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.

Major GM Car Promotion: Buy a Chevy, and If You Don’t Like It, Return Car for Full Refund Within 60 Days

"General Motors Co., in a move to appeal to new buyers, said today that it will allow consumers to return any new 2012 or 2013 model year Chevrolet for a full refund within 60 days, if they’re unhappy with their…

‘X-Men,’ ‘Tower Heist’ Director in Talks to Exec Produce His First Cable Series

Brett Ratner, who is known for directing films such as "Tower Heist" and “X-Men: The Last Stand,” is in talks to executive produce what would be his first cable series, reports TheWrap.com. The series, "Rock in a Hard Place," is…

If You Buy a New Chevy and Don’t Like It, You Can Return It for a Full Refund Within 60 Days

By Joseph LichtermanAutomotive News DETROIT — General Motors Co., in a move to appeal to new buyers, said today that it will allow consumers to return any new 2012 or 2013 model year Chevrolet for a full refund within 60…

Comcast Strikes Deal to Sell A&E Stake for $3 Billion — Far More Than Earlier Estimates

Comcast will sell its minority stake in A&E Television Networks for $3 billion, a higher price tag than Comcast had earlier valued the investment, reports Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town. Comcast had earlier pegged the value…

NBC Adds Facebook as Partner in Olympics Coverage

NBC and Facebook have created an Olympics partnership, with the broadcaster pledging to nudge viewers to talk about the Games on the social-networking site, which in turn will remind its users to watch the Games, reports The New York Times….

As Talks Fail, 20 Million DirecTV Customers Lose Viacom Networks

After Viacom and DirecTV failed to reach a new agreement before midnight, DirecTV’s almost 20 million customers lost access to Viacom’s 26 networks, reports Bloomberg. Viacom demanded its networks, including MTV and Comedy Central, be removed from DirecTV and said…

NBC Names New Drama Exec

Just hours after revealing that Laura Lancaster was on the way out as exec VP of drama programming, as reported earlier today, NBC released a statement naming Pearlena Igbokwe as the new EVP, drama development, for NBC Entertainment. The announcement…