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.

It’s Not Always A Pretty Business: ‘Ugly Betty’ Canceled

ABC canceled “Ugly Betty,” which will go off the air after finishing its fourth season in the spring, the Associated Press reports. The series about a style-challenged woman working in the fashion publishing business won numerous awards over its short…

ABC Has Another ‘Bachelor’ Wedding Planned

ABC has scheduled another “Bachelor” wedding for March, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Jason Mesnick, who has been in two editions of the program, and Molly Malaney, who was first the runner-up and then got a proposal, will wed in a…

Comcast Chairman Roberts to Congress: Zucker Will Be CEO and NBC Will Remain On Broadcast, Won’t Be Moved to Cable

Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts, in a Washington, D.C. appearance before the Congressional Internet Caucus’ State of the Net Conference, said there are no plans to move the NBC network to cable, when Comcast takes control of NBC Universal, B&C reports….

CW Picks Up Pilot from Creator of ‘Gilmore Girls’

CW’s pilot pickups include a family drama from Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of “Gilmore Girls,” reports The Hollywood Reporter. Sherman-Palladino’s family drama is set on a Wyoming horse farm. The CW has also picked up the pilot of another version…

TBS Gets David Spade Project

TBS is in business with David Spade, the company announced today. Spade, the former "Saturday Night Live" performer who’s become a household name both on the small screen and the big one, is writing a script for TBS that will…

Time Warner Cable Lost More Subs Than Expected in Fourth Quarter

Time Warner Cable lost about 105,000 basic subscribers in the fourth quarter, more than the 30,000 to 80,000 that analysts had been expecting, Multichannel News reports. Making up for that bad news, the company approved its first annual dividend, of…

Papa John’s Has a 30-Second Spot In the Super Bowl, But it Didn’t Buy the Air Time From CBS or Any TV Stations

Emily Bryson YorkAdvertising Age Papa John’s has found a back door to the Super Bowl: The chain will run a 30-second spot just before halftime for the latest installment of its "Papa’s in the House" campaign — but its check…

Major League Baseball TV Featured in Steve Jobs’ iPad Rollout Presentation

One of the apps featured in Steve Jobs’ rollout of Apple’s new iPad on Wednesday, Jan. 28, was Major League Baseball TV. That’s the subscription service where users can watch out-of-market baseball games. MLB has written about creating the app on…

Time Warner Cable Reaches Agreement to Keep Two Scripps Nets

Time Warner Cable and Scripps Networks Interactive have agreed on a multiyear renewal for two of Scripps’ networks, Multichannel News reports. The renewals are for The Food Network and Great American Country. The carriage agreement expired at the end of last…

Jeff Gaspin’s Hollywood Blind Spot

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, at NATPE, NBCU TV Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin spoke more about the Leno/O’Brien latenight situation. In a lively blog post, TVWeek Open Mic contributor Chuck Ross explains how the interview revealed Gaspin’s Hollywood blind spot and thus…