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.

OMG: Average Number of Hours Each of Us Watches TV Per Week Closing In on the Number of Hours We’re at Work

Here’s a sobering thought for the new year: We Americans watched more TV than ever last year, and our average viewing per week is approaching the number of hours that we’re at work. We’re now averaging 34 hours a week…

Newest Member of ‘Jersey Shore’ Says She Has Fans Before TV Season Starts; Also Says She and Snooki are ‘Two Peas in a Pod’

The newest member of MTV’s "Jersey Shore" is 5 feet tall and calls herself one of "two peas in a pod" with Snooki when it comes to partying, reports the New York Post. Her name is Deena Nicole Cortese, 23,…

Retrans Update: Deal Reached in DirecTV/Hearst Dispute, as Sinclair Extends Contract Talks With Time Warner and Bright House

One retransmission consent agreement has been reached, with Hearst Television and DirecTV reaching a new deal, according to Multichannel News, Meanwhile, while another blackout has been temporarily diverted as Sinclair Broadcast and Time Warner Cable extended contract talks for two…

ESPN’s New Year’s Game Set a Cable Record

ESPN set a record overnight rating for cable for a football game it broadcast on New Year’s Day, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Saturday’s Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Calif., between Wisconsin and TCU drew a preliminary…

Scribe For ‘The Office’ Gets Script Commitment From Fox

A writer-producer of "The Office" has received a script commitment from Fox, reports Deadline.com. The project, a recession-themed comedy from 20th TV and 21 Laps/Adelstein, was co-created by writer-producer Aaron Shure and actor J.B. Smoove. It would star Smoove as a husband…

Jon Stewart, His ‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ May Reappear on Hulu

It looks like Jon Stewart, his "Daily Show" and the "Colbert Report" may once again be on Hulu. Both shows disappeared from Hulu in early 2010 because the online video service and Viacom’s Comedy Central, the network on which the shows…

After Flood of Complaints, Discovery Indefinitely Postpones Plans for Show on Michael Jackson’s Autopsy

After receiving a flood of complaints from both fans and heirs of the late Michael Jackson, Discovery Networks International said it would indefinitely postpone its plans to air a re-enactment of the singer’s 2009 autopsy, reports the New York Times’…