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.

MSNBC Suspends Olbermann Over Campaign Contributions

The host of MSNBC’s "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" has been suspended by the network for donations he made to candidates running in last Tuesday’s election, Deadline.com reported. Olbermann issued a statement confirming his actions: "One week ago, on the night…

Nielsen’s Been Undercounting Time Users Spend on Websites For At Least Three Months

By Michael LearmonthAdvertising Age The Nielsen Co. disclosed today it has been undercounting traffic to websites — for at least the last three months — due to a flaw in its system that failed to recognize long internet addresses, underestimating…

Nielsen Letter To Clients About Nielsen’s Error That Lead to Its Reporting Declines in Internet Usage

CONFIDENTIAL – INTERNAL USE ONLY November 4, 2010 Online Client Letter – US Only Subject: A Message from The Nielsen Company Dear Nielsen Clients: We are writing to inform you that we are actively investigating an erroneous decline in our…

Johnny Depp-Tim Burton Collaboration for TV–an Update of a Vintage Horror Soap Opera–Gets a New Start Date

Production of the Tim Burton version of the iconic horror soap opera "Dark Shadows," starring Johnny Depp as Barnabus Collins, was scheduled to begin in January 2011, but has been pushed back to April, reports Deadline.com. "Dark Shadows," which was…

This Is Getting Old Fast: Latest Distributor and Programmer NOT To Agree: Scripps and U-Verse; Bye-Bye Bobby Flay, at Least for Now, for AT&T’s 3 Million Subs

AT&T U-Verse has dropped the Scripps Networks Interactive channels from its service after the two companies failed to come to terms on carriage rates, B&C reports. HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country are the channels…

One of the All-Time Most Popular Baseball Managers, the First to Win World Series Titles in Both Leagues, Dead at 76

A beloved longtime Major League Baseball manager, one of the legends of the game, has died at the age of 76, The New York Times reports. Sparky Anderson died Thursday in Thousand Oaks, Calif., the story reports. He had been…

Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Makes Late-Night Ratings History

Comedy Central announced today that “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” finished the month of October as the top-rated late-night talk show in the adults 18-49 demo. It was the first time any show other than NBC’s “Tonight Show” or…

ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ Tops Wednesday Ratings, CBS Wins the Night Overall

The Emmy Award-winning ABC sitcom "Modern Family" continues to build on its popularity, coming in as the top-rated show of Wednesday night, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. CBS, however, finished the night as the top-rated network overall, both in the 18-49 demo,…

Police Looking for Gary Collins

Actor and TV host Gary Collins, best known for 1970s series "The Sixth Sense" and "Born Free" and for hosting “Hour Magazine” in the 1980s, was being sought today by Mississippi police in connection with a car accident in Jackson,…

ABC Slates Summer Run for New ‘Indiana Jones’-Style Reality Competition From Producer of ‘Survivor,’ ‘The Apprentice’

ABC is touting a new reality competition show as an "Indiana Jones"-style adventure series, and has slated it for a summer run, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, “Expedition Impossible,” from “Survivor” and “The Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett, has…