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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.
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Google and NBC Universal have dissolved an intriguing ad pact they established in 2008 nearly a year before it was set to expire, dealing a setback to Google’s ambition to become a big player in TV…
Two weeks after news leaked that the Academy Awards were contemplating a date change for the 2012 Oscars broadcast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to stick with the current late-February date for now, the Los…
Projections that consumers would be flocking to stores to buy the new 3-D television sets have been overestimated, reports TheWrap.com. New data from DisplaySearch revealed weaker worldwide and North American sales than expected for 3-D TV sets, primarily because of…
A reverse version of the classic television show "Three’s Company" — this time featuring three guys and one girl — has been picked up by Fox, reports our friend and former TVWeeker James Hibberd in The Hollywood Reporter. The show…
In life, as the saying goes, timing is everything. A cable network is about to announce a reality show that it’s had in development for nearly a year–a reality show about mining and miners, reports James Hibberd for The Hollywood…
Viewers in Los Angeles were given the chance to protest KCET-TV’s decision to drop its PBS affiliation at a board meeting in Hollywood — the only problem was that no one showed up, reports our friend T.L. Stanley in the…
Two "Lost" executive producers are working on a fairy-tale-themed drama series that the pair is preparing to pitch to ABC Studios, where they have an overall deal, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. The two are Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz….
CNN’s ratings surged on Tuesday night, as it broadcast the first rescue of 33 miners who had been trapped in a Chilean mine, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The cable-news network, usually in third place, jumped to…
While big cities remain a popular setting for television shows, smaller towns and odd locations are increasingly becoming settings for new TV series because of tax incentives and an authenticity that bigger cities can’t replicate, the Los Angeles Times reports….
One of the original members of the Pussycat Dolls is among those who will work with Paula Abdul on her upcoming CBS reality competition series "Live to Dance," reports Deadline.com. Kimberly Wyatt, one of the original members of the Dolls will…