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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.
[UPDATED 3-2-11 at 6:30 a.m with Moonves comment about wanting show to return] CBS Chief Exec Leslie Moonves broke his silence today on the ongoing drama surrounding Charlie Sheen and “Two and a Half Men,” the L.A. Times reported in its…
After Charlie Sheen’s multiple media interviews in the past week, it might seem as if he wouldn’t pass up any chance to be in the spotlight, but Sheen drew the line at an interview with one major media personality, reports The…
"ABC’s special Charlie Sheen edition of 20/20 (3.3/10 in adults 18-49, 9.5 million viewers) was the top-rated program among adults 18-49 at 10 PM last night," writes our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The article continues, "It almost doubled its…
Walt Disney Co., Universal Studios, Yahoo! Inc. and others are objecting to Blockbuster’s proposed auction, saying that the sale benefits a group of lenders at the expense of other creditors, reports Bloomberg. The objections were filed yesterday, creating a dispute…
Recent media coverage of Charlie Sheen raises some questions, writes James Rainey in the Los Angeles Times. Top media networks "have been relentless in recent days in aiding and abetting the epic meltdown of a celebrity who happens to be the…
Jeff Gaspin, a former top executive at NBC Universal, and former Lifetime Chief Executive Andrea Wong are among the candidates being considered to run The CW, reports our friend Claire Atkinson at the New York Post. Gaspin left NBC Universal after he failed…
Ed Burns is slated to star in a new pilot from "Entourage" creator Doug Ellin, reports Daily Variety.. [Note: Variety is behind a fire wall and may charge you to see its story.] The pilot, for HBO, is tentatively titled…
Sundance plans to double its nonfiction programming in 2011, reports B&C. The idea, Sundance says, is to serve "poptimist" viewers — people who are between the mainstream and emerging culture, according to the article. Sundance announced the plans at its upfront…
"Turner Sports, in conjunction with the NCAA, announced today the launch of a series of interactive initiatives to promote the first-ever National Bracket Day™ on Monday, March 14. The day is designated to celebrate the upcoming NCAA Division I Men’s…
The NCAA men’s college basketball tournament–better known as March Madness–has almost sold out all of its commercial time, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. According to John Bogusz, executive vice president of sales and marketing at CBS Sports, and Jon…