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.

Odd Non-TV Story: The Crosswalk Depicted on the Beatles’ Abbey Road Album Cover Has Been Given Historical Protection Like Old Buildings Get. One Problem–The Newly Protected Crosswallk Most Likely NOT the Crosswalk Photographed on the Album Cover

The crosswalk depicted on the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road album has been granted historical protection status in London, the UK’s Press Association reports. According to the article, "Sir Paul [McCartney] welcomed the news, saying: ‘It’s been a great…

Mobster Sammy ‘the Bull’ Gravano’s Daughter on ‘Mob Wives,’ Upsetting Relatives of Some of Sammy’s Victims

Relatives of victims of Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano are upset that his daughter is starring in a new mob reality show, reports the New York Daily News. Karen Gravano started taping "Mob Wives," with a potential 2011 air date…

People Still Watch Commercials on Time-Shifted Shows, Nielsen Report Finds

Viewers actually still watch commercials during time-shifted programs, reports MediaDailyNews, citing a new Nielsen report. The report found that C3 ratings, which take into account live viewing as well as viewing over the next three days with a DVR, rise 16%,…

Is Disney Getting Low on Lifelines? Judge Denies Disney’s Request to Overturn Verdict in ‘Millionaire’ Case That Awarded $319 Million to the Show’s Creators

Walt Disney Co. was rebuffed in its efforts to overturn a verdict awarding $319 million in damages and interest to the creators of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Federal district court…

The Best Non-TV Trivia Question of the Day. What Do the Following Words Have In Common? Furtive, Dissent, Ebullient, Shellacking, Doppelganger, Bigot, Socialism, Moratorium, Pragmatic and Austerity

This one isn’t really obvious. What do the words in our headline have in common? They are the ten most looked-up words on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary (Merriam-Webster.com) this year, reports the New York Post. The headline lists them…

Video: New–Extended–Preview for Season 3 of ‘Jersey Shore’–Compared to This, Season 2 Was Your Grandparents’ ‘Jersey Shore’…

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Report: Broadcast Network Entertainment Chief Expected to Leave Job at End of the Season

One of the broadcast network entertainment chiefs is expected to leave that job at the end of the TV season in May 2011, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com Writes Andreeva: "After almost a decade in Hollywood as the head of UPN…

CBS Announces Midseason Lineup

CBS has announced its midseason changes. Says our good friend Joe Adalian at Vulture.com: "The most interesting move? New half-hour comedy ‘Mad Love’– starring the awesome Judy Greer and Sarah Chalke, along with Jason Biggs– is getting the plum 8:30…

Apple Pulls WikiLeaks App From iPhone Store

Apple has pulled an iPhone app from its App Store that enabled users to read secret U.S. diplomatic cables published by the controversial organization WikiLeaks and to follow the group’s Twitter feed, Computerworld reported. The move was the latest in…

Report: Why YOU Need to Pay Attention to Today’s Net Neutrality Ruling

Forget that you work in the industry. Jeremy Kaplan, who writes about technology at FoxNews.com, says there’s a reason Jane and Joe Consumer need to pay attention to the Federal Communications Commission ruling on net neutrality: Kaplan writes, "Thanks for watching that…