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.

‘Hunger Games’ Star Tapped as ‘Saturday Night Live’ Host

"The Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence will host the Jan. 19 episode of "Saturday Night Live," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. She will be joined by musical guest the Lumineers. In its Saturday night broadcast, following the massacre…

ABC Gives Pilot Order to ‘How the F Am I Normal’

ABC has given a pilot order to "How the F Am I Normal," a comedy from "Breaking In" creator Adam F. Goldberg, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The project is said to be a "dysfunctional ‘Wonder Years,’" set…

Obama, During Speech at Newtown Vigil, Vows to ‘use whatever power this office holds to engage our citizens … to save another child or another parent or another town’

[Updated on 12/17/12 at 1:30 a.m. PT to include excerpt of official White House transcript of Obama’s remarks.] President Obama, speaking on Sunday night, Dec. 16, 2012, at a vigil in Newtown, Conn., vowed to "use whatever power this office…

Mass Shooting at Connecticut Elementary School

[Updated on 12/14/12 at at 6:23 p.m. to correct that the name of the shooter, identified by a number of news orgainizations as Ryan Lanza, has been corrected by those news outlets, and that the shooter was actually his brother, Adam Lanza, 20.] Local…

All-Time High for ABC Series, All-Time Low for NBC Show in Thursday Ratings

It was the best of times and the worst of times in the Thursday prime-time ratings, with one broadcast series hitting an all-time high while another series hit an all-time low, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that ABC’s “Scandal”…

Who’s Buying What in Super Bowl 2013

Top marketers including Anheuser Busch, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola and Best Buy are rolling out their ad plans for the upcoming Super Bowl, and Advertising Age is keeping track of the details — what they’re buying, which agencies are handling the campaigns…

Who’s Buying What in Super Bowl 2013 — From Anheuser Busch to Volkswagen, Ads Are Shaping Up for the Big Game

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age It’s never too early to talk about the Super Bowl or Super Bowl commercials. As CBS works to sell the last handful of spots for its 2013 broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII from New Orleans, Ad…

‘TMZ Live’ Gains Wider Distribution on Fox-Owned Stations

The one-hour daily syndicated program “TMZ Live” is getting expanded distribution starting in fall 2013, with the Fox-owned stations expanding their carriage of the show from seven to 17 stations. Ken Werner, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, and…

Video: Is the Redskins’ Rookie QB ‘Black Enough’? ESPN Analyst Draws Backlash After Saying He Doesn’t Think So

An ESPN analyst raised a few eyebrows with comments this week about the Washington Redskins’ high-impact rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III. Yahoo Sports reports that Rob Parker’s comments on Thursday’s installment of “First Take” questioned whether Griffin is “black enough.”…

Jon Stewart Reveals His Least Favorite Celebrity Guest — Host Bans Actor From ‘The Daily Show’ After the Guy Behaved Like a Diva

TV hosts often stop short of naming the guests they dislike the most, but Jon Stewart didn’t pull any punches in a recent interview. Yahoo reports that Stewart named Hugh Grant as his least favorite guest and has banned the…