Chuck Ross

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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.

Weak Opening for Warner Bros.’ ‘Pan’ Conjures Memories of the Biggest Box-Office Disasters

A dismal opening weekend in theaters for the $150 million live-action Peter Pan feature “Pan” from Warner Bros. has some film writers scrambling to recollect the all-time worst box-offfice disasters. Writing for the AP, Lindsey Bahr lists 10 of “Hollywood’s…

Actor Who’s a Household Name to Produce Movie About the Volkswagen Scandal

An enormously successful actor whose credits include five Academy Award nominations will be a producer on a feature film in the works at Paramount about Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” scandal. Variety reports that Leonardo DiCaprio has come on board, along with…

CBS Back in Business With ‘King of Queens’ Star

The star of the long-running CBS sitcom “The King of Queens” is returning to the network with a new comedy series. Deadline.com reports that the network gave a 13-episode order to a multicamera series from Kevin James. James will star…

Must-Read: For This Season’s Premiere Week, Here’s a List of the Top 20 Shows Including Live Plus 7 Viewing. Two of the Shows Received More Than an 80% Lift in the 18-49 Demo Over Same-Day Ratings

Here are two charts. The first one lists the top 20 shows during premiere week, including Live Plus 7-day viewing, for the 18-49 demo. The second chart lists the top 20 shows in total viewers. The charts use Nielsen data….

Blackout Ends as Dish Settles Nasty Dispute With Huge Station Group

A blackout affecting TV stations in 33 states is over after Dish Network agreed to terms Sunday with station operator Tegna, the AP reports. Tegna, the largest independent owner of NBC and CBS affiliates, was formed earlier this year when…

Netflix Quietly Rolls Out Price Hike

Netflix has raised the price of its most popular subscription plan. The service is now charging $9.99 a month for its Standard service, an increase from $8.99. The Basic service remains priced at $7.99, while Netflix’s Premium plan is unchanged…

Why Dell Computer is Buying a Company Most of Us Haven’t Heard of in the Biggest Tech Deal in History — $67 Billion!

In a deal that would be the largest in the history of the tech industry, “Computer techology giant Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake will buy data storage provider EMC for roughly $67 billion, a $33.15-per-share deal,” USA Today reports. So what…