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.

MTV Juggles Schedule for Video Music Awards

Citing President Obama’s scheduled speech at the Democratic National Convention, MTV has shifted the start time for its annual Video Music Awards so that the two won’t conflict, reports the Associated Press. The MTV show will air Thursday, the same…

‘Beverly Hills Cop’ TV Series Lands at One of the Major Broadcast Nets

Eddie Murphy has found a buyer for his “Beverly Hills Cop” TV series, ending a battle for the show among a number of networks. Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com that the project has landed at CBS, which gave the show…

Bidders Lining Up for a Hot TV Commodity — With Billions at Stake

Even in a period when television’s viewership numbers are often seen as slipping, one hot commodity is on the market that has bidders ready to shell out billions. The commodity is Major League Baseball. Sports Business Journal reports that Fox…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Acquires Exclusive Cable Rights to ‘Rachael Ray’ and ‘The Nate Berkus Show’

Here’s the press release from OWN: Sept. 4, 2012 Los Angeles, CA — OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has acquired the exclusive cable rights to “Rachael Ray” from CBS Television Distribution and “The Nate Berkus Show” from Harpo Studios. Two episodes…

OWN Beefs Up Its Slate of Talk Shows

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network, which has been reinventing itself in an effort to boost viewer numbers, is sticking close to Winfrey’s talk show roots for its latest programming move. The network announced that it has acquired exclusive cable rights…

Investor Group Acquires Dick Clark Productions

An investor group that has been in talks to acquire Dick Clark Productions made the announcement today that the parties have reached a definitive agreement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The group is led by Guggenheim Partners, which we reported…

Summer Ratings Doldrums: NBC Series Hits Historic Low

NBC finished in fifth place Monday night among the broadcast networks, as the summer ratings doldrums continued across the board during prime time on Labor Day — hitting the Peacock Network especially hard, according to Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that…