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.

Upfront Analysis: Why Marketers Are Back in Love with TV

Marketers are back in love with TV, reports Brian Steinberg at Advertising Age. According to the article, "Indeed, as marketers examine all sorts of new-media options, they may be finding that TV is a better buy for the money. "In…

TV Continues to Be the Big Thing This Year

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age After spending years complaining about TV, have advertisers embarked on a new love affair with the medium? Marketers have expressed frustration over pricing, effectiveness and nearly everything and anything else having to do with boob-tube advertising,…

NBC Affiliates Will Support Comcast NBC Universal Deal

NBC affiliates will support Comcast taking a controlling 51% stake in NBC Universal, B&C reports. According to the report, "One NBC affiliates board veteran said Comcast and the affiliates mostly see eye to eye. ‘We’ve got a signed agreement for…

Oh Boy: John Lennon’s Handwritten Lyrics for the Beatle’s Classic ‘A Day in the Life’ Fetches More Than $1 Million at Auction

John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to the Beatle’s classic "A Day in the Life" was auctioned off at Sotheby’s in New York on Friday, June 18, 2010, for $1,202, 500, CNN reports. Even at that high price it was only the second…

Ratings of Game 7 of NBA FInals Best For a Non-Olympics Program in a Decade

That’s from our friends at ABC as is the following (Based on national live + same day program ratings): The game "towered over its primetime competitors to stand as Thursday’s No. 1 TV program in Total Viewers (28.2 million) and…

Showtime Schedules Final Season of Series

Showtime has announced plans for the fourth and final season of one of its shows, which is expected to return to the cable network in early 2011, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series is "Secret Diary of a Call Girl," a British…

Actor Eric Roberts Returns to His Roots

Veteran film actor Eric Roberts is returning to his roots in soap operas by joining the cast of CBS’ "The Young and the Restless," reports EW.com’s Hollywood Insider blog. Roberts, who had a role on NBC’s "Heroes" and Starz’ "Crash,"…

’30 Rock’ Actor Back From the Dead

Actor Dean Winters says he’s back–one year after technically dying from bacterial infection and losing digits to gangrene. It’s been a tough year for Winters, who plays Liz Lemon’s beeper-loving, selfish ex-boyfriend on "30 Rock," reports the New York Post’s Page…

Disney Picks Media Sales and Marketing Exec

Disney has picked its new executive vice president of Media Sales and Marketing, who will take over the job June 28. The company is promoting experienced executive Rita Ferro, who earned her stripes in advertising sales and promotions for the…

Dawn Dish Soap Cleaning Oil-Tainted Birds, Cleaning Up on Free Air Time

Dawn, the dish washing liquid soap, has been showing a commercial for a long while about how its product is gentle enough to clean birds who have been victims of oil spills. Now the company is getting free network exposure because…