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.

Cinematographer of One of the Most Popular TV Shows Ever Dies

Joseph M. Wilcots, the first African-American to join the International Cinematographers Guild, died at the end of last year, at age 70, reports The Hollywood Reporter. He was best known for his work as director of photography for the groundbreaking…

What’s Really Behind NBC’s Leno and Late Night Moves

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross was your insider at the TCA session on Sunday, Jan. 10, in which NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin explained why he was cancelling Jay Leno’s primetime show and trying to build a new latenight schedule. What the…

Behind the Leno Move: Why NBC is Suddenly So Interested In the Brotherly Love of Its Affiliates

Aaron Barnhart, the TV Critic at the Kansas City Star and our longtime colleague, raised the issue immediately in Sunday’s Q&A between TV critics and reporters and Jeff Gaspin, chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment: Since the reason NBC was…

It’s Friday and Here’s Our Favorite Story of the Week: Florida Man, 92, Crashes Into Restaurant, Orders Breakfast

In a week filled with lots of news, our favorite story is this one–and it’s only connection to TV is that it was reported by WESH-TV in Orlando. It’s just what the headline says: A 92-year-old man crashed his car…

Turner Sports Signs Veteran ESPN SportsCenter Anchor

Turner Sports has inked a multi-year contract with an eight -year ESPN veteran to host the studio portion of its NBA games, Turner has announced. He’ll also be involved with other sports coverage. Matt Winer had been a staple on…

DirecTV Press Release About Getting Into 3D

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2010 – DIRECTV, Inc., the world’s most popular television service, and Panasonic, a world leader in HDTV and digital electronics, announced today a strategic relationship that, for the first time, will bring 3D TV, the next…

ABC Wants 50% of Affiliate’s Retrans Monies; the Network Also Wants to Be the Body That Eventually Negotiates Retrans Fees with Cable Ops for All its Affiliates

ABC is looking to get from its affiliates either 50% of their retrans monies or a flat license fee, whichever is greater, according to TVNewsCheck. Furthermore, the network is also looking to become the entity that would eventually negotiate retrans…

3D TV: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Yesterday, Jan. 6th, DIrecTV confirmed a previous story we ran about entering the 3D world. Revealing details for the first time, in its latest announcement, DirecTV said that starting in June it will offer three HD channels dedicated to 3D…

Shocker: Rory Markas, Broadcaster for L.A. Angels and USC Basketball, Dead at 54

Rory Markas, the popular broadcaster for the L.A. Angels professional baseball team and the USC Trojan basketball team, has died, according to a number of media reports. Says the Orange County Register newspaper, "Markas, 54, died Monday night at his…

The ‘Avatar’ Effect?: Discovery, Sony and IMAX Partner for 3D Channel to Launch in 2011

With the annual CES convention starting on Thursday, a number of companies are jumping the gun with announcements about what they hope will be the next big thing: 3D TV channels. The latest: Discovery Communications, Sony Corp and IMAX Corp….