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.

Say Cheese: Company That’s as American as Apple Pie on the Verge of Bankruptcy. The Final Irony

An iconic U.S. company that was once one of the biggest corporations in America is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, reports The Wall Street Journal. The company is 131-year-old Eastman Kodak, which is struggling to avoid Chapter 11. It…

PBS Slates Special to Celebrate Return of Hit Series

PBS has been riding high with its latest hit series, and the service will trumpet its return with a one-hour special, Entertainment Weekly reports. The series is the "Masterpiece" drama "Downton Abbey," which premieres its second season on PBS on…

Last Summer’s Top New Cable Series in Key Female Demos Returns to Big Numbers

Last summer’s No. 1 new cable series in key female demos had its season premiere Tuesday and picked up where it left off, ranking as the day’s top scripted cable show in several demos, ABC Family reports. The show is…

Physicist Stephen Hawking, Who Has Tackled Some of the Universe’s Greatest Mysteries, Reveals What He Considers the Biggest Mystery of All

The universe’s greatest mystery, according to someone who has spent a fair amount of time exploring the great mysteries, is women. Reuters reports that famous physicist Stephen Hawking, asked what he thinks about most, replied: "Women. They are a complete…

Tensions Between Olbermann and Current TV in Hands of Lawyers for Each Side

Keith Olbermann’s lead attorney is negotiating with Current TV over his role at the network, following a falling out over his participation in the Republican primaries, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog. The attorney, Patricia Glaser, represented Olbermann…

Pilot Rejected by the CW Six Years Ago Finally Gets Picked Up — by the CW

A pilot that was rejected six years ago during the transformation of former networks the WB and UPN into what is now the CW has finally been picked up — by the same network that killed it back then, the…

After Creating a Red-Hot Subgenre of TV Series, PBS Announces Its Own New Entry in the Field

PBS unveiled plans for a 20-episode series that is a companion piece for the show credited with creating the thriving subgenre of antique-oriented reality series, “Antiques Roadshow,” the Associated Press reports. The new show is “Market Wars,” which features professional…

VH1 Puts One of Its Franchise Series on Hold

VH1 has no plans to air one of its franchise series this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network isn’t using the word “canceled,” but neither “Celebrity Rehab” nor its spinoff “Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House” is included in…

Head of PBS Fires Back at Mitt Romney

Responding to a suggestion from Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney that PBS air advertisements, PBS President and Chief Executive Paula Kerger said that won’t happen, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Kerger said Federal Communications Commission rules prohibit…

‘America’s Got Talent’ Host Hospitalized

The host of NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" has been hospitalized with kidney failure, reports ABCNews.com. Nick Cannon’s wife, singer Mariah Carey, announced his hospitalization via Twitter, calling it "mild kidney failure," the story says. Cannon, 31, is in an Aspen,…