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.

In a Major Move, the FCC Wants to Create a Single Ratings System for TV Shows, Movies and Video Games

The FCC, as part of its reevaluation of how the V-chip is working to provide family friendly programming, plans to examine whether it would be possible to have a single ratings system that would apply to TV, as well as…

‘Soul Train’ Headed to the Big Screen

The long-running TV show “Soul Train” may be headed to the big screen: Warner Bros hired Malcolm Spellman (“Dead President”) to write a feature based on the program, according to Variety. The dance series ran from 1971-2006. The feature will…

Report: Showtime Got the Pay-TV Rights for ‘Inglourious Basterds’—Which Looks Like a Hit—for a Bargain

The Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog examines the seven-year, 95-movie deal between Showtime and the Weinstein Co., and concludes that, with “Inglourious Basterds” now a hit, the agreement is a bargain for the pay cable network. –Elizabeth Jensen

Comedy Central Commissions Study to Measure Cool Factor of Its Latenight Shows

Comedy Central has commissioned a research study to show that some of the fans of its latenight shows hosted by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert think there is a cool-factor associated with watching the programs, the New York Times reports….

‘True Blood’ Gives HBO Its Biggest Non-‘Sopranos’ Audience in Five Years

HBO’s vampire series “True Blood” gave the pay-cable network its largest non-“Sopranos” audience in more than five years, Multichannel News reports. The Aug. 23 premiere drew an average 5.3 million viewers, a 20% bump from the previous week, and the best…

Movie, ‘My Super Psycho Sweet 16,’ Set to Air on MTV (Of Course It Is. Hmm. Wondering if It’s Going to Be Accompanied by a New Music Video—With Special Lyrics—Called ‘Sixteen Psycho Candles’)

MTV has announced a slate of original movies. Films in production include “Turn the Beat Around,” “MADE,” and "My Super Psycho Sweet 16.” According to the MTV press release, the latter is about “Madison Penrose, who gets everything she wants,…

OMG, We Found the Beef! What a ‘Beautiful Life’! It’s The CW’s Raciest Ads Yet (or: Ads we Never Saw for ‘Dallas,’ the original ‘Melrose Place’ or even ‘Cathouse’ on HBO)

Sarah Paxton, Ben Hollingsworth, Ashley Madekwe and Corbin Bleu will all be on Ashton Kutcher’s ‘The Beautiful Life’ on the CW this fall.

Affiliates of All Networks Who Have Late Newscasts Are Talking About One Thing These Days: Is NBC’s Leno Move Gonna Help Me or Hurt Me?

TVWeek presents its latest Open Mike blogger, Tom Petner, who explores the number one question on the mind of any general manager or news director or sales manager at a TV station that has a late newscast: What will be the…

Video: Simon Cowell: ‘This is the Best First Audition I Have Ever Heard.’ No, It’s Not From ‘Idol’ or ‘Britain’s Got Talent.’ It’s From the THIRD Show He Judges, ‘The X Factor’ in U.K. See if You Agree

X FACTOR 2009 WEEK 1 – DANYL JOHNSON @ Yahoo! Video

Ryan Jenkins, the Contestant on a VH1 Reality Show Who Was Suspected of Murdering His Model Ex-Wife, is Found Dead in a Hotel in British Columbia

Ryan Jenkins, who was suspected of murdering his ex-wife, model Jasmine Fiore, was found dead in a hotel in British Columbia, CNN reports. (CNN said it could confirm that Jenkins was married to Fiore, but that it has not been…