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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.
After Mysterious Ratings Drop, Nickelodeon Is Doling Out Make-Goods
After its mysterious ratings drop, Nickelodeon is handing out make-goods — free commercial time to make up for ratings shortfalls — to advertisers, reports the New York Post. As previously reported, Nielsen has reported an accelerating decline for the network,…
‘Honey, We Don’t Have to Move After All.’ McDonald’s Figures Out a Way to Circumvent San Francisco Law Banning Toys with Happy Meals
It looks like you CAN fight City Hall. Case in point is San Francisco, which had passed a law "that prohibited the giveaway of toys with children’s meals that did not meet certain nutritional standards," reports the SF Gate. The…
Forget Having to Go to Orlando to Catch a Harry Potter Ride. Hogwarts Is Coming to Hollywood
"Hogwarts is coming to Hollywood," reports the Los Angeles Times Company Town blog, following a report in The Wall Street Journal (which is behind a paywall and might charge you for its stories). According to the L.A. Times report, "Universal Studios…
To Honor Dandy Sandy: Larry King Part of Consortium To Buy King’s Favorite Baseball Team
Larry King is part of a consortium that will make a bid to own King’s favorite baseball team, ESPNLosAngeles reports. According to the story, "Larry King, the legendary talk-show host and longtime Los Angeles Dodgers season-ticket holder, is part of…
Lifetime Drama Gets 10 More Episodes
Lifetime has given a 10-episode extension to a hit drama series, reports Deadline.com. The series is the channel’s flagship drama "Army Wives," which is currently shooting its sixth season — slated for 13 episodes. The plan is to pile up…
NBCU Taps Veteran to Run Reality Operation
NBCUniversal has settled on a veteran television executive to run the company’s reality studio, which is currently known as Comcast Entertainment Studios, Multichannel News reports. Steve Dolcemaschio, a longtime exec with E! Entertainment, gets the job of president of the…
What Did Ann Coulter Say — and Who Was She Talking About — That Got Her Censored on MSNBC?
Conservative talking head Ann Coulter was censored during an appearance on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" on Tuesday, reports TheWrap.com. Coulter was apparently speaking about former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain when she apparently referred to the politician as a “douchebag,”…