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.

If You are Under 45 Years Old, Here’s a Personal Explanation as to Why—and How—Cronkite was so Powerful and Influential

For anyone under 45 years old, the stature, power and influence that Walter Cronkite had in the 1960s and 1970s is likely hard to understand. The best way I can explain it is to tell you a little about my…

Emmy Nominations: I’m Pleased. I’m Pissed. How Do YOU Feel?

The most outstanding nomination of the day: “The Family Guy” as most Outstanding Comedy Series. I also liked the nomination of “How I Met Your Mother” in that category. Well-deserved. I’m pissed about the overlooking of “The Shield” and “Battlestar…

2009 Primetime Emmy Nominations by Category

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance American Masters • Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About • PBS • Thirteen/WNET American MastersRon Rifkin, Narrator Family Guy • I Dream of Jesus • FOX • Fox Television AnimationSeth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin Robot Chicken •…

Raging Controversy: Time For Sports Programming to Move to C3 Ratings? At Stake: Fate of an $8 Billion Market

With a letter that went out to clients last week from Nielsen Media Research to its clients, there’s a raging debate whether or not the $8 billion-plus live sports marketplace should move from live ratings to C3 ratings. The veteran…

“High School Musical” Star who Apologized for a Nude Pic Plays Hooker in New Film, Says She’ll be Wearing “Not A Whole Lot of Clothes”

Vanessa Hudgens, 20, star of all of Disney’s "High School Musical" TV and theatrical movies, has taken on a more adult role. She’ll play a hooker in the film "Sucker Punch." “I’m playing a character named Blondie and it’s set…

Here’s a First: Live Commercials in a Scripted Show

In what is believed to be a first for a scripted series, "Michael & Michael Have Issues" will feature live commercials during six of its seven episodes. The shows stars, Miichael Ian Black and Michael Showalter humorously wax poetic about…

Mark Mandala, Former President of the ABC TV Network, Dead at 72 TV Week

Mark Mandala, the popular former president of the ABC Television Network, has died at age 72. For more details, please click here. –Chuck Ross

GM to Sell Cars on eBay

General Motors is in discussions with eBay to let consumers in California buy cars online, the Associated Press reports. "GM CEO Fritz Henderson said the company is working on an ‘innovative new partnership’ with eBay Inc. to let consumers in…

Reseach Guru Leaving Interpublic After 27 Years; His Interests and Company’s Interests No Longer ‘Align’

Interpublic veteran Steve Sternberg is leaving Interpublic’s Magna unit effective July 15, Mediaweek reports. Sternberg has been at Interpublic for 27 years, and most recently has held the post of executive VP of audience analysis for its Magna unit, which is…

‘Electric Company’ Remake Gets Daily PBS Strip

PBS is giving its remake of “The Electric Company” a weekday strip beginning in September, Variety says. The show, which is the top-rated in the PBS Kids Go! block, had been running once a week. –Elizabeth Jensen http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005899.html?categoryid=14&cs=1