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.

NBC’s ‘Dracula’ Taps ‘Carnivale’ Creator as Showrunner and Writer

NBC’s 10-episode series "Dracula" has tapped the creator of HBO’s "Carnivale" as its showrunner and head writer, reports Deadline.com. “Carnivale’s” Dan Knauf will work with “Dracula” creator Cole Haddon on the project, which will star Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the…

Syfy Renews Series

Syfy has made the decision to renew one of its original series, B&C reports. The cable channel ordered a fourth season of "Face Off," the story reports. The show’s third season has been drawing an average audience of 986,000 viewers…

Secrets of ‘Fawlty Towers’ Revealed? Monty Python’s John Cleese — Following His ‘Alimony Stand-Up Tour’ — Will Pen Autobiography

John Cleese, one of the founding members of the British satirical group Monty Python, as well as a comedic actor known for TV’s "Fawlty Towers" and the feature film "A Fish Called Wanda," has agreed to write his autobiography, reports The…

Jim Lehrer Blasts Critics of How He Moderated the First Presidential Debate

Jim Lehrer, 82, the longtime newsman who moderated the first presidental debate between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, says "he was surprised to get criticism from political pros and fellow journalists, people he said should have seen what he…

CNN Launches Film Unit, Unveils Star-Studded First Project

[Updated on Oct. 8, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. PT to make it clear that the film unit in question will focus on documentaries. Also includes a CNN executive’s confirmation of a story first reported in August, that CNN is also…

Football Powers NBC to an Easy Ratings Win

NBC coasted to an easy win in the ratings Sunday night on the strength of its “Sunday Night Football,” while programming on the other broadcast networks was generally down. Citing Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports that “Sunday Night Football” averaged a…

Lifetime Original Movie Event ‘Steel Magnolias’ Blossoms, Averaging 6.5 Million Total Viewers in World Premiere to Become Network’s Third-Most-Watched Telecast Ever

Press release from Lifetime, Oct. 8, 2012: The Lifetime Original Movie Steel Magnolias, a television adaptation of the iconic play and 1989 film, reached new heights for the network, averaging 6.5 million Total Viewers in its world premiere last night,…

Lifetime’s Big Weekend: a Huge Turnout for ‘Steel Magnolias’ and Big Numbers for ‘Carlina White Story’

Lifetime enjoyed a huge night Sunday with its original movie “Steel Magnolias” — which followed a strong Saturday night with the world premiere of “Abducted: The Carlina White Story.” The cable channel reports that an average of 6.5 million total…

Americans Prefer Getting News from Television

When Americans want the news, more adults — 50% — say that they choose to get the news from television, 36% say they get it from online news sources, and only 10% turn to print, reports the UPI. In a…

Univision Recruits Another Ex-NBCUniversal Exec to Ad Sales — With Former NBCU Honcho Falco, Ad Team Bears Look of Old Peacock’s

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age If you worked for NBCUniversal in its ratings heyday, you might want to consider a job at Univision. The Spanish-language broadcaster, whose CEO, Randy Falco, previously served as second in command at NBCUniversal, has enlisted NBCUniversal’s…