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.

Younger Viewers Turning to Web for Television Viewing

Almost one-quarter of young adults are watching more television content online,Multichannel News reports, citing a study from electronics shopping and review company Retrevo. The study of 1,000 people found that 23% of those under 25 watch most of their TV…

Is Mr. or Ms. Politician Telling the Truth on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows? Now One of Those Shows Is Making a Big Effort to Actually Check Out If What We’re Being Told is True or Not

Ever wonder if politicians spouting forth on Sunday morning news programs are telling the truth? Now you’ll have a way of knowing, the New York Times reports. ABC’s "This Week" is adding a fact-checking service from the Web site PolitiFact.com,…

NBC Affiliates Withholding Comcast Deal Approval Without Signed Assurances

NBC affiliates are withholding their approval of the Comcast-NBCU deal until they receive signed assurances from both companies, NBC Affiliate Board Chairman Mike Fiorile tells TVNewsCheck. The main concern from the affiliates is that NBC will eventually skip over the stations…

Video: Conan Performing His Fractured Version of ‘I Will Survive’ From the First Night of His Live Tour In Eugene, Oregon

The Buck Stops Here: ICM TV Agent Tom Burke Named as Warner Bros. TV Casting Chief

ICM TV talent agent Tom Burke has been tapped as the head of casting for Warner Bros. Television, replacing Mary Buck, who is retiring in May after eight years at the studio, Nellie Andreeva reports at Deadline.com. Burke will be…

Patton Oswalt and Matthew Broderick Going to the Beach for NBC

Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt has been cast in a co-starring role in an NBC comedy pilot opposite Matthew Broderick, the Hollywood Reporter says. In the pilot, titled "Beach Lane,"Oswalt will play a wealthy slacker named James who’s been handed the…

Ben Silverman, America Ferrera and P&G Partner for Interactive Cable Series

America Ferrera, the star of "Ugly Betty," is partnering with former NBC entertainment executive Ben Silverman and Procter and Gamble to create a multicultural, interactive telenovela that will be a modern-day "Romeo & Juliet," according to the Associated Press. The show,…

Eubanks Sets Date For ‘Tonight Show” Departure

Kevin Eubanks has set a date for his previously announced departure from "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" the Hollywood Reporter says. His last night as the show’s musical director will be on Friday, May 28th. "After 18 years, I just…