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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.

From British Royal to American Reality Show Star: Duchess of York’s Struggle Becomes a TV Series

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has agreed to do a six-part series with Oprah Winfrey’s new OWN channel, according to TheWrap. "Finding Sarah," a documentary reality show, will examine the former royal’s "personal struggle to rebuild her life," the…

Apparently Viewers Are Ready for Some Football: NBC’s Game Broadcast Dominates Ratings, Scores Best-Ever Overnight Nielsens for NFL Kickoff

The combination of Brett Favre and the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints resulted in the best-ever Nielsen ratings for the kickoff of the National Football League season, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The NBC broadcast of the game, in which the Saints beat…

In the ‘Event’ NBC Does Poorly This Fall, Blame This Show

NBC’s greatest hope for the fall TV season is "The Event," according to The New York Times, which notes that the show is getting a "multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that is entering its final weeks." "The Event" is clearly NBC’s big…

Talk About Your Dynamic Duo, A Dream Team Batman & Robin: J.J. Abrams Teaming With ‘Dark Knight’ Co-Writer For TV Project

J.J. Abrams–whose credits include "Alias," "Fringe" and the last "Star Trek" movie–is shopping around a crime-thriller project created by "The Dark Knight" co-writer Jonah Nolan, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. Nolan co-wrote "The Dark Knight" with his brother, Christopher Nolan….

More Intrigue at ‘The Office’–Whoever Is New Star of Show After Carell Leaves May Not Be Same Person Who Is Named to Be the New Boss on the Show

"One question being mulled by “Office” writers is whether those two roles — the new star of the show and the new boss of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch — are going to be the same person," writes former TVWeek star…

Football Coach Legend Jimmy Johnson Explains Why He Spent a Lot of Time in His Underwear on ‘Survivor’ … And How the Show Literally Saved His Life

Football coaching legend Jimmy Johnson explained to reporters on Thursday why he spent a lot of time in his skivvies on the forthcoming edition of  "Survivor,"  reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. Johnson, 67, who coached the Dallas Cowboys…

Google Instant Search: Some Marketers Are Saying It’s the End of Online Marketing As We Have Known It

Some in the online marketing community are saying that Google’s new instant seach spells the end of online marketing as we’ve known it, the Telegraph reports. According to the article, "Search Engine Optimizers, who try to get websites to the…

NBC Exec Says Goal Is to Displace ABC

NBC’s goal this season is to displace ABC as the third-ranked network in the ratings, Bloomberg reports. "Our real competition is ABC," says Angela Bromstad, president of prime-time entertainment, the article notes, adding that that means dislodging ABC from its…

He’s No Joaquin Phoenix: Set Your DVRs For, Well, A Rarely Shown Real Stinker (Not Available on DVD) Wherein Johnny Cash Plays a Sociopathic Killer In His Movie Debut

‘Nuff said. It’s “Five Minures to Live” on TCM at 2 a.m. tonight (really Saturday morning) eastern time, and earlier in all other time zones. If you really want to torture yourself, below we present a short clip of  Cash…

Bloom Off the Rose: The Sagging Economy Finally Catches Up With Wii and the Other Video Gamers

Video game hardware and software posted their worst August sales results in four years, with Nintendo’s Wii showing its worst sales month ever, reports MercuryNews.com. U.S. retail sales of game hardware, software and accessories fell 10% from a year earlier,…