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.

Football Star Michael Vick, Who Was In Prison For 21 Months For Running A Dogfighting Ring, Gets Ad Endorsement Deal

By Rich ThomaselliAdvertising Age Would you buy a car from Michael Vick? The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback is a pitchman again. Granted, it’s only a local spot in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area, but the video has already gone viral and, coupled…

Would You Buy a Rover From This Man? Michael Vick Gets Back Into the Ad Endorsement Business

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who spent 21 month in prison after pleading guilty to running a dogfighting ring, has gotten his first post-prison ad endorsement deal. It’s for a New Jersey car dealership, reports Advertising Age. According to the article,…

Best Article We’ve Seen Yet About Why the Networks Are Reluctant To Deal With Google TV

Bloomberg has a lengthy piece by Sarah Rabil and Ian King about why the TV broadcast networks are reluctant to deal with Google TV. According to the article, "One sticking point is ads, which accounted for 63 percent of the…

Looks Like TNT’s Remake of ‘Dallas’ Is Finally Moving Forward, Without J.R.

TNT has been trying to get a remake going of the classic primetime soap "Dallas," and hoped it would include the iconic J.R., as played by actor Larry Hagman. Now, writes Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com, "After one of the longest…

Clark Kent Pal Pete Ross Turns Out to Be a Drug Dealer. Sam Jones III Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Sell ‘Hillbilly Heroin’

Sam Jones III, who played Clark Kent’s pal Pete Ross on "Smallville," has "pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court to conspiracy to sell more than 10,000 oxycodone pills," EOnline reports. According to the article, "Jones, 27, was busted at…

Syfy Cancels One of Its Signature Series

Syfy has canceled one of its signature series that has been on the channel–in some form–since 2002, Deadline.com reports. The umbrella franchise is "Stargate," the current iteration being "Stargate Universe." According to the article, "The upcoming 10 episodes of "Stargate…

Blake Edwards, the Man Behind ‘The Pink Panther,’ ‘The Party’ and ’10’ and One of the Pioneers of Early Television, Dead at 88

Blake Edwards, a prolific writer and director known as a master of the screwball comedy, has died, The New York Times reports. He was 88. Edwards reportedly died of complications from pneumonia in a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. His…

‘Survivor,’ ‘Criminal Minds’ Push CBS to Wednesday Ratings Win

The penultimate episode of "Survivor" and a strong ratings performance by “Criminal Minds” helped CBS win Wednesday night in the Nielsen overnights, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. CBS won the adults 18-49 demo for the night with a 2.9 rating, followed by…

Cowell Reportedly Has Troubled ’80s Pop Icon Set to Take ‘X Factor’ Judge’s Chair

A singer who rose to fame with a string of 1980s hit singles as part of the pop duo Wham! but more recently has made headlines mostly in the tabloids is apparently lined up to be a judge on Simon…

The Percentage of U.S. Who Subscribe to Wired Cable is Lowest It’s Been Since November 1989

"[W]ired-cable penetration represented 60.7% of households in November 2010, down from 61.7% in November 2009. The only time it had been lower was in November 1989 when wired-cable penetration was at 59.7%, writes TVNewsCheck, citing data from Nielsen. At the…