Chuck Ross

Author Page

38,865 Entries

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.

Traditional Holiday ‘Yule Log’ Telecast Gets an Upgrade

A big change is in store this year for the annual holiday telecast of the “Yule Log.” For the first time since it began its annual broadcast in 1966, the "Yule Log" will be available in 3D, reports UPI.com. The…

Aretha Franklin Back Home Following Surgery

The Queen of Soul, legendary singer Aretha Franklin, is home from a Detroit hospital following surgery that was believed to be for pancreatic cancer, Reuters reports. Franklin’s publicist has not confirmed that the singer has pancreatic cancer, although numerous sources…

HBO Hoping the ‘Hard Knocks’ Behind-the-Scenes Approach to Sports Will Also Work With Hockey

HBO is banking on fans of the National Hockey League to be as ardent as football fans with the new sports show “24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the NHL Winter Classic,” reports TheWrap.com. HBO has been successful with "Hard Knocks," focusing…

Competitor Pays Tribute to King as His Run on CNN Comes to an End

Among the many tributes to Larry King on the day of his final CNN episode of "Larry King Live" was a full-page ad in USA Today from one of CNN’s chief competitors in cable news, reports TVNewser.com. The stark, bold…

WABC Suspends Weather Reporter Over Alleged False Rape Claim

After police arrested a WABC-TV weather reporter who allegedly falsely reported that a man had tried to rape her in Central Park, the station has suspended her pending an investigation, the New York Post reports. As previously reported, Heidi Jones,…

Sony, Discovery and Imax Joint-Venture 3D Channel to Add Six New Series

The 3D channel that’s slated to debut in early 2011 as a joint venture between Sony, Discovery Communications and Imax is adding six series, including three original programs and three acquisitions, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The three original series have…

All of the Movie and TV Nominees For the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Released Dec. 16, 2010

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ® Nominations Announcement Actor® Awards Ceremony will be Simulcast Live on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, on TNT and TBSat 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT) LOS…

Wanted: Katie Couric to Create Syndicated Daytime Talk Show

Multiple syndicators are talking with Katie Couric about creating a daytime show, Page Albiniak is reporting for B&C. As Couric’s $15 million annual contract with CBS News expires in May, she’s considering her options, the article notes. While daytime couldn’t…

Former Baywatch Star Hospitalized with MRSA — the Antibiotics-Resistant Staph Infection

The former "Baywatch" star Donna D’Errico has been hospitalized with a MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), a very serious staph infection that’s highly resistant to antibiotics, reports TMZ.com. D’Errico played Donna Marco on the series from 1996 to 1998. D’Errico, who…

Video: Our Must-Read Story of the Day Is This Must-See Story About Apple’s App of the Year. It’s Called Flipboard, and It’s Just Been Improved. It’s an Ingenious Concept That Elegantly Marries the Magazine Format to New Media.