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 and Warner Bros. Have Sights Set on Another Actor for ‘Two and a Half Men’ After Failing to Get Hugh Grant

CBS and Warner Bros. TV have set their sights on a new actor after Hugh Grant passed on replacing Charlie Sheen in "Two and a Half Men," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new actor hasn’t been identified, the story…

Lawrence Welk’s ‘Champagne Lady’ Dead at 87

The “Champagne Lady”–a fixture on “The Lawrence Welk Show” for many years who also sang on recordings by Frank Sinatra and others–has died, the AP reported. Norma Zimmer was 87. She died Tuesday at her home in Brea, Calif., according…

Report: Up to 20% of Users Who Sign Up for Roku End Up Canceling Cable or Satellite

After consumers sign up for Roku, between 15% and 20% of them cancel their cable or satellite television service, reports LostRemote.com, citing an interview with Roku Vice President Jim Funk. "We’re seeing (cord cutting), but in the scheme of the…

PBS Kids Launches Children’s Programming App for iPad

PBS Kids has announced the launch of the PBS Kids Video for iPad App, which provides free streaming of programming from top PBS Kids and PBS Kids Go! series. The app is available for free from the App Store and…

Non-TV News, But of Interest to Us NPR Junkies

National Public Radio has finally announced who will replace the retiring Liane Hansen as the anchor of NPR’s "Weekend Edition Sunday." It will be Audie Cornish, who has been an NPR reporter and substitute host on the network since 2006….

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Using Social Media for Ad Targeting

[Social Media is a major buzz phrase these days. For Media Planners it’s even more real than that, as clients demand it be a part of your plans. But how should you go about ad targeting using social media. In…

‘CBS Evening News’ Names New Executive Producer

One day after veteran producer Rick Kaplan said he was leaving the newscast, "CBS Evening News" has named a new executive producer, reports TVNewser.com. CBS News veteran Patricia Shevlin has been tapped to fill the roll and will start with…

Spike Picks Up Six Pilots, Including Project From Ben Silverman

Spike TV has picked up six pilots, including "The Sheriff" from producer and former NBC executive Ben Silverman, in which a law enforcement expert helps officers at new sheriff’s departments improve their skills, reports B&C. All six pilots are for…

Olbermann’s New Show Lines Up Talent, Including Two Famous Documentarians, Comedian

Keith Olbermann’s new show on Current TV has lined up some familiar faces to take part in the show, including a well-known comedian and two successful documentary filmmakers, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Filmmakers Michael Moore and…

Lindsay Lohan Pleads No Contest, Receives Jail Sentence; Probation Report Indicates She’s a Drug Addict, Serial Shoplifter

An attorney for Lindsay Lohan entered a no contest plea today on behalf of the actress in her jewelry theft case, and Lohan was sentenced to jail for a probation violation, the L.A. Times reported. She did not receive additional…