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.

Catch-22 1/2: Studio Accounting

The recent news regarding profit participation and TV shows–the challenge to Disney by the producers of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and Don Johnson challenging Rysher Entertainment about "Nash Bridges"–reminds TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross of the craziness…

That Awfully Funny Looking Bottom Line: Is That Some Sort of Vaudeville Joke?

[Just this week both Disney and Rysher Entertainment lost lawsuits to profit participants who said they were owed money. But the system was designed to discourage these kind of lawsuits. Which reminds us of this story. It’s a conversation between an Executive Producer of…

Late-Night Talk Shows Dealing With Loss of Younger Viewers

Late-night talk shows were once considered bulletproof against digital video recorders because it was thought their topical nature would encourage viewers to watch the shows in their time slots, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. But it’s turning…

ESPN Signs Exclusive Deal With Major College Conference

ESPN has signed an exclusive deal with one of the premier college conferences, the network has announced. Collegiate sports events in the Atlantic Coast Conference will be shown exclusively on ESPN, part of a 12-year pact between the organizations. The ACC…

National Public Radio Has a New Name–Sorta

National Public Radio has used the abbreviation NPR when referring to itself since 1971, but now NPR will be the official name, reports the Washington Post. Following the lead of companies such as TLC, which dropped the longer name The…

‘Talent,’ ‘Dance’ Top Wednesday Nielsens

Reality entertainment shows "America’s Got Talent" and "So You Think You Can Dance" were the strongest players in the Wednesday night Nielsen ratings, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" had a 2.25 average…

‘Chaos’ Creator Will Try Again With CBS

You might think after his deal with CBS for the series "Chaos" went up in smoke, that writer Tom Spezialy would steer clear of the Tiffany Network. But that’s not the case, reports Deadline.com. Spezialy has signed a blind script…

Walters to Make First ‘View’ Appearance Since Open-Heart Surgery

The ladies of "The View" are about to be reunited when Barbara Walters returns to the show. This Monday, July 12, will mark her first time back since having open-heart surgery, and rather than push her recovery, Walters will appear…

USA, Syfy Cast Leads for New Shows

"A Legal Mind," a pilot for USA Network, and "Being Human," a Syfy series, have cast leads, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Patrick J. Adams will get the role in the USA pilot while Mark Pellegrino has been tapped for…

Twitter Skirmish With Joe Scarborough Gets Political Blogger Banned From MSNBC

Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC, has decided not to allow the founder of liberal political blog Daily Kos to appear on the network following a skirmish between the blogger and "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough, reports TVNewser. Scarborough has been…