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.

Tyra Banks: America’s Next Top Novelist?

Model and TV personality Tyra Banks is writing three "Modelland" novels, the New York Daily News reports. According to the article, some of the characters in the novel will be based on real people. The story quotes Banks as saying,…

Image Builder: Chrysler Reportedly Preparing a Major New TV Ad Campaign

By Rupal ParekhAdvertising Age Chrysler is prepping the launch of a corporate branding TV campaign it hopes will help repair its image in the minds of consumers—and it’s hired a new agency, Interpublic Group of Cos.’ Gotham, for the project….

Attn. Ad Sellers: Chrysler Reportedly Preparing a Major New TV Ad Campaign

Chrysler is readying a new television advertising campaign aimed at restoring its image with consumers, Advertising Age reports. The campaign is expected to appear in the next few weeks and feature real company employees. The auto maker has hired a…

Verizon, Google, to Take on iPad

Verizon, which has been cut out of the iPhone and iPad markets thus far, is working with Google on a tablet that will compete with the iPad, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Verizon already has phones that run on…

At Disney, TV, Cable Segments Fail Fall Short of Some Earnings Expectations

Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 55%, helped by a strong performance from its film studio ("Alice in Wonderland"), Bloomberg News reports, but results from its cable and television units disappointed some analysts, who had been expecting higher profits….

Highest Paid Young Actors: Stars of ‘Two and a Half Men,’ ‘iCarly,’ and ‘Wizard of Wavery Place”

Two 16-year-olds and a 17 year-old are the three highest paid young actors their ages on TV, the New York Post reports. Angus T. Jones, 16, who plays the nephew of Charlie Sheen’s character on CBS’ "Two and a Half…

Virginity-Selling Australian Reality TV Show Moves to Nevada After Legal Threats

An Australian filmmaker is moving a reality show that will auction off the virginity of three people to Nevada after being threatened with legal action in his home country of Australia, reports the New York Post. The program will sell…

Confirmed: Apple’s Original Exclusive Deal with AT&T for the iPhone Was Through 2012; the Question is Has That Been Renegotiated to Let Verizon Get in the Picture Earlier?

"The original iPhone exclusivity deal that AT&T and Apple forged back in 2007 was for a term of five years, according to court documents Apple filed in 2008 in response to a class action lawsuit in California," ChannelWeb reports. The article goes…

Report: ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Wants Betty White

"Dancing with the Stars" is pursuing 88-year-old Betty White after her ratings-inducing turn on "Saturday Night Live," reports Rob Shuter at Popeater.com. "Sources tell me Betty hasn’t agreed to anything yet and is worried about how she would keep up with…

CBS May Hold Back Commercial Time in Upfronts if Pricing Doesn’t Materialize

CBS may decide to hold back commercial time in the upfront market if it doesn’t get the price increases it wants, the Hollywood Reporter reports. That’s according to Chief Financial Officer Joe Ianniello, who spoke at an investment conference on…