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.

Showtime’s Sunday Premieres Pull in Big Numbers

Showtime is reporting big ratings ratings for its Sunday night lineup, which featured the season premiere of “Californication” and the series premieres of “Shameless” and “Episodes.” “Californication,” returning for its fourth season, had its best season premiere ever, the network…

ABC News Keeping Door Open to Possible Partnership With Bloomberg

ABC News is leaving the door open to a possible partnership with cable news outlet Bloomberg News, The New York Times reports in its Media Decoder blog. That’s the word from Ben Sherwood, the new president of ABC News. Sherwood…

Fox’s Animation Lineup Gets Ratings Boost From Dramatic NFL Playoff Game

The dramatic end to the late NFL playoff game, in which the Green Bay Packers knocked the Philadelphia Eagles out of the playoffs 21-16, boosted Fox’s Sunday night lineup of animated shows in the Nielsen ratings, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. With overrun…

Peter Yates, Oscar-Nominated Director of ‘Breaking Away,’ ‘Bullitt,’ ‘The Dresser,’ Dead at 82

Film director and producer Peter Yates, best known for "The Dresser," "Breaking Away" and "Bulliitt," died Sunday in London following a long illness, at the age of 82, reports Deadline.com. The British-born Yates was nominated for Oscars as best director…

Having Just Said Goodbye to the Red Carpet, Joan Rivers Reveals Her Next Move

As we reported last week, Joan Rivers will no longer be a fixture on the red carpet, but the comic has decided to continue her TV career as the star of her own reality show, reports iVillage.com. Collaborating with her…

Word Is In on Whether TLC Will Do Another Season of ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’

"Sarah Palin’s Alaska" has been one of the most successful shows ever for TLC, and now the network has apparently decided whether the widely buzzed-about show starring the former governor of Alaska will be back for a second season, Entertainment…

With Flagging Ratings For ‘Parker Spitzer,’ CNN Considers Replacing One of the Co-Hosts

With its new show "Parker Spitzer" trailing far behind the competition on Fox News and MSNBC, CNN is considering replacing one of the show’s co-hosts, reports the Wall Street Journal. (with the WSJ behind a firewall we link here to the version…

Report: Verizon Will Offer Unlimited Data Plan For iPhone Customers. AT&T No Longer Does That For New iPhone Customers

"Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest wireless carrier, is confident enough in its network that it will offer unlimited data-use plans when it starts selling the iPhone around the end of this month, a person familiar with the matter said. Such…

‘SNL’s Biggest Ratings of the Season

"Saturday Night Live’s" first show of 2011 delivered the best ratings of the season, reports James Hibberd from his new gig at Entertainment Weekly. The host was Jim Carrey and the musical guest were The Black Keys. Wrote Hibberd: "…

Report: Pressure from the Kennedy Family Helped Kill ‘Kennedys’ Miniseries on History

Pressure from the Kennedy family played a crucial role in History’s decision to kill the miniseries "The Kennedys," reports Matthew Belloni in The Hollywood Reporter. As previously reported, the History Channel said it decided not to air its eight-part multimillion-dollar…