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.

After All The Hoopla, ATAS Ends Up Extending Current TV Deal For Primetime Emmys Until 2018

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) has extended its current TV deal for the Primetime Emmys until 2018, ATAS has announced. The announcement said, "The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and representatives from ABC, CBS, FOX and…

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Statement of May 4, 2011 About Extension of TV Deal For Primetime Emmys Through 2018

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and representatives from ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC announced this evening that the Television Academy’s contract with the four broadcast networks to televise the Primetime Emmy® Awards has been extended through 2018. The…

NBC Has a Hit on Its Hands–Just in Time for May Sweeps; Peacock Scores Huge Win in Tuesday Ratings

NBC’s newest hit show continues to gain traction, rising 10% in adults 18-49 over its premiere a week ago to lead the Peacock Network to an overall win in the 18-49 demo Tuesday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. With a two hour…

ABC Pulls Show for May Sweeps

ABC has pulled one of its shows from the schedule for May sweeps, replacing it with competition recaps, Deadline.com reports. "Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution," the television show about chef Jamie Oliver’s crusade to improve American diets, has been taken off…

ESPN and Pac-12 Sign Far-Reaching Multiplatform 12-Year Pact: More Football and Basketball Games To Air

ESPN and the Pac-12 college sports conference announced today that they have signed a huge deal that will bring a package of sports including football and basketball to multiple ESPN platforms through the 2024-25 season. The pact, which begins with…

3D ‘Glee’ Movie Coming This Summer

A “Glee” feature film is on the way from the TV and film divisions of 20th Century Fox, with a two-week engagement set to kick off Aug. 12, Deadline.com reported. The movie, “Glee Live! 3D!,” is based on the “Glee…

Comcast Raises the Ante for Programming for NBC and Cable Nets–to the Tune of $300 Million More Than GE Spent Last Year

Addressing Wall Street in a conference call this morning, Comcast execs announced an investment in NBC’s prime-time schedule that’s significantly more than GE spent last year, reports Deadline.com. NBCU Chief Steve Burke spelled out the numbers, revealing that spending on…

CBS’s Moonves Says One Show Is ‘On Its Way to Being Another Billion-Dollar Franchise for Us’

CBS CEO Leslie Moonves is especially bullish on one of the network’s shows, singling it out during Tuesday’s conference call with analysts to discuss first-quarter results, the Los Angeles Times reported. The show is “Hawaii Five-0,” which Moonves said is…

Creator of ‘Medium,’ ‘Moonlighting’ Inks Deal With CBS TV Studios

The creator of "Moonlighting" and "Medium" has inked a new contract that will keep him with CBS TV Studios, reports Deadline.com. Glenn Gordon Caron’s deal will be for two years and worth seven figures. Despite the troublesome experience Caron had…

How ‘NCIS’ Will Work the Death of bin Laden Into the Show

CBS’s “NCIS” has found a way to incorporate the reality of Osama bin Laden’s death into the show. The military crime procedural will apparently reflect the killing of the terrorist leader in this season’s remaining episodes by digitally X-ing him…