radio Shack in the first quarter, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The portable TVs…
Update at 12:40 am, PT on Jan. 5, 2011. There were two winning tickets sold in Tuesday’s Mega Millions lottery drawing that reached a jackpot of $355 million, reports the Associated Press as published on the website of The Washington…
A company owned by a genuine larger-than-life Hollywood character–who is an Academy Award and Tony Award winning producer–has purchased a 25% interest in Starz, the Associated Press reports (though the story is on the Bloomberg site). We’re referring to Harvey Weinstein…