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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.
"The Wire" creator David Simon was named as one of this year’s 23 fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation — a prestigious honor also known as the "genius awards" and which carry a $500,000 gift, reports…
CBS is developing a new comedy based on another Twitter feed, following the successful debut of its Twitter-based comedy "$#*! My Dad Says," reports the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The new project is based on a Twitter feed…
Larry Dunn, the popular publisher of Multichannel News and B&C, is leaving those pubs, Multichannel News reports. According to the article, "Dunn, who joined Multichannel News in 1991 as an account executive and became publisher of the two magazines and…
A trio of shows were renewed by USA Network, meaning the network’s entire programming lineup will return next year, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s TheLiveFeed blog. The renewed shows are "Royal Pains," "White Collar" and "Psych." "It’s a wonderful validation that…
Brad Womack will be returning to ABC’s "The Bachelor" for a second chance at picking a mate, following his 2007 appearance when he decided not to pick either of the show’s two finalists, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The 37-year old…
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion unwrapped its tablet computer on Monday, seeking to woo business customers who might otherwise opt to buy Apple’s iPad device, reports Bloomberg News. Called the BlackBerry PlayBook, the device has a 7-inch screen, smaller than…
Gloria Stuart, who was nominated for an Academy Award for playing the 100-year old Rose in James Cameron’s "Titanic," has died at age 100. Stuart, who was a star during the 1930s and then took an almost 30-year hiatus from…
Downtown Los Angeles reached a temperature of 113 degrees on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 12:15 pm, the highest temperature officially recorded in downtown Los Angeles since the Weather Service began keeping records in 1877. However, what the top temperature…
George Blanda, who helped popularize modern professional football through his extraordinary 26-year playing career, has died at age 83, according to numerous media reports. ESPN blogger Bill Williamson writes, "George Blanda was Brett Favre without the waffling. Blanda was the…
Overnight Nielsen numbers from Sunday night continued to reinforce American TV watchers’ love affair with football as NBC’s "Football Night In America" was the clear ratings winner of the night, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. CBS kicked off the night with an…