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.

Road to the Upfront: CEO Bill Abbott on The Hallmark Channel’s New Direction

With the Upfront marketplace quickly approaching, Bill Abbott, the President and CEO of the Hallmark Channels, tells TVWeek about the changes he’s made since his appointment, particularly the on-going transformation of The Hallmark Channel into a "destination for lifestyle and home-oriented programming." Having…

Study: Super Bowl Ads Created Mostly by White People

The Madison Avenue Project, a venture formed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and law firm Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, released a study that concludes this year’s Super Bowl ads were overwhelmingly created by white agency…

Study Finds Super Bowl Ad Creators Overwhelmingly White

By Kunur PatelAdvertising Age The Madison Avenue Project held a press conference today to release a study pointing out that the agency creative directors behind this year’s Super Bowl commercials were overwhelmingly white. But at least one industry representative said…

Emmy-Nominated Actress Departing ‘Weeds’ for Live-Action, Animated Hybrid Film ‘Hop’

To slightly rephrase Simon & Garfunkel, Celia, you’re breaking my heart. Fans of Elizabeth Perkins’ delicious portrayal of the alcoholic, conniving suburban mom Celia on "Weeds" will be saddened to learn she’s leaving her role, for which she earned three…

CBS Narrows Quarterly Loss, Helped by Resurgence in Advertising, Retrans Fees; Moonves Says CBS Is Constantly Talking With CNN About Potential Partnership

CBS narrowed its quarterly loss during the first three months of 2010, helped by a resurgence in advertising and recent agreements for retransmission fees, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. Asked during the earnings call about a report…

Texting During Sex? Relying on Facebook and Twitter as Your Only Source of News? It’s the Power of Social Media

By Beth Snyder BulikAdvertising Age (YORK, Pa.) Would you answer a text during sex? If you’re younger than 25, one in 10 of you would. How about during a meeting? While you’re eating? Or even while, as the Retrevo Gadgetology…

Bill Abbott, President and CEO of the Hallmark Channels, Who Came Up on the Ad Side of the Business, On the Importance of Brand Strategy

Clearly, over the past two decades, one of the smartest, yet unsung, ad sales executives in the TV business has been Bill Abbott, first at Fox Family and Fox Kids, and then at Hallmark. One of the hallmarks of his career,…