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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.
An event that isn’t generally considered to be a celebrity showcase attracted a lot of star power Sunday, drawing personalities associated with everything from “ER” to fast food to the recent Chilean mine collapse, E! Online reports. The event was…
America’s love affair with the National Football League was evident on Sunday night as CBS and NBC both benefited, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. CBS’s broadcast overrun from the 4 p.m. game boosted the network’s prime-time Nielsens and NBC’s "Football Night in…
Comcast is relying on NBC Universal executives to fill out the new management structure of the media company, with Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke preparing to unveil the personnel line-up around Thanksgiving, the New York Post’s Claire Atkinson reports….
One of the stars of the 1970’s cop show "CHiPs," confessed to tax fraud and accepted a plea deal on Friday in Fort Lauderdale federal court, reports BizJournals.com. Officer Jon Baker, who was played by the actor Larry Wilcox is…
Conan O’Brien is back on a regularly scheduled show, starting tonight. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross says that corresponds with Ross’ finishing Bill Carter’s latest book, which is about the Leno-Conan conundrum. Based on what he read and his own…
CBS Television Distribution, the syndication unit of CBS, laid off about a dozen staffers in its research, accounting and finance departments, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The cuts were part of a slow consolidation of King World…
Hugh Jackman, who hosted the Academy Awards two years ago, has been asked again to host the presentation reports Deadline.com’s Mike Fleming. Jackson has said sorry, but he must send his regrets and cannot host the show cominig up in early 2011….
A game show called "Million Dollar Money Drop" — which gives contestants $1 million in cash and then slowly takes it away — has been greenlighted by Fox, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. The show, from producer Endemol,…
Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC host who was suspended "indefinitely" last week for donating to Democrat candidates, will return to the air on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in…
SAG and AFTRA reached a tentative three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers this weekend, with the unions receiving 2% annual wage increases, The Hollywood Reporter reports. While that’s a modest gain, the unions won big…