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.

Wednesday Ratings: Fox Is Top Dog — Even as CBS Unleashes the Hounds

Fox ruled the roost in the Wednesday night ratings, as nothing on the other broadcast networks came close to the number for its two-hour “So You Think You Can Dance” in the Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. Meanwhile, a canine-themed series…

ABC News Announces New Documentary Series

ABC News has announced plans for a new documentary series from producer Terry Wrong, TVNewser.com reports. The series, “NY Med,” will focus on medical issues, as did Wrong’s previous shows ”Boston Med,” in 2010, and 2008’s “Hopkins.” The new eight-part…

Six-Year-Old Reality Star Gets Her Own Show

A 6-year-old girl who is already a TV star as part of a reality show will be the focus of her own series, Deadline.com reports. Alana, a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo, one of the kids featured in TLC’s controversial “Toddlers &…

Tom Cruise to Receive Honor That Was Previously Given Only to Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra

Tom Cruise is about to enter one of the most exclusive clubs in the entertainment industry, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor will receive the Friars Club’s Entertainment Icon Award, which has been given out only three times before….

CBS Says 2013 Super Bowl Is More Than 50% Sold — Auto Marketers’ Demand Is Called Intense Even Though GM Veered Away

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age General Motors may have driven away from next year’s Super Bowl broadcast, but other advertisers aren’t following suit. CBS has sold more than 50% of its ad inventory for its 2013 broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII…

CNN Cuts Two On-Air Personalities

CNN is letting go two on-air personalities, TVNewser.com reports. The cable news channel, which is struggling to regain ratings after losing ground to Fox News Channel and MSNBC, has cut meteorologists Reynolds Wolf and Jacqui Jeras, the story reports. Wolf…

Kathie Lee Gifford Apologizes for Faux Pas Over Martin Short’s Dead Wife

Kathie Lee Gifford apologized for a faux pas on Wednesday’s "Today” show, when she asked guest Martin Short about his wife, Nancy, without realizing that she died two years ago after fighting cancer, reports the New York Post. Gifford lauded…

Fox News Pulls Anti-Obama Video, Denies It Was Authorized by Top Execs

Fox News has pulled an anti-Obama video from FoxNews.com and Fox Nation, after the four-minute video aired on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday morning, reports TVNewser.com. The report drew "withering criticism," with the video appearing as a campaign attack ad —…

‘Hatfields & McCoys’ Was Rejected by HBO, Showtime, TNT, TBS, USA and FX Before History Said Yes to Project. And Which Hollywood Legend Was Once Set to Play the Kevin Costner Role

The record-breaking "Hatfields & McCoys," which has been pulling huge audiences to the cable channel History, took 30 years to get to television, with the project so old that Burt Lancaster was once slated to star in the role now…

Marc Cherry Project ‘Devious Maids’ May Head to Lifetime, Along With Canceled CBS Drama

Marc Cherry’s dramedy pilot "Devious Maids," which was skipped over by ABC, might be heading to Lifetime, reports Deadline.com. Talks are preliminary between Lifetime and ABC Studios, the project’s producer. The cable network has been considering several broadcast pilots that…