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.

Fox Pulls Veteran Show From Lineup

Changes are in store for Fox’s prime-time lineup after the network revealed plans to pull the plug on a show, TVLine.com reports. Fox is canceling the weekly results show for "So You Think You Can Dance," prompting what is expected…

Network Sports Executive Dies

An executive at Fox Sports Media Group, who recently suffered a heart attack, died Friday, TheWrap.com reports. Doug Sellars, executive VP of production and executive producer for the group, was 50. Sellars joined Fox Sports in 2000 and helped form…

Sponsors Trying to Back Out of Super Bowl Ad Buys

While NBC said it sold the last of its Super Bowl ad inventory around Thanksgiving, the network may end up with some additional spots to sell, Brian Steinberg reports in Advertising Age. That’s because two advertisers, whom NBC declined to…

Reportedly the Kindle Is Selling Like Hotcakes. Hmm. Is It Really?

In his latest entry, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross relates a marvelous story about what may be really going on with the Kindle — please click here to read this fun, enlightening absolutely true story.

One Channel Destroys the Competition on New Year’s Eve

One broadcast network dominated the ratings with its New Year’s Eve programming, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. The network is ABC, which celebrated with "Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve" delivering the network’s best year-end prime-time ratings since…

Reportedly the Kindle Is Selling Like Hotcakes. Hmm. Is It Really? This Is the Best Absolutely True Story I’ve Heard Recently

If free can lead to significantly more sales in a real dollars and cents way, one wonders why it’s not a strategy adopted more often. For example, you can get a “starter” iPhone from AT&T for 99 cents right now…

Report: When iPad 3 is Released, Apple Could Offer iPad 2 For as Low as $299

"Though Apple already dominates the tablet market, the company could ward off growing competition and increase its sales even further by selling the iPad 2 for as low as $299, one analysis has projected, reports the Apple Insider.. According to…

Salma Hayek to Join Ranks of Eastwood, Redford and De Niro

Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek will soon join the ranks of Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Robert De Niro, People.com reports. Hayek, a telenovela veteran whose recent TV work includes a guest arc on NBC’s “30 Rock," will be knighted in…

TV Service Positioning Itself as an ‘Honors System’ Version of HBO

A familiar television service is mapping out a new strategy, built in part on the recent success of one of its shows, The New York Times reports. With the success of the British period drama "Downton Abbey," PBS is hoping…

2012 May See the Return of the Epic Super Bowl Ad

Some Super Bowl advertisers are considering longer-form commercials during this year’s game, hoping to bring back the type of epic ads epitomized by the "1984" Apple spot, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Nevertheless, only Volkswagen has announced plans to…