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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.
NBC’s latest show wasn’t expected to perform well, but it opened even worse than expected, with a historically low 0.9 average rating among viewers 18 to 49, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Rival networks had predicted the show, "Do No…
The CBS broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII yesterday, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, "scored the highest [ratings] in history in metered markets," CBS announced. Here’s the full news release: CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLVII SCORES HIGHEST RATING IN HISTORY…
The halftime show went off without an indecency incident, but in the moments after the Super Bowl ended Sunday night, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco — the game’s MVP — dropped a few swear words that were picked up by…
The Super Bowl went dark for more than half an hour during the third quarter Sunday night, when half of the stadium’s power suddenly went out. The incident raised questions among viewers and fans about what went wrong, reports the…
Fox is revisiting a reality show that sparked controversy and was heavily criticized during its original run in 2004, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The show is “The Swan,” an infamous plastic surgery makeover program, which will return as a celebrity…
While CBS and the NFL struggled to bring the Super Bowl back up to speed during a 34-minute blackout Sunday night, an NBC series got some free publicity from the incident, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series “Revolution” —…
Former CNET senior writer Greg Sandoval, who quit his job after CBS meddled in the website’s editorial coverage last month, has found a new job: working for the website that first dug into CBS’s interference, reports The New York Times’…
A classic animated kids show is getting a reboot, reports Deadline.com. An order for 26 half-hour episodes has been placed in the U.K. for a new show based on the 1960s puppet series “Thunderbirds,” the piece reports. The new show,…
A new project based on the news parody site The Onion has landed a big-name star, Deadline.com reports. The project, “The Onion Presents: The News,” signed “Arrested Development” alum Jeffrey Tambor. The project is one of six comedy pilots in…
The syndicated Katie Couric talk show "Katie" has acquired a new co-executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The daytime show tapped Ethan Nelson, who moves from the "GMA" spinoff "Good Afternoon America," the piece reports. Nelson will serve along…