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.

Real Estate in the Corner of the TV Screen Is Becoming a Hot Advertising Property

"Bugs," those network logos that reside at the bottom of your TV screen, are becoming fertile ground for advertisers, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Both The CW and Fox have sold the real estate around bugs to advertisers. The…

‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Returns to Strong Ratings

The return of the 1990s animated show "Beavis and Butt-Head" earned strong numbers Thursday night for MTV, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The show drew 3.3 million total viewers, the story says. Among MTV’s target demo of viewers 12 to…

David Hill, Chairman & CEO of the Fox Sports Media Group, Named Lifetime Achievement Honoree by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Read the Entire Announcement Here

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES DAVID HILL, CHAIRMAN & CEO FOX SPORTS MEDIA GROUP AS THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE AT THE 63rd ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE…

Second Most Popular Movie Ever Made Gets 3-D Make-Over. Scenes Were Previewed Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, for the Press. Is That Sea Water Crashing Into the Theater?

"A very trim-looking James Cameron and his producing partner Jon Landau presented eight scenes from the newly [three] dimensionalized second-highest-grossing-movie-of-all-time to a gaggle of press and industry types this morning, Friday, Oct. 28th, 2011, in Los Angeles," writes Adam Vary at EW.com’s…

Assessment of the National Broadcast and Cable TV Marketplaces from Indie Media Shop. Plus, Get Ready for the Political Ad Tsunami

This week’s Media Planner features an evaluation of the national broadcast and cable marketplaces from our good friends at media independent shop RJ Palmer. This information first appeared in their newsletter. From that same newsletter we then excerpt part of an…

Stuntman Killed on Set of Sylvester Stallone Action Movie

An accident involving an explosion Thursday night killed a stuntman on the set of an action movie starring and produced by Sylvester Stallone, MTV reports. Another stuntman was seriously injured in the accident, and was reportedly in stable condition. The…

Winners and Losers Among Networks as World Series Goes Seven Games

A dramatic comeback by the St. Louis Cardinals in Thursday’s game six of the World Series, pushing the Series to a seventh and final game tonight, was good news for Fox, which stands to benefit in the ratings from its…

Lawsuit Against NBC’s ‘To Catch a Predator’ Goes Ahead

NBC’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the show “To Catch a Predator” was denied yesterday, allowing the suit to go ahead, TheWrap.com reports. U.S. District Court Judge Edward M. Chen issued the ruling, and also ruled to dismiss a…

‘Matrix’ Producer Brings Drama Series to HBO

A feature film producer best known for "The Matrix" series is bringing a TV drama series to HBO based on the book "Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles," reports Deadline.com. Joel Silver, who also…

ABC Orders Interracial Family Sitcom

ABC has ordered a single-camera comedy focusing on two culturally diverse families who are learning to co-exist because of a marriage uniting the families, Deadline.com reports. The two families are Chinese and Irish/Italian. The sitcom, “No. One Son,” comes from…