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.

Anchors Head to Ground Zero as Broadcast Nets Line Up Bin Laden-Related News Specials

The broadcast networks are quickly arranging prime-time news specials for tonight to cover the killing of Osama bin Laden, Entertainment Weekly reports. Initially, both CBS and ABC announced plans to send anchors to Ground Zero in New York for one-hour…

Bin Laden Announcement Scrambles Sunday Ratings

President Obama’s announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan disrupted prime-time broadcasts in varying degrees in different time zones, and ensured that final results won’t be known for a while, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. But…

Video: Obama Reaps Comedy Gold From Donald Trump

As we previously reported, President Obama showed no mercy to Donald Trump in a presentation during the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, reaping comedy gold from the birther issue and Trump’s executive experience as host of “Celebrity Apprentice.” Here’s the…

FEARnet Rolls Out New Programming, Sets Up Carriage Deals

FEARnet made a number of programming announcements today, adding that it has secured long-term carriage agreements with Time Warner and Verizon Fios and has begun its linear carriage rollout with Comcast. With the new agreements, the network said it will…

Latest Rumor About Canceled ABC Soaps

[UPDATED 1:15 p.m. PT to rewrite headline and clarify story to reflect that story is based on rumors.] Reports surfaced last week that Sony TV, the production company behind NBC’s "Days of Our Lives" and CBS’s "The Young & the…

Lukewarm Reception for Royal Wedding in U.S.

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton wasn’t enough of a draw to rouse most Americans from their beds early Friday morning, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. An average of 22.7 million viewers at home in the…

‘Judge Judy’ Extends Syndication Deal Until 2015

Judy Sheindlin, star of the syndicated court show "Judge Judy," has inked a new deal to remain at the gavel through 2015, reports the AP. Sheindlin’s long-running court series for CBS Television Distribution has grown among all daytime syndicated programming…

USA Launches Move Into Comedy, Picks Up Show From Kelsey Grammer

While USA Network has become the No. 1 cable channel thanks to lighter dramatic fare such as "Burn Notice" and "Psych," the net is making an effort to expand into sitcoms with its latest acquisition, "The Dicocco Brothers" from Kelsey…

Dish Names New President for Blockbuster, Who Vows to ‘Reinvigorate the Iconic Blockbuster Brand’

Dish Network announced today that it has appointed a president for its new Blockbuster subsidiary, Multichannel News reported. The company gave the assignment to the executive VP of its Commercial Services division, Michael Kelly. Kelly has also led the Direct…

Communications 101 in 2011: How the Death of Osama bin Laden Leaked to the TV Press. Plus Movie Versions Already in Works and Transcript/Video of Obama’s Speech

UPDATED 6 a.m., PT, on May 21, 2011 to include the Reuters report. This being 2011, Twitter played a role in how the press found out about the death of Osama bin Laden on Sunday night, May 1, 2011. Writes Brian…