38,865 Entries
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.
One of the mainstays of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," has extended his contract through the the 2010-11 season, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The actor, Laurence Fishburne, who plays Dr. Raymond Langston, joined the show during the 2008-2009 season. For all intents…
A previously unreleased Rolling Stone song will have its debut during a CBS primetime drama. The song, "So Divine (Aladdin Story)," will be heard during the season finale of CBS’ "Cold Case’ on Sunday, May 2. The song will also…
Los Angeles is home to one of the most competitive time periods in regional news broadcasts: the pre-dawn timeslot, the Los Angeles Times reports. A jump in early rising commuters and the heated competition of the 24-hour news cycle has…
Conan O’Brien’s major comedy competition when he joins TBS later this year will likely be Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central. Stewart and Colbert have signed contracts with Comedy Central that will keep them in their respective 11 p.m….
Cue the sad trombones. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has said it’s nixing the Emmy award for main title theme song for television shows, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. It’s a nod to the fact that the TV show theme song has…
Fox is bringing back one of television’s longest-lived shows, theHollywood Reporter reports. "Cops" is one of the few primetime broadcast series to keep its ratings steady this year, the article says. Its Saturday night broadcast has been drawing a steady 5…
"Doctor Who" is one talented Time Lord: The U.S. season premiere of the U.K. show delivered BBC America its highest ratings ever, according to B&C. The program was watched by 1.2 million total viewers, with 682,000 in the 25-54 year-old demographic,…
Epix, the movie channel that started in October, has signed a new national distribution contract that will double the fledgling network’s reach, the Los Angeles Times reports. Epix has signed the distribution deal with the Dish Network. Dish, with 14.1 million…
Matt Weiner, the creator and showrunner of AMC’s multiple Emmy-winning drama "Mad Men,’ has an ending in sight for the series. He told an audience at the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas last week that he can’t see writing…
NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker and Universal Studios chief Ron Meyer are feuding, according to the New York Post’s Page Six. The article reports on an email some reporters were sent about the feud, which allegedly says in part, "Zucker thinks…