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.

From ‘CSI’ Merchandise to ‘Space Available’: CBS Store in New York City Closes

The "CSI" merchandise has disappeared and has been replaced with a "Prime Retail Space Available" sign in the CBS Store window in New York City, reports MediaDailyNews. CBS’ lease expired at the start of September, according to a broker, and…

‘Secret Millionaire’ to Start in March for Six-Epside Run on ABC During ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ Time Slot

"Secret Millionaire," which tracks successful U.S. business executives as they spend a week in some of the country’s poorest areas and then reveal their identities and give away their own money, has been given a six-episode run starting in March,…

Tea Leoni Considering Return to TV

Tea Leoni could be back on TV in the not too distant future. HBO is deciding whether or not to do a pilot pickup of a comedy project in which Leoni would star and produce called "Spring/Fall," reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com….

Video: Two Hosts Walk Off Set of ‘The View’ in Anger at Guest Bill O’Reilly

Fox News star Bill O’Reilly appeared as a guest on ABC’s "The View" Thursday morning and so incensed two of the hosts that they walked off the stage, reports TVSquad.com. Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar later returned to the…

What Do You Get When You Mash Up ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Bachelor’?

NBC is working on a new reality show that combines elements of CBS’s "Survivor" and ABC’s "The Bachelor" for a romance/adventure hybrid, New York Magazine reports. The new show is tentatively titled "Love in the Wild," the article says. It…

Verizon to Begin Selling iPads This Month as Deal With Apple Gets Closer

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will start selling iPads later this month, AFP reports. The move brings Apple and Verizon one step closer to their impending partnership as Apple apparently moves toward ending its exclusive arrangement with AT&T for…

Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters to Spend an Hour Together on Air–But Who Will Be Interviewing Whom?

A one-hour TV interview is on tap for Thursday, Dec. 9, that will feature two of the top daytime talk show hosts, Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey will be the interviewee this time around, while Walters will conduct the…

Video: Perez Hilton Vows to Stop Outing Gays and Stop Being a Bully

In the wake of a number of recent incidents in which people have committed suicide after being bullied for being gay, Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton says he is changing his tune and will no longer try to force celebrities…

ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ Leads Wednesday Ratings

The highest-rated show Wednesday night was ABC’s Emmy winner "Modern Family," but overall CBS delivered the strongest prime-time lineup, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. CBS’s "Survivor" led the way with an average rating of 3.65 in the 18-49 demographic…

Google’s Pact With NBCU Ends a Year Early, Dealing Setback to Search Giant’s Ambitions for TV Ad Sales

In what Advertising Age’s Brian Steinberg is calling a setback to Google’s goal of becoming a big player in television advertising sales, Google and NBC Universal ended an ad pact almost a year before it was due to expire. The…