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.

HBO Trailer Breaks Channel’s Online Viewing Records

The trailer for the upcoming season of one of HBO’s series has broken the network’s online viewing records since it was released Sunday, EW.com’s Inside TV blog reports. The trailer is for the second season of "Game of Thrones," and…

Business Associate Puzzled by Death of Don Cornelius; VH1 Slates Tribute to the ‘Soul Train’ Icon

The owner of Soul Train Holdings, Kenard Gibbs, tells the Los Angeles Times that the death of Don Cornelius, the founder of "Soul Train," is puzzling. "I just didn’t know Don to be despondent in any way," Gibbs said, noting…

ABC Orders Two Pilots, Including Reba McEntire Project

ABC has ordered two comedy pilots — a project from singer Reba McEntire and another from "That ’70s Show" writers Jackie and Jeff Filgo, reports Deadline.com. Both projects come from ABC Studios, the piece notes. McEntire’s show, "Malibu Country," is…

CNBC Taps Wall Street Journal Co-Anchor

CNBC has hired a rising video star from The Wall Street Journal’s "The News Hub," reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Kelly Evans has worked both as a columnist for the newspaper and as a co-anchor of its…

Desperate for a Ratings Edge, TV Networks Resort to Scheduling Tricks to Juice Their Numbers

Television networks are relying on scheduling tricks to help juice their ratings numbers — including renaming shows and labeling them as "specials" so that they won’t be counted in low-rated weeks, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. That…

Is Netflix Kids’ Streaming Part of Nickelodeon’s Ratings Drop? Netflix Users Streamed 2 Billion Hours in the Fourth Quarter

By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age Netflix is adamant that its streaming service will not cannibalize the cable industry, but Nickelodeon’s recent ratings decline may provide the first suggestion that at least one subset of viewers is at risk of abandoning live…

Gender Gap Among Super Bowl Viewers Is Shrinking

The gender gap among Super Bowl viewers has been getting narrower over the past 10 years, reports Sports Business Daily, citing Nielsen Media data. During last year’s game, 54% of the viewers were men, compared with 46% women, the story…

Showtime Renews Three Series

Showtime announced the renewals of three series, Deadline.com reports. The pay cable channel is bringing back "Shameless," "House of Lies" and "Californication." The three series make up the channel’s Sunday lineup. "Shameless" will be going into a third season, while…

Actor From ‘Home Improvement’ Arrested

An actor known mainly for his role on the hit sitcom "Home Improvement," which had a long run on ABC in the 1990s, has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of hash, reports TMZ.com. Taran…

CBS Slots De Niro Cop Drama for Midseason Debut

CBS has found a spot for a new police drama from Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Productions and CBS TV Studios, Deadline.com reports. “NYC 22” will premiere April 15 at 10 p.m. ET, the story reports, taking the time slot currently…