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.

TV Rights for NHL Poised to Become Battleground as ESPN Gears up for Bid

The rights for the National Hockey League may become a battleground as ESPN is gearing up to make a bid, reports Mediaweek. Comcast’s Versus, the incumbent cable rights holder, has first dibs, with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman planning on meeting…

On Heels of San Francisco Banning Toys in Happy Meals is New Yale Study Blasting the Marketing Efforts of Fast Food Eateries

Fast food restaurants market too heavily to kids is one of the conclusions of a new study from Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity,the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the article, " ‘Our results show that…

Los Angeles to Jamie Oliver: Nah, Our School Kids Aren’t Interested in Your Healthy Lunches

The Los Angeles Unified School District has turned down an offer by British chef Jamie Oliver to remake its school food into more healthful options, reports the Los Angeles Times. Oliver is planning on bringing his reality TV show "Food…

AT&T, Scripps Resolve Carriage Talks; Food Network Returns to U-verse

The Food Network, HGTV and other Scripps Networks channels were restored to AT&T’s U-verse on Sunday night after the companies came to an agreement on a carriage contract,reports Reuters. Because of the dispute, AT&T’s 2.7 million U-verse customers had lost…

With Conan Debuting on TBS, Here’s the Real Reason He’s No Longer on NBC Right After Stations’ Late News. And What Conan Should Really Be Doing

Conan O’Brien’s debut onTBS on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, coincides with my just having finished New York Times national media correspondent Bill Carter’s book “The War For Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy,” which hit bookstores…

ESPN Adds Former NBA Sharpshooter as Analyst

A former sharpshooter in the NBA has joined ESPN as an analyst on the network’s NBA programming, reports SportsNewser. The new studio analyst is a former small forward and shooting guard for the Golden State Warriors, Chris Mullin, who was…

This One’s Worrisome: Nielsen Says It’s Been ‘Grossly’ UNDER-Estimating Time Spent On Websites For AT LEAST the Last Three Months

Nielsen says its measurement of the amount of time users spend on websites may have been "grossly underestimated for at least the past three months," Advertising Age reports. According to Ad Age the undercount was "due to a flaw in [Nielsen’s] system that failed to recognize…

DirecTV Posts Higher Earnings, Says Scrapping HD Fee Was Key

DirecTV reported higher revenues and a 27% increase in operating profit when it announced its third-quarter earnings Thursday, TheWrap reported. The important measure of average monthly revenue per subscriber also grew during the quarter, by 4.3 percent, the story says….

Which Pop Culture Classic Will Be Next to Get the ‘Glee’ Treatment? (Hint: I do like ‘Glee’ on the TV box. Say, I do like to watch it on Fox.)

Now that Fox’s "Glee" has done its "Rocky Horror," Lady Gaga, Madonna and Britney Spears episodes, word has surfaced that the next pop culture figure to get reinterpreted may be Dr. Seuss. Michael Ausiello at Movieline.com reports that the show’s…

CBS Thriving in Thursday Ratings, With ‘Big Bang’ Leading the Way

That switch of "Big Bang Theory" from Monday to Thursday nights has worked out well for CBS, with last night’s episode coming in as the highest-rated show of the night and CBS winning the night overall, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. CBS…