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.

CBS Sees Ad Market Improvement

The TV advertising marketplace has stopped declining, CBS Chief Financial Officer Fred Reynolds said at a financial conference, the Hollywood Reporter reports. There are "clear signs of (us) emerging" from the recession, he said at the Merrill Lynch Global Telecommunications, Media and…

Digital TV Transition Date Spurs Buying of Cable, Satellite Services

The looming June 12 digital-television transition has spurred 5% of U.S. television households—or about 5.7 million homes— to pay for a cable or satellite service, Multichannel News reports. About 26% of U.S. television households in the past year either bought…

Showtime’s Unique Approach for its Emmy Campaign

Showtime is shunning the usual Emmy advertising campaign in the daily Hollywood trades in favor of an exclusive 13-day splash in the Los Angeles Times, Television Week’s TVMoJoe reports. Showtime is taking out "tower ads," or ads that run the…

Challenge Ahead for New Programming Chief of Oprah Network

Jamila Hunter, the newly tapped programming chief for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, is facing an enormous challenge to get the cable network ready for a debut in early 2010, the Los Angeles Times reports. First, the network has had…

Obama Warns to Prepare for Digital TV Transition

President Barack Obama has warned television viewers who aren’t prepared for the digital-television transition on June 12 that they should prepare now, Daily Variety reports. "Still, some people are not ready," said Obama, who is out of the country, in…

Media Frenzy in UK Over Susan Boyle’s Breakdown

Susan Boyle’s checking into a psychiatric hospital after coming in second on the TV show “Britian’s Got Talent” has caused a media frenzy on the other side of the Atlantic. The latest update, by the way, is that she’s now…

Report: Susan Boyle Victim of Wrong Phone Numbers in Vote

Was Susan Boyle, the international singing sensation who finished second on "Britain’s Got Talent" last week—and who was in a psychiatric hospital in North London—a victim of viewers calling a wrong phone number when they tried to vote for her?…

Some TV Stations to Go Dark After Digital Transition Date

When the U.S. switches to digital-television transition on June 12, 35 television stations won’t be joining their compatriots, Dow Jones reports, citing an official with the FCC. Eighteen of the stations are in financial difficulty, while the remaining stations will…

A&E Cancels Swayze’s ‘The Beast’

A&E’s "The Beast," starring Patrick Swayze, has been canceled, Daily Variety reports, citing sources. A&E told the trade paper that a decision hasn’t been made on the show, which aired its final episode on April 23. Swayze has been battling…

Will Ferrell Appearance Gives ‘Man vs. Wild’ Record Ratings

Discovery Channel’s "Man vs. Wild" drew its largest audience ever for the June 2nd episode featuring a visit from Will Ferrell, the Hollywood Reporter says. Four million viewers tuned in. Given the audience response, Discovery is considering pairing star Bear Grylls with…