Chuck Ross

Author Page

38,865 Entries

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.

Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Tom Wilkinson in Major Cable TV Project From Co-Creator of ’24’

Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear and Emmy-winner Tom Wilkinson are all signed for a major cable TV project. Kinnear has been cast to play John F. Kennedy in the History Channel’s miniseries "The Kennedys," the New York Times’ ArtsBeat reports. He’ll be joined…

Think Before You Tweet: ABC Sends Out Twitter Message In Error About Potential Supreme Court Nominee

ABC News sent out an erroneous tweet on Wednesday morning, alerting followers that Jake Tapper was reporting President Barack Obama planned to name Elena Kagan as his Supreme Court nominee,Mediate reports. The tweet from @ABCWorldNews was soon followed by a…

ABC News Cuts 22, Fewer Than Projected; 300 Others Take Buyout

ABC News finished its staff cuts this week by laying off 22 employees, fewer than executives had projected, Matea Gold reports in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. That was because the news division had a larger-than-expected response to…

Wow: Apple Planning to Ask $1 Million for Mobile-Device Ads

Apple is planning to ask companies to pony up close to $1 million for advertisements on its mobile devices and possibly even more for those marketers who want to be among the first customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Marketers…

How Much Do You Think the Broadcast and Cable Upfronts Will Increase This Year? Here’s The Number Barclays Capital is Predicting

Barclays Capital is projecting a surge in upfront ad spending, B&C reports. The big four broadcasters may see a 20% jump in ad spending compared to last year’s upfront. Thus, for the broadcasters, a total of $8.26 billion is what Barclays is prognosticating,…

Nielsen: Spring Flowers Bring Ratings Showers. Will This be a Year When Overall TV Viewing Actually Goes Down?

Is nice weather to blame for the current TV ratings slump? Since the Olympics, prime-time ratings for cable and broadcasters have slipped, prompting Nielsen to blame the decline on factors including nice spring weather, USA Today reports. Overall television usage…

Network Comedy Pilots Are on the Rise, While Reality Slows Down

There are just five unscripted programs in development at ABC, CBS and NBC combined, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. That compares with last year’s 13 unscripted programs in development. The genre that’s apparently filling the space previously…

What, Me Worry? Fox, CBS Unconcerned by Comcast-NBCU Merger

Fox and CBS aren’t apparently much concerned by the pending Comcast-NBCU merger, the Hollywood Reporter reports. During a discussion panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Wednesday, News Corp. President Chase Carey and CBS President Leslie Moonves both said…

ABC Greenlights U.S. Version of Popular Russian TV Show

ABC has ordered a U.S. version of a popular Russian TV show that’s been on TV in Russia for the past 35 years. It’s a game show featuring teams working together to solve puzzles, the Hollywood Reporter reports. "The Six" follows…

Report: Courtenay Semel Being Courted for Upcoming ‘High Society’

Courtenay Semel, the daughter of former Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel and former lover of deceased heiress Casey Johnson, is talking to producers of The CW’s "High Society," the New York Post’s Page Six reports. Producers are wooing her to…