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.

Fired Judge Sues ‘X Factor’ Producer

"The X Factor" producer Blue Orbit Productions was hit with a lawsuit by fired judge and British pop star Cheryl Cole, who claims she’s owed at least $2.3 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. Cole, who was fired…

Why a U.S. Senator Wants MTV to Pull the Plug on New Series

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III has written a letter to MTV President Stephen Friedman asking him to pull what the Democratic lawmaker refers to as "the travesty called ‘Buckwild,’" The Washington Post reports. As previously reported, "Buckwild" is MTV’s…

NBCU Reportedly in Talks to Rebrand G4 Network

NBCUniversal is talking with publisher Hearst about partnering over the cable channel G4, which could be rebranded as the Esquire Channel, tied to the Hearst men’s magazine, reports Deadline.com. The partnership would make sense, as it would allow the G4…

NBC Sports Group Forms Wide-Ranging Partnership With Yahoo

Yahoo and NBC Sports Group have formed a content and promotional partnership in which the two entities will collaborate on premium news and events to create original online and on-air programming, reports B&C. “While Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports Group…

ABC Takes a Pass — Again — on John Leguizamo Comedy Project

ABC has gone above and beyond in an effort to get a comedy project starring John Leguizamo off the ground, but after passing on it for the second time, the network appears to have finally given up on the project….

Lifetime Sets First TV Special Dedicated to the Royal Pregnancy

Lifetime is rolling out special programming in response to the royal baby craze, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The cable channel announced plans for an hourlong special, "Secrets of the Royal Nursery." The show will air Thursday, Dec….

Starz Moves Forward With Sci-Fi Project

Starz is developing a sci-fi project from "Zoolander" producer Adam Schroeder and "Ray Donovan’s” Bryan Zuriff, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The drama, “Human Error,” is set in the near future, when artificial humans called "synthetics" are introduced…

Ads in Super Bowl’s Digital ‘Second Screen’ Nearly Sold Out

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Ad sales for what is just the second live-streaming of the Super Bowl are nearly complete, with CBSSports.com nearly sold out as advertisers seek to dangle their promotions in front of consumers whose familiarity with streaming…

Super Bowl’s ‘Second Screen’ Nearly Sold Out of Ad Inventory — ‘Exponential’ Growth Seen in What Will Be Only the Event’s Second Live-Streaming

The Super Bowl’s "second screen" — live-streaming of the event on CBSSports.com — has nearly sold out of ad inventory, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Fueling ad sales is the “exponential” growth in consumers’ familiarity with online video streaming…

The Sports Move of the Century: The Jets Should Trade Tim Tebow to L.A. … But We Have No Pro Football Team Here in L.A., You Say. Well, Here’s the Plan …

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a column saying how exciting TV watching was each Sunday, thanks to Tim Tebow’s miracle success with the Denver Broncos. But with the hapless New York Jets refusing to play Tebow this season,…