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.

Streamlined Oscars Telecast in the Works

Producers of the upcoming Academy Awards telecast have signaled that this year’s ceremony will be leaner than the bloated productions viewers have grown accustomed to, Reuters reports. The lengthy film montages are reportedly a thing of the past, along with…

Big Deal For Media Planning, Buying: Rentrak Set-Top Data Will Be Available to Media Agencies Via Donovan Data Systems, Which Powers a Lot of the Back Office Work for the Agencies

Rentrak, which has access to data from 17 million set-top boxes in 210 markets, will integrate some of its most desired database information into Donovan Data Systems (DDS), which are revalant in many advertising agencies. Our good friend Joe Mandese…

Ivi Will Fight Decision Shutting Down Internet TV Service

Ivi TV founder Todd Weaver vowed the Internet TV service would return after a New York district judge granted a temporary injunction that effectively shut down the service, reports B&C. Ivi, which had been streaming dozens of broadcast stations over…

DirecTV Posts Its Best Quarter in 10 Years

The results are in from the fourth quarter and DirecTV posted its best numbers in 10 years, reports TheWrap.com. The company reported 667,000 net new subscribers in the quarter, a nearly 80% improvement from the same time period in 2009….

‘Dharma & Greg’ Star Negotiating for Starring Role in ABC Pilot

One of the stars of "Dharma & Greg" is negotiating for a starring role in an ABC comedy pilot, reports Deadline.com. According to the article, "Jenna Elfman is in negotiations for the lead in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot ‘Bad Mom.’…

Ted Williams, the Golden-Voiced Homeless Man, to Star in Reality Show

Ted WIlliams, the homeless man who shot to fame with his golden radio voice, is getting another chance at fame, with a reality show called "Second Chances at Life," reports the New York Daily News. The show, which starts shooting…

New Programming Chief Gives Three NBC Series Early Renewals for 2011-12 Season

NBC has handed out early renewals to three of its programs for the 2011-12 television season, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. The orders–for "The Biggest Loser," "The Sing-Off" and "Who Do You Think You Are?"–are among the first…

You’ll Never Guess What Larry King Is Doing Next

You’ll never guess what Larry King is doing next. The 77-year old former CNN talk show host is moving on to the next step in his career, and it’s no joke: King will appear in a seven-city stand-up comedy tour…

Former Disney Executive Assistant Sentenced For Role in Insider-Trading Scheme

Bonnie Hoxie, the former Walt Disney Co. executive assistant who pleaded guilty last fall to conspiring to sell confidential information, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. Hoxie was sentenced to four months…

Inevitable Future? ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Starting at Quarterback for the New York Giants is Eli Manning, Sponsored by AT&T, Pepsi and Chevy’

Are the uniforms of NFL players soon to be a patchwork of ad logos by sponsors, in imitation of NASCAR racing cars? "In as little as three years, experts predict the NFL will come down with a case of NASCAR-itis and…