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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.
As part of his settlement with NBC, Conan O’Brien is contractually prohibited from appearing on TV until Sept. 1, but that doesn’t mean he can’t perform live, on stage, the N.Y. Post’s Page Six reports. So O’Brien is considering appearing…
Simon Cowell said in a press conference call that while Howard Stern clearly wants a job judging “American Idol,” he doubts anyone has really asked the shock jock about taking on the post, TheWrap reports. "I’m fairly certain there hasn’t…
The 2008 Republican V.P. candidate Sarah Palin is still in the limelight, so she’s about to get more razzing from her Emmy-winning impersonator, the Associated Press reports. Tina Fey told the AP that she is likely to reprise her Palin…
The celebrity factor didn’t help Jon and Kate Gosselin when they tried to sell their house—or maybe that was the reason it languished on the market. People.com reports that the Gosselins’ first house in Elizabethtown, Penn., where much of TLC’s…
Scripps Networks will launch its Food Network spin-off, called the Cooking Channel, on May 31, The New York Times reports. Among the shows on Cooking Channel—which will take the channel space of the Fine Living Network –will be new series…
The group behind the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon has decided how to allocate the first $35 million of the $66 million raised so far, and one of the six beneficiaries is getting only a nominal sum. Although singer Wyclef…
Leslie Moonves, CEO of CBS, is very bullish about this year’s upfront marketplace. "We’re not just looking at low single-digit increases at the upfront, because our numbers are going to expect more," said Moonves, according to an Ad Age report. "We…
CBS has signed on to Apple’s plan to cut prices of TV shows sold through iTunes, and will drop the price of some of its shows to 99 cents, MediaMemo reports, citing a comment from CEO Leslie Moonves on the…
“Steven Seagal: Lawman” will come back for a second season on A&E, reports The Hollywood Reporter. This time around, the network ordered 16 episodes of the reality show, up from 13 the first season. The show remains set in New…
Comedy Central and Live Nation will launch a monthly stand-up showcase called "Comedy Central’s House of Comedy Live from House of Blues," reports The Hollywood Reporter. As part of the agreement, the network also plans to tape two one-hour stand-up…