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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.
By Chuck Ross Is the future of TV streaming everywhere? So hints both DirecTV and Time Warner Cable, in two separate articles in Multichannel News. In one piece Todd Spengler writes, "On Tuesday, DirecTV sent some customers a survey asking…
NBC executives are being accused of allowing "Celebrity Apprentice" host Donald Trump to spread "racist" untruths against President Barack Obama, reports the Los Angeles Times. The latest accusations come from MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell. MSNBC and NBC are part of…
After customers complained about Donald Trump’s political activities, one advertiser has said it won’t allow its ads to appear on the website for NBC’s "The Apprentice," reports Bloomberg. The marketer is Groupon. The company isn’t a show sponsor, but its…
Carin Pratt, the executive producer of CBS’s "Face The Nation," has decided to leave the network, reports FishbowlDC.com. Her final broadcast will be this Sunday. Pratt has been with CBS News since 1984, including her current position with "Face the…
Charlie Sheen appears to be back on form after briefly softening his image by revealing he is launching a charitable foundation. The actor sent TMZ a copy of a letter filled with Sheen’s trademark insults for “Two and a Half…
One of the two long-running soap operas recently canceled by ABC has surged in the ratings since the cancellation was announced, Deadline.com reports. The show is "One Life to Live," which was the third-most-viewed daytime drama with 2.76 million viewers…
A cable channel has announced that one of its sitcoms will not return for a third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The channel is Disney’s boy-oriented Disney XD channel, which has canceled the live-action comedy "I’m in the Band,"…
With 300 networks worldwide covering today’s wedding of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton, the event was expected to turn out to be the biggest TV event in history, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The BBC feed alone was televised…
CBS correspondent Lara Logan will give her first television interview since she was sexually assaulted by a mob in Egypt, reports TVNewser.com. Logan has taped an interview for CBS’s "60 Minutes," which will air Sunday. The interview was conducted by…
Local television stations’ revenues posted strong gains in 2010, according to new figures from BIA/Kelsey. B&C broke down the study, reporting that over-the-air sales jumped 23% to $19.4 billion last year, boosted by midterm elections and a rebound in the…