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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.
Even after getting good news in court last week, ESPN commentator Jay Mariotti continues to face repercussions from his recent arrest on domestic violence charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. He will be arraigned Friday in the Los Angeles criminal…
Actress/model Denise Richards, best known as Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife and the star of the reality TV show "It’s Complicated," has landed a spot on Spike TV’s football comedy "Blue Mountain State." Richards will play Debra, the ex-wife of Coach Marty…
During Monday’s opening show of her 25th and final season in syndication, Oprah Winfrey stunned her studio audience with the revelation that all 300 people would be accompanying her on a trip to Australia, the AP reports. In addition to…
Kevin McCarthy, who worked in TV for five decades, and was best known for starring in the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died at age 96, according to a number of media reports. He died Saturday, Sept. 11,…
In a short two years cable operators will owe about $1.3 billion in retansmission fees. Our friend Jon Lafayette, who now writes for B&C, asks, "Who will foot the bill?" Lafayette writes, "Will these retrans dollars…come out of distributor profits?…
NBC has given two veterans of the Peacock Network key positions with its recently relaunched current department, Deadline.com reports. The network appointed Erin Underhill and Edwin Chung as senior VP, current programming, NBC and Universal Media Studios, the article says….
A British sitcom will be developed for U.S. audiences as Fox has given an off-cycle pilot order for a U.S. version of the show, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The project based on the British series “Outnumbered,” from writers Barbara…
Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron is converting one of his successful movies into a television program, according to Deadline.com. The movie is the Jamie Lee Curtis-Arnold Schwarzenegger action comedy "True Lies." Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV are prepping…
Bill Carter of The New York Times takes a look at the discrepancy between a recent TiVo poll in which viewers said they’re growing tired of reality programs and the ratings reality: Unscripted television shows have dominated this summer. Out…
British television network ITV is so anxious to keep Simon Cowell committed to the network that it may be prepared to offer him a three-year, $32 million deal, according to Deadline.com. Cowell, who has reportedly given himself the nickname Mr….