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.

Motorola Takes Ad for Its Droid Smartphone Attacking Apple’ iPhone 4

By Kunur PatelAdvertising Age Motorola sure isn’t going to let the iPhone 4’s design flaw escape anyone’s attention. In a print ad in the New York Times for its new Droid X on Verizon, the handset manufacturer boasts: "No Jacket…

Motorola Latches onto Apple’s iPhone 4 Design Flaw with Campaign to Boost Droid X

Motorola is using Apple’s iPhone 4 design flaw to its own benefit, running an advertisement that points out the iPhone’s reception problem while drawing attention to its new Droid X on Verizon, reports Advertising Age. A full-page print ad that…

NBC’s Flagship Los Angeles TV Station, KNBC, Gets New Exec to Take Over Day-to-Day News Operations

NBC’s flagship TV station in Los Angeles, KNBC, is getting a new executive to take over the day-to-day operations of its news department, reports TVNewsCheck. The executive is Vickie Burns, who has been named KNBC’s vice president of news. "She…

Online-Video Sites Touting ‘TV Everywhere’ Debuted by Turner Broadcasting with Verizon’s FiOS

Online-video sites touting "TV Everywhere" from Turner Broadcasting System have been created for customers of Verizon’s FiOS TV customers, reports Multichannel News. FiOS customers can watch Turner’s programming through two sites, tbs.com/tveverywhere and tnt.tv/tveverywhere, by logging in through registered usernames…

CBS’s Tassler Sounds Off on McPherson’s Exit Just Before TCA and Why Networks Should Be ‘Paranoid’

Launching the Television Critics Association conference in Beverly Hills, CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler told an executive session Wednesday that stability has been a winning strategy for her network but added that CBS remains “paranoid” about the future of broadcast…

‘Battlestar Galactica’ Prequel Ready for Takeoff, But Not on TV

Fans of the science-fiction drama "Battlestar Galactica" may soon get to see the characters come back to life in a prequel to the series, reports the Chicago Tribune. "Blood and Chrome" would be a Web series centering on a younger…

History to Try Its Hand at 3D This Week With Telecast of ‘Universe’

History has decided to give 3D TV a try this week with a special broadcast of the Season 5 premiere of "Universe" via DirecTV, reports B&C. History will present the 3D broadcast of the "Universe" episode "Seven Wonders of the…

Tiger Woods’ Mistress Bails Out on ‘Celebrity Rehab,’ Then Gets Talked Back Into It

Tiger Woods’ mistress Rachel Uchitel quit "Celebrity Rehab 4," running away from the show’s filming to check into a luxury Beverly Hills hotel, only to reconsider her decision, reports RadarOnline.com. Uchitel decided to quit after an intense day of filming…

Say It Ain’t So: New ‘Survivor’ Series Will Have (Get This) … a Twist!

In a surprise twist (not), word has surfaced that CBS’s upcoming “Survivor: Nicaragua” will have (gasp) … a twist, the Orlando Sentinel revealed. Hint: All the hype surrounding the expected involvement of 67-year-old former Super Bowl coach Jimmy Johnson could…

Ohio Politician to Launch Syndicated Talker in 2011

The former assistant attorney general for the state of Ohio will be the star of a new syndicated talk show from Tribune Broadcasting scheduled to premiere in fall 2011. "The Bill Cunningham Show," a one-hour talk show, will be filmed in Chicago…