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.

Legendary Low Budget Movie King, Who Just Received an Honorary Oscar—Roger Corman (‘I, Mobster,’ ‘Wasp Woman,’ ‘Little Shop of Horrors’)—Making TV Movie For Syfy

Roger Corman, who once directed nine low-budget theatrical movies in a single year, is making a new movie for Syfy, the channel has announced. Corman, who recently received an honorary Academy Award recognizing his huge B-movie career, will produce "Sharktopus" for…

Broadcasters Fight Back on Retrans

The National Association of Broadcasters, countering cable and satellite operators’ request for changes in the retransmission consent system, says the system is working just fine, B&C reports. In his own letter to lawmakers, NAB Chairman Paul Karpowicz notes that Congress…

Discovery Exec Says Why Broadcasters’ Retrans Demands Will Hurt Cable

Discovery Communication’s President of Digital Media and Corporate Development, Bruce Campbell, told industry analysts that more aggressive bargaining by broadcasters over retransmission fees could hurt cable programmers, Multichannel News reports. Campbell, speaking at the Bloomberg/BusinessWeek Media Summit, said broadcasters are likely to…

CNN Eyeing Morning Shakeup?

CNN may be looking to jump into the more-opinionated morning show format that rivals MSNBC and Fox News have, TheWrap reports. The site says that CNN is developing a pilot for the morning that includes personalities debating politics and opinions….

Olbermann Criticized for Likening First Amendment Lawyer to Nazi Collaborator

MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann is being taken to task for likening one of the country’s top First Amendment lawyers to a Nazi collaborator, B&C reports. The First Amendment Advisory Council of the Washington-based Media Institute called on Olbermann to apologize…

ABC News Fakes 2-Second Video in Report of Toyota Cars Accelerating

In a recent report about the acceleration problems Toyotas have, ABC News used 2-seconds of footage taken in a parked car, but claimed it was taken in a moving one, the Associated Press reports. According to the AP report, written by longtime TV reporter David…

Will It Soon Be Legal To Bet Which New TV Shows Will Be Successful?

Starting next week, the public can place real monetary bets on how well they think Hollywood films will fare at the box office, when the Cantor Futures Exchange opens its online futures market for movies, the New York Times reports….

CW Developing Reality Competition Shows

The CW is looking to move more aggressively into the reality genre, with the development of two competition series in familiar formats, reports The Hollywood Reporter. “One Mass Dance” will recruit dance teams from three cities to perform a “mass…

Planet Green Programs ‘Verge’

Discovery Communications’ Planet Green is launching a three-hour primetime programming block which it is calling “Verge,” reports The Hollywood Reporter. The block will launch March 29 and will include, among other shows, “Future Food”; “Living with Ed,” starring Ed Begley,…

Moonves Says He’d Pull Signals from Affiliates Who Won’t Share Retrans Fees; Says CBS Could be Making Over $250 Million in Retrans Fees in Two Years

CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said he’s willing to pull the signal from any affiliate who won’t share a portion of retransmission consent fees, B&C reports. Speaking at the Credit Suisse Global Media & Communications Convergence Conference, Moonves said, “I…