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.

Report: Palin Show Lands at Discovery

Discovery Communications has edged out A&E and is expected to land “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” reports James Hibberd’s Live Feed blog on the site of The Hollywood Reporter. Discovery wouldn’t comment to THR, but an announcement could come in the next…

An Oscar Winner Signs on to Do Her First Regular TV Series Role

An Oscar winner will play the lead in John Wells’ medical drama pilot for CBS, reports The Hollywood Reporter. It will be the first regular series role for Sissy Spacek, who will play the leader of a medical team that…

Critical Favorite and Multiple Emmy-Winning Show Increases Ratings in Season 3 Debut

The season three debut of a show that’s been a darling of critics and Emmy voters alike did better in the ratings this time out. The third season of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” drew show’s most viewers to date, TheWrap reports. The…

Rosie O’Donnell’s New Show Will Be Positioned as Oprah Replacement

The producers of Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk show, Dick Robertson and Scott Carlin, will pitch it as a replacement for “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” the New York Times reports. Robertson told The Times: “This is a once-in-25-years opportunity. There is…

Clues to OWN Programming Dribble Out

Casting calls posted on the OWN web site give a few clues to what Oprah Winfrey’s new network has planned, B&C reports. Casting is going on for a show featuring professional locator Pam Slaton, which seems to be in the genre of…

Prepare to Meet a Whole New Kind of Crazy: MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore Goes International

MTV is exporting its hit “Jersey Shore” to more than 30 countries where it has networks beginning this week, the New York Times reports. To promote the series, the network is promoting the beach lifestyle with spots called “Get Jersey…

HGTV and Food Network Had Strong Year, But Top Execs Get Pay Cut Anyway–Here’s Why

HGTV and Food Network had a strong year, but at parent company Scripps Networks Interactive executives got a pay cut in 2009 anyway, Multichannel News reports. That’s because some of their pay is tied to the performance of their stock on the…

It’s Our Annual Public Service Message–Folks, People ARE Watching You if You’re on TV: Couple Who Bragged About Shoplifting on ‘Dr. Phil’ Get Federal Prison

A couple who went on "Dr. Phil" to get financial help and ended up talking about how they made $100,000 selling shoplifted Legos on eBay got federal prison sentences on Monday, the Associated Press reports. Matthew Eaton got 27 months…

Scripps Wants to Reinvent Local TV News

Scripps, which owns such venerable TV stations as WXYZ in Detroit and WMAR in Baltimore as well as seven other stations, wants to reinvent local TV news, TVNewsCheck reports. Scripps President and CEO, Rich Boehne, says in the report, "We’re…

The Makers of Some of the Funniest Videos Not on TV Are Coming to TV (Latest Funny Piece Takes on Kentucky and NCAA March Madness Basketball)

If you’re not visiting the website of The Onion on a weekly basis, you’re doing yourself a disservice. With the stress of today’s business environment, we all deserve a fun break, at least once a week, and the satirical site…