Logo

Author Page

Chuck Ross 38,865 Entries
Chuck Ross

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.

TBS’s ‘Conan’ Teams Up With AT&T to Launch ‘Catch Coco’ Mobile App in Celebration of Week of Shows in New York

Press release from TBS, Nov. 1, 2016: To celebrate TBS’s late-night show CONAN’s return to New York City, Team Coco today launched an ultimate gaming experience to bring fans unprecedented access to Conan O’Brien in the Big Apple: Catch Coco….

NBC Boston Launches Jan. 1 on Channel 10 on Most Providers

Press release from NBC Owned Television Stations, Nov. 1, 2016: NBC Owned Television Stations Group today announced that NBC Boston will launch on Sunday, January 1, 2017 and provide both NBC network programming and all new NBC Boston local newscasts…

Popular Actor Battling Cancer: ‘Things Don’t Look Good’

A well-known actor is in a difficult battle with cancer, according to a report on The New York Post’s Page Six. The actor is Val Kilmer, known for popular films including “Batman Forever,” “Tombstone” and “Top Gun.” The report quotes…

12 Celebrities Who May Leave the Country If Donald Trump Wins the Election

The latest celebrity to threaten to leave the country if Donald Trump becomes president is four-time Outstanding Lead Actor Emmy winner Bryan Cranston. The star of “Breaking Bad” was asked on the Bestseller Experiment podcast whether he would take an…

Nielsen Retracts Data Showing Heavy Cable Subscriber Losses

TV measurement firm Nielsen has backed down from recent cable data after coming under pressure from ESPN. Fortune reports that the move comes after Nielsen released data late last week showing that ESPN had lost about 621,000 subscribers in a single…

Viacom Names Acting President and CEO

“Media company Viacom Inc. shored up its management team on Monday by naming the head of its international operations, Robert Bakish, as the company’s acting president and chief executive,” The Los Angeles Times reports. “Bakish becomes Viacom’s third chief executive…

CNN Severs Ties With Commentator Caught in Political Scandal

CNN announced today that it has severed ties with a political commentator who has been a fixture of the cable network’s campaign coverage. The New York Times reports that the news network cut loose Democratic strategist Donna Brazile. The move…

Award-Winning MTV Producer Dies at 45

An MTV producer and executive who won a Peabody Award and was a multiple Emmy nominee has died. Variety reports that Sophia Cranshaw died Monday, Oct. 24, from breast cancer. She was 45. “Since 2008, Cranshaw worked as vice president…

Procter & Gamble May Soon Be Surpassed as the Nation’s Top Advertiser — Who’s on Track to Be the New No. 1?

The top advertiser in the U.S. may soon be a company that’s not just buying ads, but also selling them. The New York Post reports that the proposed AT&T-Time Warner merger would create a company that, based on statistics, would…

Hilary Duff Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ Halloween Costume

Actress and pop singer Hilary Duff and her boyfriend were apologizing after the costumes they wore to a Halloween party created a backlash online. Time magazine reports that Duff dressed as a sexy pilgrim while her boyfriend, trainer Jason Walsh,…