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.

‘The Killing,’ AMC’s Version of Danish Crime Drama, Debuts to 2.7 Million Viewers

AMC’s "The Killing," based on a Danish crime drama, debuted to 2.7 million viewers on Sunday, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. It’s far below the debut of "The Walking Dead," which drew 5.3 million viewers, the story notes. But it’s also…

Regional Sports Net YES Protests Cablevision’s iPad App

YES, the regional sports network for the New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets, is protesting its inclusion in Cablevision’s new iPad app, reports the New York Post. The app allows Cablevision’s 3 million customers to view about 300 networks…

Discovery Chief’s Paycheck Triples

Discovery Communications has awarded Chief Executive David Zaslav a huge boost in compensation, more than tripling his compensation package to $42.6 million for 2010, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Zaslav, a former executive at NBCUniversal, was paid…

Country Music Star Working on TV Show Based on Her Childhood

One of the best-known singing stars in country music is working on an ABC Family project that’s based on her childhood, reports Deadline.com. The singer is Miranda Lambert, who grew up in Texas, the daughter of a private investigator. Lambert,…

Carl Icahn Among Bidders Interested in Bankrupt Blockbuster

Billionaire Carl Icahn is among the bidders interested in the auction for bankrupt movie-rental chain Blockbuster, with his auction bid attracting a second group of liquidators, reports Bloomberg. Icahn’s offer has been joined by Great American Group and Tiger Capital…

Ticket Prices Plummet for Charlie Sheen’s New York Performances

Ticket prices for Charlie Sheen’s performances at Radio City Music Hall in New York have taken a nose dive, dropping to new lows between $24 and $31, far below the tickets’ original face value of $126, reports the New York…

What Katie Couric Should Do Next–First of All, She Should NOT Do a Daytime Talk Show, and Here’s Why

Let me ask you something. Is Katie Couric more in the mold of Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer and Meredith Vieira or Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O’Donnell and Regis Philbin? Clearly it’s the first trio. So I believe that Couric would have…

Nuclear Crisis Gets Final Season of ’24’ Pulled From Japanese TV

The reality of the tragedy in Japan has affected the airing of the final season of Fox’s "24" on TV Tokyo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The plot involves the fear of radiation and that’s just too close to the…

Sheen Critiques His Performances, Explains How He Turned Things Around After Detroit Debacle

Charlie Sheen took time out after his triumphant concert Sunday night in Chicago to critique the first two shows of his "My Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour–including the much publicized disaster the night before in Detroit, E! Online reported. "There’s…

More Execs on the Move at NBC

NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert has appointed Valari Dobson Staab, president and GM of KGO-TV, the ABC O&O station in San Francisco, to take over the leadership of NBC’s station group, NBC Local Media, Deadline.com reported. Starting in June, as…