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.

Maverick Meets Maverick: Charlie Sheen and Mark Cuban in Talks

"[Mark] Cuban confirmed Sunday evening that he’s had several conversations with [Charlie] Sheen recently about developing programming for HDNet, the cable network Cuban owns," writes Tim MacMahon at ESPN’s website. Cuban, who also owns the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA,…

Phil Collins Quits Music Business, Citing Health, Other Reasons. How The MTV Music Awards Factored Into His Decision

A winner of seven Grammys and an Academy Award–and a proud one-time nominee for a Cable Ace award–Phil Collins has announced he is leaving the music business. According to an account in the U.K. publication The Press Association, "Health problems…

CBS Picks Up Hit Sitcom for Two More Seasons; Trouble With ‘Two and a Half Men’ Cited

CBS has given an early renewal to one of its hit sitcoms, and the trouble involving “Two and a Half Men” and its star Charlie Sheen may be one reason, reports Deadline.com. The show is "How I Met Your Mother,"…

Ramblin’ Charlie Sheen in 50-Minute Webcast on Saturday Night; 1.2 Million Viewers Tune In

Charlie Sheen hosted a rambling 50-minute webcast on Saturday night that he later called a "shameful train wreck filled with blind cuddly puppies." Sheen made the comment on his second show, which went up on UStream at about 10 p.m….

TV Advertisers Borrow a Page From the Web, Use New Technology to Zero In on Target Viewers

Tech firms and data-gathering services are joining forces with cable and satellite TV operators to step up efforts to match specific types of viewers with specific types of advertising, The Wall Street Journal reports. The approach borrows a strategy widely…

Kids’ TV Up Despite Regulatory Challenges–Sector Took Hit When Food Companies Came Under Scrutiny, But It’s Expected to Make Gains on Strong 2010

By Andrew HamppAdvertising Age The reformulation of sugary, fatty and high-sodium foods aimed at kids that began in 2007 was supposed to be a wake-up call to the kids media marketplace. The changes to the products, resulting from years of…

Kids’ TV Upfront Looks Healthy Despite Scrutiny of Food Ads for Kids

Despite regulatory scrutiny of food advertising to kids that began in 2007 and presented challenges to the children’s TV networks, the kids’ TV upfront may rise as much as 5% this year, reports Advertising Age. The rise in advertising is…

Upfront Market May See Double-Digit Gains This Year

The upfront television market this year could see "double-digit" gains in advertising rates, helped by a revitalized auto market and battles between wireless carriers, the New York Post’s Claire Atkinson reports. Given the health of the advertising market, ratings-poor NBC…

Anjelica Huston Joins NBC Pilot, May Take on First Regular TV Role

In what could mark her first regular television series role if the show gets picked up, film star Anjelica Huston is joining NBC’s drama pilot "Smash," reports Deadline.com. Huston will play a shrewd and cynical New York theater producer in…

After Failing to Reach a Retrans Consent Agreement, LIN Stations Go Dark on Dish

After failing to reach a retransmission consent deal as of midnight, LIN Media’s more than two dozen television stations have gone dark for Dish customers, reports B&C. Dish called LIN "greedy" in a statement, while LIN Chief Executive Vincent L….