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.

Could Most Upfront Negotiations Be Wrapped up by July 4th?

How things change in a year. Compared with last year’s drawn out upfront negotiations, set against the backdrop of an ailing economy, this year’s marketplace is set to wrap up in a "brisk and tidy fashion," reports Mediaweek. Both media buyers…

Miss America Pageant to Return to TV with an ABC Deal

The Miss America Pageant, which has been off network television since 2004, will return after signing a three-year deal with ABC, the Associated Press reports. The network will air the 2011 competition live on Jan. 15, and will seek to…

Having Confidence in Confidence Alone: ‘Glee’ Gets Green Light for Season THREE Before 1st Season Finale

Glee" has been renewed for a third season by Fox as the show prepares to wrap up its first season with a finale on June 8, EW.com reports. It’s a huge vote of confidence for the freshman show, which is…

Here’s Something You May or May Not Have Known: The Website www.TVGuide.com Is NOT the Website for TVGuide the Magazine. However, Now the Two Companies–Which Have Separate Owners–Will Both Share www.TVGuide.com

TV Guide magazine has signed an agreement with the TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com, restoring content from the magazine to the TVGuide.com Website and creating cross-promotion between the three properties, Nat Ives reports for Advertising Age. The deal comes after the…

TVGuide.com Becomes Website for TVGuide Magazine

By Nat IvesAdvertising Age TV Guide magazine has struck a deal with the TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com, properties that have operated under a different owner since Macrovision sold the TV Guide brand in two pieces. The deal restores content…

Writer Initially Hired For ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Remake Is Replaced

ABC’s remake of "Charlie’s Angels," coming from Sony Pictures Television, has replaced the writer initially hired for the project. Josh Friedman has been replaced by the former "Smallville" writing partners and executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the Hollywood Reporter…

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New Step for Google TV: Every Ad Can Now Be Interactive

By Kunur PatelAdvertising Age Google opened up an entirely new store of inventory for advertisers today with Google TV, an interactive platform that collapses the wall between TV and internet in the living room. The service, created with hardware partners…

Evaluating This Week’s Network Upfront Presentations

Yesterday, TVWeek Open Mike blogger Chuck Ross wrote about how the broadcast networks need to allow their upfront presentations to be seen by the general public. In today’s blog he examines how those in the industry are judging this week’s upfront efforts. Click here to…

The Network Upfront Presentations, Part 2

In my blog yesterday I wrote that I thought the broadcast networks need to share their upfront presentations with their viewers. They can either just broadcast the presentations or publicize how to watch them being streamed on the internet, or…