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.

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Report: Jerry Springer Hosting New Show

Looks like Jerry Springer might be hosting a new show in addition to continuing on his long-running talk show GSN’s new dating show, "Baggage," has tapped Jerry Springer to be the host, reports Buzzerblog.com. "Baggage" has already been greenlighted for…

Attn. Advertisers: Fox News Says Forget CNN—Its Real Competition is USA and TNT

By Andrew HamppAdvertising Age For years, Fox News’ pitch to advertisers and the press was that it was bigger and better than any other cable- news network. Now that it’s crushed that competition in ratings (if not in CPMs), the…

Longtime LA Weatherman Johnny Mountain Calling It Quits; More Layoffs at KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles

Weatherman Johnny Mountain, a fixture on Los Angeles TV for the past 30 years, is retiring, KCBS has announced. In addition, between 12 and 20 staffers were let go last Friday, March 19, at KCBS and its sister LA statiom,…

Curmudgeon Alert: Report Says NBC Execs Won’t Allow Conan to Appear on ‘Idol Gives Back,’ Which Raises Money For Good Causes

As Conan O’Brien negotiates whether or not to go to Fox latenight in September, word is that separately he’s been invited to appear on ‘Idol Gives Back,’ the April 21 special charity episode of "American Idol" that raises money for…

Here’s What Jeff Sagansky, Former Chief of CBS Entertainment, Is Doing Now

Jeff Sagansky, who used to run CBS Entertainment, is back in the TV business, but in a different capacity. Three years ago he launched Winchester Capital Management with Jean-Luc De Fanti, and heretofore the company primarily financed movies. But now Winchester has…

Fox News Coverage Of Sunday’s Health Care Vote Attacked by National Magazine Award-winning Writer

James Fallows, the award-winning National Correspondent for "The Atlantic," has blasted the Fox New Channel’s coverage on Sunday, March 21, of the vote on Health Care. In his blog at "The Atlantic," Fallows wrote, You can agree or disagree about this legislation….