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.

New Rule on the Set of ‘Two and a Half Men’

Since returning to the set of his hit CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men," Charlie Sheen has been doing his job and minding his sober coach, who is there on standby patrol, reports TMZ.com. According to TMZ, the new…

Fox Moves Closer to a Conan Latenight Show; Some Serious Hurdles Remain

Fox Broadcasting is hoping to finalize a deal to bring Conan O’Brien to its latenight airwaves in time to announce it during the network’s upfront on May 17, reports Meg James at the Los Angeles Times. Those close to the comedian…

Tiger Woods’ Next Woman Will Be Good For Him

Tiger Woods is headed South to visit another woman, and that could be a good thing, says TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross. Click here to read.

Two Powerful Congressmen Support Broadcasters in What Could Be a Brawl Over the National Broadband Plan

Two powerful Congressmen appear to be on the side of broadcasters when it comes to the fight over spectrum and the Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan, CNET reports. According to the report, "House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-Va.)…

NBC’s 10 p.m. Ratings Post-Leno? Up Significantly

NBC’s 10 p.m. hour is doing just fine without Jay Leno, the Associated Press reports. Two weeks into the return to regular series, after seven months of Leno and a couple weeks of Winter Olympics, the network’s total audience in…

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Ad Spending Dropped 12 Percent in 2009

The final toll of last year’s bad ad market is becoming clearer: Domestic ad spending dropped 12.3 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, according to statistics being released this morning by WPP’s Kantar Media, the New York Times reports. The…

Reality Star and Playboy Model Kendra Wilkinson: I Was Suicidal, Institutionalized

E network reality star Kendra Wilkenson, 24, was suicidal and institutionalized when she was a teenager Wilkenson will reveal tonight (Wed. March 17th) on an edition of "E! True Hollywood Story," according to NBCConnecticut.com. The report says, "In an interview with…

Tom Selleck Expected to Join Cast of Pilot

Tom Selleck is getting a promotion from P.I. to NYPD chief of police, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Selleck, who starred in the long-running CBS series “Magnum, P.I.,” is close to a deal to join an untitled CBS pilot which focuses on a family…

Former NBC Star Equates Network to ‘Horrible, Drug-Addict Mom’

A former NBC star compared the network to a “horrible, drug-addict mom” for the way her show was treated, New York Magazine reports. Regina King, one of the stars of “Southland,” said the show’s new home, TNT, is like “night…