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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.
PostScript: According to a story in the New York Times,”Not everyone is laughing, though. While the jeans diaper commercial, which is scheduled to run on May 31, was accepted by 13 networks, including NBC, TNT and E!, three others, ABC,…
With much of the blogosphere agreeing the Crystal Bowersox dominated the "American Idol" finals last night, and the show ending its season tonight, attention is again being paid as to who will replace judge Simon Cowell next season. Fox executives…
Kate Gosselin reportedly earned more than $500,000 for her five-episode appearance on "Dancing with the Stars," or more than $100,000 per episode, reports Rob Shuter on PopEater.com. It’s not known whether Gosselin earned more per episode than the show’s other…
A rock music legend is suing Florida Governor Charlie Crist for the unauthorized use of a song in an ad, Billboard reports. David Byrne, co-founder of the Talking Heads, is seeking $1 million in damages, the article says, noting that…
Michael H. Jordan, the former chairmand and CEO of CBS and Westinghouse, died at the age of 73 on Tuesday evening, May 25, 2010, succumbing to cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While he ran Westinghouse, the company transitioned from an industrial entity…
CBS will be the most-watched U.S. television network in primetime during the 2009-10 season, which ends this week, giving it seven wins in eight years, reports Reuters. Fox will rank as the network that drew the most viewers in the 18- to…
Since NBC decided to cancel the 20-year old "Law & Order," TNT had been said to be considering picking up the program for a record-breaking 21st season. But now TNT says it’s not interested in moving the drama to its…
ABC Family has purchased the syndication rights a cult-favorite TV series from NBC Universal, reports B&C. Starting this fall, ABC Family will start airing "Friday Night Lights," which struggled to find a broadcast-size audience during its first-run on NBC. DirecTV also…
The ABC TV affiliates board has elected a new chairman at its meeting in Los Angeles, B&C reports. The new chairman is Bill Hoffman, general manager of WSB-TV in Atlanta. Hoffman, who has been active in the board’s past activities, is…
Several Tribune stations have picked up This TV to air on digital subchannels, giving the network co-run by MGM and Weigel Broadcasting a broader footprint as it becomes Nielsen rated, MediaDailyNews reports. The Tribune stations that will air the network…