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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.
Pierce Brosnan is working on a deal, with Sony Pictures TV, that would see him return to series television, reports our good friend James Hibberd on his Live Feed blog on the website of The Hollywood Reporter. According to Hibberd’s…
"The owner of the Golden Globes has filed a juicy lawsuit against the production company behind the show, claiming it breached a contract and signed a secret deal to continue producing the NBC telecast for six years without the owner’s…
Warner Bros.’ hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men” has been renewed for an additional seven years by two station groups, B&C reported. The Charlie Sheen show now has clearance in almost half of the U.S. market through September 2021…
John Budkins has been picked to head syndication buying for the CBS Television Stations Group as VP, programming and scheduling, TVNewsCheck reported. Budkins has been working the other side of the syndie business as VP of sales, Northeast region, for…
A 66-year old man in Vermont, Wisconsin, shot his TV set Monday night after watching Bristol Palin dance on ABC’s "Dancing With the Stars," reports the Wisconsin State Journal. According to the article, the man, Steven N. Cowan, "and his…
Gwyneth Paltrow’s guest turn on “Glee” helped the Fox musical take top honors in the 18-49 demo Tuesday night, and Fox beat CBS handily for No. 1 for the night in 18-49, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. Fox ended the night with…
In another sign that Tiger Woods is trying to reach out to the public in ways he never used to, he signed up for Twitter today, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. He’s got about 140,000 followers thus far. Woods himself is only…
With England’s Prince William announcing his engagement to longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton this week, the television networks are already planning how they will capture what may be more than 1 billion viewers of the royal nuptials–even though a wedding date…
Claire Danes, who moved on to a film career after starring in ABC’s “My So-Called Life” 15 years ago, may have found the right vehicle for her return to television–a psychological thriller from “24” executive producer and showrunner Howard Gordon,…
Clues have been surfacing about the changes that will take place at NBC Universal as a result of the Comcast acquisition, and the latest word concerns the fate of Telemundo. NBCU’s Lauren Zalaznick, who currently oversees the Bravo and Oxygen…