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.

Ad Buyers Predict Which Broadcast Network Will Be No. 1 in the Future; The Answer Might Surprise You

This won’t surprise anyone who’s been paying attention to U.S. census data over the last few years. Univision, already bigger than The CW, will be the No. 1 U.S. broadcaster in a few years, based on a survey of ad…

CBS’ Bet on Celebrity Mom Chat Show ‘The Talk’ Pays off with Solid Ratings

CBS’ bet on a talk show featuring a gaggle of friendly celebrity moms appears to be paying off, with "The Talk" drawing a solid 2.2 million viewers its first week, reports the New York Post. Still, it’s not anywhere close…

‘Mad Men’s’ Wild & Crazy Season. Was It This Award-Winning Show’s Best Yet?

The just concluded season four of AMC’s "Mad Men" really was water cooler (Facebook?) talk. With an appreciation of all things Sterling and not, it’s TV Week Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin. To read her discerning entry, please click here.

The Childhood Friend of Jay Ward, Who Had to Sue To Get Recognized as the Creator of the Original Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle, Dies at 90

Alexander Anderson, a television cartoonist who created two of television’s most memorable cartoon animals, has died,reports the New York Times. He was 90. Rocky, a flying squirrel, was the brains behind the duo, while Bullwinkle, a moose, wasn’t quite as…

Though FCC Is Looking Into Cablevison-Fox Dispute, Its Power to Force a Settlement May Be Limited

Cablevision on Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission to force Fox to return its stations to its service, returning Fox-station programming to the roughly 3 million New York and Philadelphia-area subscribers who currently can’t receive it, reports the Star-Ledger. The…

New ‘Glee’ Album Celebrates the Most Wonderful Day of the Year

A new album featuring the cast of "Glee" will go on sale Nov. 16, and if previous sales of "Glee" albums are any indication, it’s likely to be another hit, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. The new album will celebrate Christmas….

It’s Here: Xfinity TV (And It Seemingly Does Have an Infinite Number of TV Shows)

Comcast is debuting its online video service to its 23 million subscribers, offering a service that doesn’t carry additional fees yet allows viewers to watch 25,000 (!) television show episodes, reports Multichannel News. The cable operator has added shows from Showtime…

Shades of Wilbur: Elijah ‘Frodo’ Wood In First TV Series Role Will Play a Man with a Talking Dog [This Item Has a Bonus Video Guaranteed to Delight You]

Elijah Wood will appear in his first television role as a man with a talking dog on a new FX series, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Showtracker blog. Wood, known to many as Frodo Baggins in "The Lord of the…

This is Odd Even For Hollywood: Contestant on ‘America’s Got Talent’ Went to Show Audition Even Though He Had Reported His Wife Missing Just Hours Before and Says He Thought She Was Dead (Which She Turned Out to Be)

This is fairly bizarre, courtesy TMZ. com. All of this is according to TMZ: Joe Finley, in Los Angeles to audition for "America’s Got Talent" this past Saturday, Oct. 21, 2010, took the drug ecstasy Friday night, Oct. 22, as…

CW Ups Its Order for Three Shows, Including Two Rookies

The CW network has ordered full seasons of two new series and has also increased its order for a veteran show, TVLatest.com reports. The two new shows are "Nikita" and "Hellcats," which have been performing well for the network. In…