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.

Largely Unknown Aussie Actor to Take on Starring Role in Starz’ ‘Spartacus’

Liam McIntyre, an Australian actor largely unknown to U.S. audiences, will take over the starring role in the popular Starz series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. McIntyre will be taking over the role…

E! Sees Black From Golden Red

E! scored its best performance in the past four years of covering all the activities on the red carpet at the Golden Globes, according to Nielsen data. According to a release put out by E!, "E! averaged over 1.6M total…

Just Where Did Ricky Gervais Go Wrong?

Much of the talk after Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast was not about the awards themselves but about the performance of host Ricky Gervais. He has drawn sharp criticism for his stinging jokes, which some are describing as vicious and inappropriate…

Facebook Eases Access by App Developers to Users’ Contact Info

Facebook has quietly implemented changes that make it easier for developers of applications to gain access to user addresses and mobile phone numbers, the Los Angeles Times reported. The changes are likely to reinvigorate long-running criticism of the social media…

Two Cable Nets Merge, Sparked by Arrival of Oprah’s New Network

The debut of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network on Jan. 1 marked the end of the road for Discovery Health, with OWN taking over its slot. But now word has surfaced that Discovery Health has new life, according to Deadline.com….

Overrun From Big NFL Playoff Game Pushes CBS to Prime-Time Win, Even as Golden Globes Pump Up NBC’s Ratings

CBS got help from its huge afternoon NFL showdown between the New York Jets and New England Patriots, which ran over into prime time and gave the Eye Network an outright win Sunday Night even though NBC scored well with…

Jets-Patriots Playoff Game Draws Huge Numbers for CBS

The CBS Sunday afternoon telecast of the AFC divisional playoff game, in which the New York Jets upset the New England Patriots 28-21, pulled in big ratings, the network reported. The broadcast drew an average overnight household rating of 26.2…

CBS Daytime Talk Fest to Lose One of Its Six Hosts

With six hosts on CBS’s daytime chat fest "The Talk," some of them may not be getting enough air time–and that’s apparently a factor in the decision by one of the hosts to leave the show, People magazine reports. Marissa…

Syfy Sales Team Pitches Its Monster Mashups–Network Letting Marketers in on ‘Sharktopus,’ ‘Mega Piranha’ and ‘Alien Apocalypse’

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age In the vicious battle of MegaPython vs. Gatoroid, NBC Universal is counting on SyFy’s Saturday night to be the big winner. Yes, movies about giant pythons, mutant sharks, rogue volcanoes and the scantily-clad young’uns racing to…

Syfy Charting Innovative Approach to Social Media, Marketing and B-Movies

Syfy has big plans for its Saturday night lineup of B-movie fare, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Syfy will pitch these movies, such as "Sharktopus" and "Mega Piranha," to marketers at this year’s upfront presentation, the story notes. The…