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.

CBS Taps Lurie in Strategic Development Role

CBS Corp. has named Zander Lurie as senior vice president of strategic development, B&C reports. Lurie, who previously was executive vice president and chief financial officer for CBS Interactive, will be responsible for planning CBS’ strategy for content delivery. Before…

Thomas Hayden Church Depart Showtime’s ‘Episodes,’ as Does ‘CSI:NY’ Actress

Thomas Haden Church has exited Showtime’s "Episodes," a comedy project starring Matt LeBlanc, reports deadline.com. Church departed because of a scheduling conflict with the production of a movie. Claire Forlani, who plays medical examinier Dr. Peyton Driscoll on "CSI:NY," has also left, and was…

Can You Guess Who the NY Times Says Fox News’ No. 1 Enemy Is? (No, It’s Not Obama).

Fox News Channel has a new No. 1 enemy, and it’s not President Obama. According to the New York Times, it’s Jon Stewart. Says the article, "Last week that comedian did something that the hosts of ‘Fox & Friends,’ the…

Report: Conan O’Brien’s Production Company Moving to Warner Bros. from NBC Universal

Conan O’Brien’s production company, Conaco Prods., is on the verge of a big production deal with Warner Bros., Nellie Andreeva of Deadline.com reports. The company had been previously housed at NBC, where it agreed to stay put though the development…

Conan Back at Universal Over the Weekend With His Stage Show; Zings NBC

Conan O’Brien performed at the Gibson Amphitheatre over the weekend, just a short walk from his former "Tonight Show" studios. MTV News was there and wrote this: "This is my first time back at Universal Studios since I lost my job,"…

NBC Partners with YouTube for ‘America’s Got Talent’ Auditions

NBC has partnered with YouTube for "America’s Got Talent" auditions, according to James Hibberd at The Hollwood Reporter. Hibberd says in his article that starting today, Monday, April 26, "[A]cts can upload their videos onto a special page on the video-sharing…

Hitler Parodies That Were Knocked Off of YouTube Shouldn’t Have Been

TVWeek Open Mic Blogger Aaron Barnhart urges those folks whose parody filmclips of the Adolf Hitler film "Downfall" were pulled off YouTube to get busy with a "counter-takedown." Barnhart makes a good case. Click here to read it.

‘Avatar’ Brings in Another $130 Million, This Time From DVD and Blu-Ray Sales; Even in 2D It’s the Fastest-Selling Blu-Ray Disc Ever

Since April 22 through Sunday, April 25 movie box-office champ "Avatar" added another $130 million in sales, this time from DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, according to the Associated Press. ‘Avatar’ sold 4 million DVDs and 2.7 million Blu-Ray discs, the…

Yahoo News, Which Already Reaches 40 Million Month Unique Visitors, To Beef Up By Hiring More Journalists

Yahoo News, already a major user destination, is planning on hiring more journalists, according to Mediaweek. According to the article, " ‘Historically, our content has been from third parties, and a lot of it has been commodity news,’ said Jimmy…

‘Idol’ Contestant Tim Urban Would Welcome Toothpaste Commercial

Tim Urban, who was voted off "American Idol," last week told reporters that he’d welcome being in a toothpast commercial, according to MSNBC. As viewers of the show know, for weeks Urban was known as the contestant who always smiled,…