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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.
We all daydream of making some grand flourish when we quit a job. Here’s a guy who actually did it. According to numerous media accounts, Steven Slater, 38, who had been a flight attendant for years, was on a JetBlue…
In a study that aims to predict which new television shows will connect with viewers this fall, two CBS shows, a sitcom and a drama, come out on top, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The shows are the sitcom "$#*! My Dad…
Netflix is nearing a deal with pay-television network Epix that would give the home-video service exclusive online rights to films from Epix’ three backers, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. MGM is having…
It may be one of the oddest locations for a televised weather report, as Stephanie Abrams was filling in for Al Roker on NBC’s "Today" when she got stuck in an elevator, reports TVNewser.com. Abrams was stuck in the elevator…
Tiger Woods’ scandal may have also put a dent in his ability to attract television viewers, reports the New York Post. During this past weekend’s Bridgestone Invitational, which ended on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, Woods both played the worst golf…
An Academy Award-winning director will direct two episodes of an HBO series, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The show is the HBO comedy "Enlightened," starring Laura Dern. And the director is Jonathan Demme, whose 1991 movie "Silence of the Lambs"…
For the first time, a mobile phone provider and studio have teamed up to create a globally distributed series, reports B&C. NBC Universal Digital Studio and Samsung Electronics are working on the original digital series, called "Fact Checkers Unit," The series will be…
"Shark Tank," which TVWeek has to admit is one of its very favorite guilty pleasures, has been renewed by ABC for a second season. The show and has added comedian Jeff Foxworthy as a judge for three of the eight…
Gabbi Greg, described by MTV News as a "23-year-old Detroit native and plus-size-fashion blogger," was crown MTV’s first ever TJ (Twitter Jockey) in the finale on Sunday night (Aug. 8, 2010) of the network’s " "Follow Me: The Search for the First MTV TJ." According…
Advertisers and backers are beginning to return to entertainment videos made exclusively for the Web, following a tough time during the start of the recession, the New York Times reports. One recent example, according to the article, is a branded entertainment…