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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.
With the official appointment of Imagine Television’s David Nevins as Showtime’s president of entertainment, the Los Angeles Times points out that Nevins’ work at his previous employer consists of heartwarming shows such as "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood," a far…
The new iPhone 4 from Apple, already under fire for glitches involving its antenna and screen, now has additional problems, MercuryNews reports. The device has problems with its camera system that can undermine the video chat program–one of the most…
The USA Bid Committee has announced it is forming a partnership with a cable channel in its effort to bring the FIFA World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022. The organization on Monday named Fox Soccer Channel…
Entertainment Studios has named a new vice president of marketing, reports TVNewsCheck.com. John McDonald, who will be working out of Los Angeles, will be in charge of all levels of marketing for the company, including branding, multiplatform expansion, ad sales…
A popular TV chef who rescues failing restaurants on television has had to close his own London eatery, reports the Toronto Sun. On Fox’s "Kitchen Nightmares," celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay comes off as the No. 1 expert on making a…
Lifetime has announced plans for a splashy rollout for the next season of its reality show “Project Runway,” the AP reports. The show will premiere July 29, when it will air at 9 p.m. ET instead of its usual 10…
One of the actresses on the original "Melrose Place" TV series has been arrested for vehicular manslaughter in a Somerset, New Jersey, car accident in which alcohol may have been a factor, the New York Daily News reports. The actress is…
20th Century Fox TV has signed separate syndication deals for two of its hit shows, "Glee" and "Modern Family," reports Deadline.com. According to the report, " ‘Glee’ will be heading to Oxygen, which we hear is paying mid-six figures per episode, plus airing…
While "Breaking In" didn’t make the cut for series pickup from Fox, the project, starring Christian Slater, is getting another chance from the network, which has ordered two additional scripts, reports Deadline.com. The order comes a month after Fox passed on giving the…
Turner Sports is getting back a real NBA star. He spent four seasons as an NBA game analyst for the cable network from 2003 to 2007 before he returned to the NBA in management. Steve Kerr, who most recently most recently…