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.

Al Jazeera Gaining Traction in L.A.

Al Jazeera English has found a home on the air in Los Angeles, even as it searches for cable distribution in the U.S., reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. KCET-TV, which dropped its PBS affiliation…

Move Over, Revlon, There’s a New Player in Town–‘Young & Restless’ Faux Jabot Brand Is Now Reality

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Jabot Cosmetics has been a bustling concern for years, even though the average person has been unable to sample its wares or buy any of its products. That’s changing, however, as Jabot (rhymes with "merlot"), a…

Former Boy Band Member Says He Has Sold Six Reality Shows–VH1 Project Will Feature Competing Boy Bands With All-Star Mentors

A former boy band member says he has sold six reality shows, including one to VH1, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The reality entrepreneur is Lance Bass, formerly a singer with the boy band ‘N Sync. Commenting on the…

38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards: Complete List of Winners

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES The Bold and the Beautiful CBSExecutive ProducerBradley P. Bell Supervising ProducerRhonda Friedman Senior ProducerRonald L. Weaver Coordinating Producer Adam Dusevoir ProducersEdward Scott Cynthia J. Popp Casey Kasprzyk OUTSTANDING GAME/AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION SHOW Jeopardy!(Syndicated)Executive Producer/WriterHarry Friedman Supervising Producer/WriterGary Johnson…

CBS’s Nina Tassler, Film Star Annette Bening and Others Honored at Women in Film Gala

Women in Film hosted its star-studded Crystal + Lucy Awards last week in Beverly Hills, honoring achievements in television and film. Among the highlights were awards for CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler, “How I Met Your Mother” director Pamela Fryman…

Big TV Contingent Headed to Comic-Con

Television stars and TV shows will be featured prominently at the Comic-Con convention, the sci-fi and fantasy-focused event that spotlights comic books and science-fiction and fantasy books along with TV and film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Scheduled to run…

Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Female Assassin Drama Picked Up to Series

Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s female assassin drama based on a 2011 Japanese anime series has been picked up to series by Starz, reports Deadline.com. The project, called “Noir,” is a live-action adaptation and follows two female assassins who fight…

Syfy Ponders Whether to Go Ahead With ‘Warehouse 13’ Spinoff Focused on H.G. Wells Character

Syfy could make a decision soon about a "Warehouse 13" spinoff featuring the character H.G. Wells, who in the television show is a woman played by Jaime Murray, reports Zap2It.com. In the Syfy show, Wells is the sister of Charles…

Fictional Soap Opera Company Moves Into Real-Life Marketing

A fictional company featured in a CBS soap opera is moving into the real world, where it will offer a product line for sale, reports Advertising Age’s Brian Steinberg. Jabot Cosmetics, as seen in "Young & the Restless," is known…

Sad News This Father’s Day: ‘Big Man’ Clarence Clemons, Saxophonist For Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, Dies

Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist whose soulful sound was one of the joyful hallmarks of Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street band, has died, according to a number of media reports. Clemons, 69, died of complications from a stroke he suffered last Sunday, June…