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.

Is Anderson Cooper Going to Try a Talk Format?

CNN’s Anderson Cooper may be trying out a new format this spring, TVNewser reports. TVNewser picked up on a Cindy Adams tidbit in the NY Post this week that said Cooper would be headlining a nightly talk show for the…

Nikki Finke Says She Was Offered $450,000 Annual Salary, Plus $1 Million Malibu Home, To Become Editor-in-Chief of The Hollywood Reporter

Nikke Finke, of Deadline Hollywood fame, says that in January she was offered an annual salary of $450,000 and a $1 million house in Malibu to become editor-in-chief of venerable trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. In a piece at dealine.com today…

Actors Hope to Have Show With Cult Following on Syfy Channel With Show About Actors Who Used to Have Sci-Fi Show With Cult Following

Former "Smallville" star Michael Rosenbaum will be one of the stars in a new live-action half-hour comedy, called "Saved by Zeroes," that is part of Syfy’s push into the genre, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Rosenbaum created the show based on…

Showtime Approves Third Seasons for Two of Its Show

Just one episode into their second seasons, Showtime has given the green light to third seasons to two of its series, B&C reports. The shows are “Nurse Jackie” and “The United States of Tara." The Monday premiere of “Nurse Jackie”…

Contract Extension for Kevin Reilly, President, Fox Entertainment

With "American Idol" still TV’s top dawg, and a lot of its other programming doing well, Fox has given Kevin Reilly a contract renewal. Reilly is President, Fox Entertainment. The news was first reported by Nikki Finke at Deadline.com. Finke wrote,…

Sports TV Pioneer Chet Simmons Dead at 81

Chester R. "Chet" Simmons, who was a pioneer in broadcast sports before becoming ESPN’s president when it launched in 1979, died Thursday in Atlanta, ESPN reports. He was 81. Simmons started in the business in 1957 at ABC Sports-precursor Sports…

Spike Launching Fight Site

Spike TV is getting into mixed martial arts in an even bigger way, with the launch of the site UltimateFighter.com for fans, B&C reports. The site will launch along with the 11th season of Spike’s UFC series, “The Ultimate Fighter."…

James Dolan, Bonnie Hammer, Lead NCTA Nine Vanguard Award Honorees

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association announced the winners of its 2010 Vanguard Awards and the top honors go to NBC Universal’s Bonnie Hammer and Cablevision’s James Dolan. The two will receive “Distinguished Leadership” awards at the NCTA’s Cable Show…

2010 Vanguard Award Winners–Press Release from NCTA Issued 3-25-10

Nine Cable Industry Leaders to be Honored at The Cable Show 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bonnie Hammer, President, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions, and James L. Dolan, President and CEO, Cablevision Systems Corporation and Executive Chairman, Madison…

CW to Double Ad Content in the Online Version of Its Shows

The CW plans to double the number of commercials it runs in Web versions of its shows, bringing them to par with the number of commercials in the broadcast versions, the Wall Street Journal reports [The WSJ uses a subscription…