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.

Subject of ‘Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy’ Goes to Court to Block Movie; YouTube Takes It Down

Telling an Italian judge that the Lifetime television movie about her murder conviction left her "very disturbed," Amanda Knox appeared in court Thursday to ask that the TV movie be blocked from airing in Italy, where she’s appealing her conviction…

Couric Continues to Make the Rounds as Her CBS Contract Winds Down–So How Much Should We Read Into Her Lunch With Time Warner CEO?

CBS News anchor Katie Couric met with Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes on Thursday for lunch, where the pair reportedly talked about possibilities with Warner Bros. and Telepictures Productions, which produce syndicated TV programming, reports the New York Post’s…

NBC’s New Wonder Woman Gets a Love Interest

NBC has cast a potential love interest for the super-heroine title character in its "Wonder Woman" remake, TVLine.com reports. The show will bring former "Knight Rider" star Justin Bruening on board as Army vet Steve Trevor, the story says. In…

Comedy Central Orders Pilot About Decommissioned Special Ops Agent

"Black Jack," a project from "Eastbound & Down" consulting producer David Gordon Green, has received a pilot order from Comedy Central, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project focuses on a former special operations agent who is decommissioned and needs…

AMC Developing E.T. Series from ‘Breaking Bad’ Scribe

John Shiban, a writer for AMC’s Emmy-winning drama "Breaking Bad," is conjuring up a new series about close encounters of the alien kind, reports Entertainment Weekly. The drama pilot, called "The Voyage," is the story of a female scientist who…

FX Close to Renewing Modern Western Crime Drama

FX is close to renewing the modern Western crime drama series "Justified" for a third season, according to Deadline.com. The renewal would come after FX canceled "Lights Out," its well-reviewed boxing drama, as previously reported. Deadline.com points out that even…

TVWeek’s 10th Annual Media Planning Conference. It’s Free to Attend, and You Could Win an iPad2!

Please come! It’s the 10th Annual TVWeek Media Planning Conference in association with the Advertising Research Foundation. It’s for free, it’ll be fun, interesting and informative. Plus we’ll have a drawing to give away TWO iPad2’s to two attendees!…

‘Futurama’ Close to Getting Renewal From Comedy Central

The animated series "Futurama," once canceled by Fox, is proving to be a durable show on Comedy Central. The series is close to getting a renewal for two additional seasons from the cable channel, reports TVGuide.com. The network will renew…

Netflix Offers Credit After Streaming Service Is Hit by Outage

For customers who were hit by a streaming outage on Netflix Tuesday night, the company is offering a 3% credit on its $7.99-per-month streaming-only plan, reports PCMag.com. The story notes that if all of Netflix’s 20 million customers take advantage…

‘Robust Recovery’ Seen in Broadcast Ad Market in Fourth Quarter

Signs of an ad market recovery are found in two reports surfacing Thursday, Broadcasting & Cable reported. “Station groups showed ‘robust recovery’ in the fourth quarter, reported the media investment bank M.C. Alcamo & Co., as political advertising combined with…