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.

MTV Brings Back ‘Unplugged,’ Plans Eight New Performances

MTV’s "Unplugged" franchise will return with eight new performances set for 2012, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The new series of shows kicks off April 8 with Florence + the Machine. Other artists lined up for…

March Madness Digital Viewing Generates $60 Million in Ad Sales for Turner, CBS — Total Doesn’t Include Subscriptions for Mobile Access

By Jason Del ReyAdvertising Age It’s not a revenue number that’s going to convince many that a long-awaited reallocation of TV dollars to digital has arrived. But the approximately $60 million that sources say Turner and CBSSports.com brought in for…

Sony Names New Head of U.S. Media Divisions

Sony Corp. has named a new chief executive officer of its U.S. entertainment business, Bloomberg reports. The move puts film, television and music under the leadership of studio Chairman Michael Lynton. Lynton, 52, takes on the new role while he…

March Madness Spurs Progress in Digital Ad Sales

March Madness has helped book $60 million in digital ad sales for Turner and CBSSports.com, a number that’s cited as "a sign of progress" for digital revenues, reports Advertising Age. The digital ad sales figure for the NCAA games is…

Star of ’19 Kids and Counting’ Calls Overpopulation ‘a Lie’

Michelle Duggar, a mom of 19 children who is featured in TLC’s "19 Kids and Counting,” said overpopulation is "a lie" and the world is "not anywhere near being overpopulated," according to the New York Daily News. The Earth currently…

Pepsi Rolls Out New Michael Jackson Marketing Campaign

Pepsi is joining forces again with Michael Jackson, bringing back imagery of the late King of Pop as part of a new promotion, Advertising Age reports. The story reports: “The brand is working with Michael Jackson’s estate to create a…

Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’ to Receive Family-Friendly Rating

Charlie Sheen’s new FX show "Anger Management" will receive a family-friendly TV-14 rating, the same rating carried by his former show "Two and a Half Men," reports Deadline.com. The news of the rating was announced at FX’s upfront, and the…

NBC’s Freshman Sitcoms Go Quietly as Season Finales Flop — and the Reinforcements, in the Form of Two ‘Bent’ Episodes, Fare Even Worse

NBC had another tough night in the Nielsen overnights Wednesday night, as two freshman sitcoms saw their numbers drop for their first-season finales, the network’s new sitcom “Bent” was down from last week and the network finished a distant fifth…

FX Adds Show From ‘SNL’ Alum to Late-Night Lineup

FX has bought a new late-night show from a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” The New York Times’ ArtsBeat reports. The show is from Chris Rock, although Rock won’t be featured on the program, the story reports. The show is…

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Developing Sports Network to Challenge ESPN

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is reportedly working on a national U.S. sports cable network that would compete with ESPN, reports Bloomberg. While the company hasn’t made a final decision whether to move forward with the channel, News Corp. is assembling…