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.

MTV Pulls “The Dudesons” Episode After Protest from American Indian Movement

MTV has pulled an episode of "The Dudesons,’ in which four Finnish best friends perform crazy stunts to become honorary Indians, after the American Indian Movement of Santa Barbara called for a boycott, reports the New York Post’s Page Six….

Comic-Con Opens This Week, and One Critic Complains That Its Usefulness for Hollywood is Already Diminishing Because the Geeks That Have Always Formed Comic-Con’s Core Are Being Pushed Out By The Cool Kids

Another sold-out Comic-Con opens this week in San Diego, and Hollywood will be there with its biggest TV and film contingent yet. But at least one critic laments that the conventions usefulness for Hollywood is already waning, as cool kids…

Moving Beyond Kiosks, Redbox Seeks Internet Strategy to Challenge Netflix

Seeking to move beyond kiosks stationed outside of supermarkets and retailers, Redbox is developing an online strategy to compete with home-video rental rival Netflix, reports Bloomberg.com. The company is considering using a Web service to offer more than the 200 or…

Former ‘Will & Grace’ Showrunners Join ‘Love Bites’ as Producers

Two former "Will & Grace" showrunners and executive producers are joining "Love Bites" as executive producers under a seven-figure, two-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios, reports Deadline.com. The pair, Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally, is replacing "Love Bites" creator Cindy Chupack, who…

The Value of Baby Boomers

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Get ready: Nielsen is once again trying to challenge one of the industry’s oldest chestnuts — that consumers over 50 aren’t worth the expense to target. The measurement-and-data giant is out to prove that it is…

In Two Months of Selling, Warner Bros. Reaches 75% Clearance for ‘Big Bang’ Broadcast Syndication

Warner Bros. has reached 75% clearance for "The Big Bang Theory" broadcast syndication after two months of sales, reports TVNewsCheck.com. Set for a run that will begin in the fall of 2011, the hit CBS show has been purchased in…

Gibson Tapes Push Gossip Website to the Fore

The release in recent weeks of the Mel Gibson audio tapes to RadarOnline has brought so many users to its site that it crashed on Friday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Says the Times, "Radaronline, which has led the coverage about…

Has Terrorism Concerns Shut Down Blog, Forum Platforms on the Internet?

"Two services that enable users to blog or create online forums have disappeared from the Internet under mysterious circumstances." So writes CNET’s Greg Sandoval. The two services in question are Blogetery.com, a blogging platform,which shut down July 9, and IPBfree.com, "a…

Apple Boss Offers Solution to iPhone ‘Death Grip’ Issue, Says Problem Has Been Blown Out of Proportion

Apple’s chief executive acknowledged Friday that the company’s iPhone 4 has problems with its antenna, but he said those problems have been exaggerated by the media and all smartphones are affected by them, The New York Times reported. Referring to…

ESPN Reporter Sues Stalker, Hotels

Erin Andrews, the ESPN reporter who was the victim of stalker Michael David Barrett, has filed a lawsuit against Barrett as well as the hotels that supplied him with her room information, reports Sportsgrid.com. The seven hotels are being cited…