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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.
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed today on the body of Junior Seau, the NFL great who was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities confirmed that no foul play was suspected in…
It’s been years since Pepsi was in business with Michael Jackson, but the company has inked a deal with the estate of the late singer to use his image for Pepsi’s new global marketing promotion, reports Entertainment Weekly. The Jackson…
NBC has unveiled ambitious plans for its coverage of the 138th Kentucky Derby, including multiplatform programming, TVNewser reports. The NBC Sports Group announced plans for 14 and a half hours of coverage, which started Wednesday afternoon on NBC Sports Network….
An advertisement featuring "Two and a Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher has been pulled off the Web after viewers called it racist, reports the New York Daily News. The Popchips ad features Kutcher in brownface as a Bollywood producer called…
Time Warner Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes isn’t happy about CNN’s latest rating slide and is expecting his executives to make changes at the network, reports The New York Times. That might translate into further programming changes at the cable network,…
Amazon has taken the wraps off an initiative to move into original television programming to distribute over its streaming service, starting with comedy series and children’s programming, reports Reuters. The public will be able to submit ideas for TV series…
A new investigation into Facebook privacy concerns reveals that millions of users are failing to use privacy controls and have exposed personal information that could be used against them, The Wall Street Journal reports. The study by Consumer Reports “revealed…
TLC plans to launch a series later this month that is based on a special that drew complaints after it aired last summer, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The controversial special "Tattoo School" tracked students in a two-week tattoo course, causing…
The Federal Communications Commission issued a ruling in a long-running dispute between two media companies that will change the channel lineup, TVNewser.com reports. The panel ruled in favor of Bloomberg in its battle with Comcast, and as a result viewers…