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Chuck Ross

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.

Netflix to Recommend TV Sets

  Netflix has announced “its new ‘Netflix recommended TV program’ which is an evaluation program that will help consumers identify television sets built for ‘a superior Internet TV experience,’” reports CNET. The CNET story continues, “Netflix’s chief of streaming and…

Want to Live Longer? Major Study Says the Key is Oatmeal. It’s our Non-TV Story of the Day

“Eating a small bowl of oatmeal may be the secret to a longer life, a large new study suggests,” ABC News reports. The story continues, “Harvard University researchers reviewed two large studies that followed more than 100,000 people who were…

Bombshell: CNBC Drops Nielsen For Daytime Programming Ratings

“Financial news network CNBC will no longer rely on TV ratings specialist Nielsen to measure its daytime audience, beginning later this year,” reports our good friend Joe Filnt in the Wall Street Journal. [Note: The WSJ is behind a fire…

The Rest of the Producer Guild’s TV Nominees

In late 2014, the Producers Guild of America announced the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture, Television Series and Non-Fiction Television Nominations. The following list now includes complete producer credits. The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:   Ø…

Report Says Verizon Has Had Discussions with AOL About Either Taking Over AOL or Doing a Joint Venture

“Verizon has approached AOL about a potential acquisition or joint venture with the Internet company to expand its mobile-video offerings, people with knowledge of the matter said,” reports Bloomberg. The story continues, “The wireless carrier hasn’t made a formal proposal…

Francesca Hilton, Daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Conrad Hilton, Dies at 67. She Was Also Paris Hilton’s Great Aunt. Had Been in Movies and TV Shows

“Francesca Hilton, 67, the daughter of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, died in Los Angeles on Monday, her publicist said,” reports the Los Angeles Times. The story continues, “Hilton, whose father was the late hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, suffered an apparent…

Producers Guild Announces Its Five Nominees for Best Long-Form TV. PBS and FX Gets Two Nods Each, One for HBO. Also, the Producers Guild Award Nominees for Best Motion Picture of 2014

The Producers Guild of America has announced its five nominees for best long-form TV. Yesterday, Jan 5, 2015, the Guild issued this release: [Nominees for] The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: The Long-Form Television category…

Two More Women Join Defamation Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby

“Two women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual offenses decades ago have joined a defamation lawsuit, contending the comedian publicly branded them as liars through statements by his representatives,” reports the Associated Press. The story says, “Cosby is the only defendant…

From CES: Samsung CEO Says the Key Smart Device of the Future, in the Home, Will Not Be Smart Phones, nor Tablets. It Will be Smart TVs

“Samsung Electronics CEO and President BK Yoon envisions an interconnected ‘Internet of Things (IoT)’ in which everything from your bed to your refrigerator gathers and analyzes data that improves consumers’ lives,” reports USA Today, adding that “One of these super-smart…

Remember the L.A. Rams? The Owner of the St. Louis Rams Announced Today Plans to Build an 80,000-Seat Stadium Next to the Forum, Where the L.A. Lakers Played for Years

“The owner of the St. Louis Rams plans to build an NFL stadium in Inglewood [not far from LAX], which could pave the way for the league’s return to Los Angeles,” the Los Angeles Times reports. The story, by Sam…