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.

Sheen’s Live Shows Sell Out in Minutes; TLC Readies a TV Doc on Former ‘Men’ Star

Tickets for Charlie Sheen’s two live shows sold out in minutes over the weekend, according to the L.A. Times’ Show Tracker blog. Meanwhile, TLC announced plans for a one-hour documentary titled “Charlie Sheen: On the Brink.” Sheen’s shows April 2…

HBO Creating 1980s Drama About Russian Spies Living in U.S.–Based on a Real-Life Spy Incident During Writer-Director’s Career

Writer-director Martyn Burke (“Pirates of Silicon Valley”) is working on a drama for HBO about Russian spies living incognito in the U.S. during the 1980s, and it’s based on an episode from his own life, reports Deadline.com. The article notes…

Who Does Seth MacFarlane Think Should Replace Charlie Sheen?

“Family Guy’s” Seth MacFarlane, who worked with Charlie Sheen when Sheen did a guest turn on “Family Guy” last year, has weighed in on who would make a good replacement for Sheen on “Two and a Half Men,” James Hibberd…

Latino-Targeted Network Gets a New Name

A TV channel aimed at Latinos will change its name July 4 as it steps up efforts to reach a bicultural Hispanic audience, Advertising Age reported. The channel is Si TV, an English-language cable channel focused on Latinos. Beginning July…

CBS Tops Sunday Ratings as ‘CSI: Miami’ Surges

CBS’s “CSI: Miami” bucked the trend on a night when broadcast viewing was generally lower, surging 17% from a week ago to lead the Eye Network to an overall win for the night in the 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS…

Si TV to Change Name as It Aims for Bicultural Latinos–Cable Outlet to Be Known as Nuvo TV Starting July 4

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age The Latino-focused English-language cable channel Si TV is changing its name on July 4 to Nuvo TV, for "new voice," in a bid to better pursue bicultural Latino audiences. The move is the latest effort to…

Latest Subscriber Totals Show Balance of Power Shifting in Pay Cable

A new report on pay cable subscriptions reveals that Showtime and Starz appear to be gaining ground on industry leader HBO, Crain’s New York Business reports. Year-end estimates from SNL Kagan released Monday show HBO had a 6% drop in…

CNN Worldwide Names BET’s Janet Rolle as New CMO

CNN Worldwide has named BET executive Janet Rolle to replace Scot Safon as its exec VP-chief marketing officer, Advertising Age reports. The appointment fills the vacancy created last fall when Safon was assigned to run CNN sibling HLN. Rolle, who…

CNN Worldwide Names BET’s Janet Rolle as New CMO–Rolle Succeeds Scot Safon, Who Now Runs News Network Sibling HLN

By Andrew HamppAdvertising Age CNN Worldwide has tapped BET executive Janet Rolle as its new exec VP-chief marketing officer, filling the vacancy created last fall when Exec VP-CMO Scot Safon was assigned to run CNN sibling HLN. Ms. Rolle has…

The Truth Behind AOL’s Acquisition of The Huffington Post

Traffic figures provided for AOL’s major media brands in a recent report reveal the real reason behind AOL’s recent takeover of The Huffington Post, according to an analysis on Bloomberg’s Businessweek page. Mathew Ingram writes in the piece: “When AOL…