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.

There’s Simply Not a More Congenial Spot Than Starz; New Version of ‘Camelot’ Gets Green Light

Starz has handed out its first series order since Chris Albrecht took over, a contemporary retelling of the “Camelot” story, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The 10-part international coproduction is set for 2011. It comes from Oscar winner Graham King’s GK-TV,…

American Express Uses Twitter in ‘Meet Conan’ Contest

American Express, the company sponsoring Conan O’Brien’s upcoming live concert appearances, tweeted the it is running a "Meet Conan" contest accompanying the tour, according to eCreditDaily. In a three week period O’Brien went from not being on Twitter to being…

Video: Tiger Grants First Interviews Since Sex Scandal, to ESPN and The Golf Channel. See Them Here.

The following is from Tiger’s interview with ESPN’ Tim’s Rinaldi. To see Wood’s interview with Kelly Tilghman of The Golf Channel, click here.

‘Parks and Recreation’ Star in Talks to Host MTV Music Awards

MTV may be turning to a comedian starring in NBC’s ‘Parks and Recreation" to host the “MTV Music Awards” in June, reports the L.A. Times’ Showtracker blog. Aziz Ansari, one of the starts of "Parks and Recreation," is in final negotiations…

The Hippest, Coolest TV Show of the Late 1950s—Early 1960s is Coming to the Big Screen

OK baby-boomers and TV historians, what was the hippest, coolest TV show between 1958 and 1964? Hint: ABC, Stu Bailey and Kookie. It was Warner Bros.’ "77 Sunset Strip," and it’s now being developed into a period feature film, according…

Did This Spot Blur the Line Too Much Between What Is Programming and What Is a Commercial?

"The day when commercials are indistinguishable from the programs they support finally arrived — just before 10 p.m. Eastern on Thursday night [March 11]." That’s the provocative first sentence in an article from Brian Steinberg at our sibling publication, Ad Age….

ABC News Paid $200,000 to Family of Murdered Toddler; Most of the Money is Being Used in the Legal Defense of the Accused Murderer, the Toddler’s Mother

ABC News paid $200,000 to a family whose toddler had been killed. The mother of the toddler is the one accused of the murder, so the $200,000 has gone to her legal costs, which come to $275,000 thus far. The murdered…

Entering the Lion’s Den: FCC Commissioner to Talk to Broadcasters at Their NAB Convention in April

Federal Communications Commissioner Julius Genachowski will give a keynote speech at the National Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention in Las Vegas in April, B&C reports. The speech will be of key interest to broadcasters in light of the FCC’s recently…

Jim ‘Mad Money’ Cramer’s TheStreet.com is Being Investigated by the SEC

Jim Cramer’s website, TheStreet.com, is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Post reports. The investigation is into the accounting practices of Promotions.com, which used to be a subsidiary of TheStreet.com TheStreet.com itself revealed the investigation…

Davy Crockett, Who Millions of Boys Pretended to Be in the Mid to Late 1950s, Has Died

By Chuck Ross We know what you’re going to say. Davy Crockett just didn’t die–it was the actor who played him, Fess Parker. But to millions of boys who grew up in the mid to late 1950s, Parker WAS Crockett…