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.

YouTube Accuses Viacom of Secretly Putting Videos Up While Publicly Complaining About Them

More accusations in the war between Google’s YouTube and Viacom. YouTube is saying that Viacom was secretly uploading videos to its site at the same time Viacom was complaining that the videos were appearing on the site, says a BBC…

Did This Commercial Step Over the Line?

Brian Steinberg Advertising Age The day when commercials are indistinguishable from the programs they support finally arrived — just before 10 p.m. Eastern last Thursday night [March 11]. That’s when an ad for Dr Pepper ran after NBC’s insider-y sitcom…

The FCC Wants to Hear From YOU About the Proposed Comcast-NBCU Deal

The Federal Communications Commission has called for public opinion on the propposed Comcast-NBC Universal deal, B&C reports. Says the report, "That public, which will include plenty of industry and activist group reps, have until May 3 to weigh in with…

Discovery Teams with Yahoo for Major Promotion

Discovery Communications is teaming with Yahoo! in major promotion, reports Multichannel News. The promotion starts on Saturday, March 20th, and it is to push Discovery’s big spring programming effort, the 11-part series "Life." According to the article, "In a first,…

Consumer Electronics History Will Be Made At Next Week’s Hockey Match Between the New York Rangers and New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden

It will be a red letter day in the history of consumer electronics this coming Wednesday night, March 24th, when New York’s two professional hockey teams, the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders skate against one another at…

Video: The Hit Song (With Action Clips) of Disney’s The Ballad of Davy Crockett

Cast of ‘Glee’ to Visit Oprah

Looks like the cast of ‘Glee’ is going to be on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" next month, according to Michael Ausiello at EW.com. Ausiello writes, "According to an Oprah insider, the talk show titan’s April 7 show will be devoted…

Best Line in a Sitcom This Year

"South Park’s" season debut, about sex addiction, blasting Tiger Woods, David Letterman and Bill Clinton, lives up to its billing: funny and outrageous. You might want to check out this video clip from the show that we put up as part of…

Video: Obama Frustrated by Constant Interruptions by Fox News’ Bret Baier During Interview

Leno’s Likability Dropped in Wake of Return to Latenight

The number of people who view NBC’s Jay Leno unfavorably skyrocketed this winter, in the wake of the network’s announcement that he was returning to latenight, according to a Marketing Evaluations Inc. survey,DailyFinance reports. Marketing Evaluations is better known as…