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.

Regional Facts of Media; Social Media and Primetime TV

In this week’s entry, we present some very interesting regional facts of media, courtesy on Nat Ives and Ad Age. And longtime TVWeek friend Daisy Whitney connects social media and primetime TV. Media is Consumed Differently in Different Places: Regional…

Director Who Started the Whole Zombie Thing Says He Hasn’t Watched ‘The Walking Dead’ — and Turned Down Offer to Direct

The feature film director credited with sparking the public’s fascination with zombies says he hasn’t watched AMC’s zombie show "The Walking Dead," reports io9.com. George Romero directed the seminal 1968 zombie movie "Night of the Living Dead." Asked about “The…

HBO’s Bryant Gumbel Sparks Furor With ‘Plantation Overseer’ Remark

Bryant Gumbel, the award-winning host of HBO’s "Real Sports," is under fire after using the platform of the program to editorialize about how NBA Commissioner David Stern is conducting business during the league’s labor dispute, according to The Hollywood Reporter….

Funniest Video of the Day: Jon Stewart Lampoons Tuesday’s Republican Debate

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One Day After Her Probation Was Revoked Over Missed Appointments, Lindsay Lohan Misses Another One

Lindsay Lohan didn’t take long to add another complication as she struggles to keep herself out of jail. Reuters reports that the actress hit a snag when she attempted to show up today for community service at the L.A. County…

OK, Mr. or Ms. Young Executive. You Work at a Broadcast or Cable Network and Think You’re Hot Stuff. It’s Fortune’s Highly Anticipated ’40 Under 40′ List, Subtitled ‘Business’s Hottest Rising Stars.’ And Only TWO of You Are on the List

Fortune magazine’s highly anticipated list of "40 Under 40: Business’s Hottest Rising Stars" is out, and only two executives on the list are from a broadcast or cable network. Frist, ranked No. 14, is Cesar Conde, 37, president of Univision Networks….

Celebrity News Host Doing Well After Cancer Surgery

Two days after she announced on television that she has breast cancer, a TV celebrity news host underwent a double lumpectomy, the New York Daily News reports. Giuliana Rancic, an E! News host who also stars in Style’s “Giuliana and…

Consumer Electronics Show Connects With Cable Network as CES’s First-Ever Official TV Partner. Included Will Be 5 Hours of Live Coverage From CES on the Convention’s Opening Day

If you can’t go to Vegas and the always terrific Consumer Electronics Show to see all the new gagdets, the CES show is coming to you. CES parent Consumer Electronics Association has entered into an exclusive deal with Spike TV,…

World Series on Track to Become Lowest Rated in History

Interest in this year’s World Series doesn’t appear to be quite what it would be with a major-market team like a New York or Boston involved. USA Today reports that overnight ratings for Fox’s Wednesday broadcast of Game 1 between…

‘NCIS’ Star Hit With Lawsuit

One of the stars of CBS’s top-rated crime drama "NCIS" has been hit with a lawsuit, reports TMZ.com. The suit against Michael Weatherly, who plays Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the series, involves a car wreck that happened about a…