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.

With Expensive Smartphones Comes Ways to Avoid Losing Them — With Irritating and Sometimes Embarrassing Techniques

Rich Jaroslovsky of Bloomberg takes a look at devices designed to keep you from losing your expensive smartphone, and finds that the problem-solvers "intend to irritate, and by and large do a good job of it." There are people who…

TVWeek Labor Day Holiday Schedule

Today, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, TVWeek will publish its TVBizWire e-newsletter, and its Daily Viral Video, but not its afternoon E-Daily e-newsletter. TVWeek personnel will be off on Labor Day, Sept. 6th, 2010. We will resume publishing on a regular basis…

After Losing Showrunner, CBS’ ‘Blue Bloods’ Taps Two New Producers

After losing showrunner Ken Sanzel, CBS’ "Blue Bloods" has tapped two new producers, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Veteran director Fred Keller is joining the show as producer and director, and writer Linda Gase will serve as consulting producer, the story…

The End of Serendipity: Why Barnes & Noble’s Closing of Its Store Across From Lincoln Center on New York’s Upper West Side is a Bad Thing, Including Bad for TV and the Studios

I lived in New York for much of the 1990s, on the Upper West Side. I still get to New York fairly often, including my old haunts on the Upper West Side. When I lived there, I used to really…

Time Warner Cable, Disney Agree to Carriage Terms; TW Cable Agrees to Add Disney Junior, ESPN 3D and ESPN3.com

Time Warner Cable, the nation’s fourth largest video programming distributor, and programmer Walt Disney Co. have reached a multiple year carriage agreement, Bloomberg reports. TW Cable, with 12.8 million basic subscribers (just behind Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network in number…

Creators of Hit Film ‘Paranormal Activity’ To Create Spooky Project for ABC That Brings Hit Film’s Syle to TV

The creators of the hit film "Paranormal Activity" have joined forces with Dreamworks TV and ABC Studios to create a spooky project for TV, reports James Hibberd at his Live Feed blog on the site of The Hollywood Reporter. According…

Burger King Sold

Burger King, the nation’s second largest fast food hamburger chain after McDonald’s, has been sold, reports Bloomberg. Burger King has been a major TV advertiser for years. According to the article, "Burger King Holdings Inc. agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital,…

Report: Time Warner CEO Bewkes Rethinking Reorganization Plans for Warner Bros.; TV Chief Rosenblum Still in Hunt for Top Job

[UPDATED, 3:06 pm. PT with the final paragraph] Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes appears to be reconsidering some of his planned changes for leadership of Warner Bros., according to a report by veteran Hollywood journalists Kim Masters and Gregg…

‘Survivor’ Agreement: Spill Secrets, Pay $5 Million–And That’s Just the Beginning

The secret is out on the contents of the contract contestants have to sign to appear on “Survivor,” and CBS isn’t happy about it, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Included in the agreement, which has been posted on the Reality…

Actor Exits ‘Lie to Me’ as Show Shifts Direction

When the Fox drama "Lie To Me" returns for a third season, at least one key character will be missing and the show will be heading in a different direction, reports Entertainment Weekly. Mekhi Phifer, who plays FBI Agent Ben…