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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.
With a 90-minute “American Idol” surging in the ratings Wednesday–including a 17% improvement from last week in total viewers–Fox coasted to an easy win for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox averaged a 5.8 rating for the night in adults 18-49,…
PBS announced today that Jim Lehrer is stepping down as the regular anchor on “PBS Newshour,” Entertainment Weekly reported in Inside TV. Lehrer will continue to moderate his Friday analysis segment with Mark Shields and David Brooks. “Newshour” has been…
NBC hasn’t had much to sing about in the ratings lately, so it’s no surprise the network intends to make the most of its sudden hit show “The Voice.” The singing competition will be supersized, with two-hour live episodes set…
A popular Food Network show has ended its run after 249 episodes, reports the Chicago Tribune. The creator and star of the award-winning show “Good Eats,” Alton Brown, tweeted the news yesterday: "G.E. fans, I’ve decided to cut the half…
Soap opera fans have taken out a full-page ad in The Hollywood Reporter asking ABC to "please save the soap genre," the publication reports. The ad contains a letter from "viewers, customers and consumers" who want to express their disappointment…
NBC has picked up four pilots, all made by sibling Universal Media Studios, and given them orders to go to series, Nellie Andreeva of Deadline.com reports. One of the shows is "Up All Night," which the article says is "The Emily…
Fox Broadcasting dropped two stations from network affiliation after failing to reach deals under a new plan to get broadcast affiliates to pay for programming, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The network had warned that it was…
A reality star who has been steadily building a media empire is being sued for $100 million by her former management company, alleging non-payment of commission and punitive damages, E! Online reports. The company, Raw Talent, is claiming that Bethenny…
While speculation swirls around the fate of CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” in the wake of Charlie Sheen’s high-profile exit from the show, the network has quietly decided to renew one of its other sitcoms, according to The Hollywood…
A bubble show that has been threatened with cancellation by NBC for the past two years will be back for another season, Deadline.com reports. NBC is finalizing a 13-episode order for “Chuck,” the story says. It’s unclear what that means…