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.

Report: NBC Has Already Sold $200 Million in Ads for the 2014 Winter Olympics

NBCUniversal has already sold $200 million in advertising for its 2014 broadcast of the Winter Olympics, which will be held in the Russian city of Sochi, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. "The London Games created an enormous amount of…

NBCU Has Sold $200M in Ad Time for 2014 Winter Olympics — Delayed Telecasts Likely to Continue, Despite Outcry on Twitter

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Early social-media brickbats thrown at NBC Universal over its Summer Olympics broadcast aren’t likely to have a radical effect on the company’s plans for covering the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi. The…

Two New Fox Comedies to Get Advance Screenings in 10 Cities

Two new Fox comedies will get advance screenings in 10 cities on Aug. 26, followed by Q&A sessions in person and online with the shows’ stars, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The shows are "Ben and Kate" and "The Mindy Project."…

GSN Expands Its Horizons With Pickup of New Series

GSN is pushing into genres outside its stable of studio game shows, picking up a reality series called "Family Trade," about a Vermont-based car dealership that barters with customers, reports B&C. The show will focus on G Stone Motors, a…

CBS TV Studios Developing Private Eye Series

CBS Television Studios has bought the Michael Koryta private eye novel "A Welcome Grave" and will develop the story for a series to be produced by the Kennedy/Marshall Company, reports Deadline.com. The book is the third in the Lincoln Perry…

Stalking Drama in Development at Lifetime

Lifetime is developing a pilot about a prosecutor who wrote the California law on stalking, based on the book, "Whisper of Fear: The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Stalks the Stalkers," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The two-hour back-door…

AMC Working Around Dish Blackout by Providing Live Streams of Two Premieres

AMC Networks and Dish Network continue to battle each other, with AMC announcing that it will provide live streams of two premieres to Dish customers, enabling them to watch the shows despite a blackout on Dish’s systems, reports the New…

Famed Hollywood Publicist Dale Olson Dies — Client List Included Rock Hudson, Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Steve McQueen and Other Greats

One of Hollywood’s most famous publicity men, Dale Olson, died today at the age of 78, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Olson, who was renown for his representation of Rock Hudson during the star’s demise from AIDS, had been fighting…

Report: Ex-Husband of Amy Winehouse in a Coma

The ex-husband of the late Amy Winehouse is reported to be on life support in a British hospital, in a coma after what appears to be a drinking and drug binge, according to Reuters. “Blake Fielder-Civil, 30, who was married…

NBC Olympics Coverage Rolls On, Crushing CBS’s ‘Big Brother’ in Its Path and Giving NBC’s New Sitcom a Big Push

NBC’s coverage of the London Olympics continued to rack up big ratings Wednesday night, according to Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the three hours of prime-time coverage averaged a 9.2 rating in the key demo of viewers 18-49. the number…