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.

How the Media Blew It in Reporting Toyota’s Sales Numbers for February and the Great Brand Story Here, Thanks to Social Psychology

The media really missed the boat reporting yesterday and today (March 2 and 3) on the sales of cars in the U.S. in February. The headline for almost all of the reports was that the sales of cars made by…

Exclusive Must Read: Rino Scanzoni, GroupM’s Chief Investment Officer, On the Future of TV, the Future of TV Advertising, and Why Advertisers and Media Companies Really Formed Their Media Measurement Coalition–and What It Means For Nielsen

TVWeek talks to a lot of top executives in the course of a year, but we must say, this interview with Rino Scanzoni, GroupM’s Chief Investment Officer, is one of the best. It’s got nothing to do with us, and…

Special Report: TVWeek’s Media Buyer of the Year

It’s the 10th Annual TVWeek Media Buyer of the Year. As always, the announcement of this prestigious honor is timed to coincide with the annual 4A’s Media Conference, which this year is a combined Media and Management confab in San…

Andrew Koenig’s Parents Explain Why They Walked Away From a Planned Appearance on ‘Larry King Live’

Walter Koenig has told TMZ why he and his wife decided to walk away from an appearance on "Larry King Live" on Wednesday night, Feb. 24th. Koenig, who played Chekov on the original "Star Trek" series, was scheduled to appear…

Joan Rivers Returns: More of the Meshuggenah Who Have the Whole Megillah

Joan Rivers will return for a second season as host of her own reality show, TV Land has announced. "How’d You Get So Rich" has it’s second season premiere on Wednesday, May 5th. Said Rivers in a statement: "I’m thrilled…

Conan Has Gone Nuts

Conan O’Brien announced to the world yesterday that “Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me.” The significance of this is the method O’Brien used to make this pronouncement: he tweeted it….

Hollywood Parlor Game: Who Pays if Sheen is Unable to Make ‘Two and a Half Men’ for an Extended Time?

A guessing game has begun in Hollywood over who might be financially liable if Charlie Sheen has to take an extended absence from “Two and a Half Men,” reports The Hollywood Reporter. Sheen this week checked himself into rehab. He…

The Onion’s Take on Tiger Woods’ Recent TV Announcement; Some Will Find it Funny and Some Will Find It Over-the-Top Offensive

According to the Onion, the news parody and satire specialists, this was what Tiger Woods had to say recently when he made his first public TV announcement since scandal first rocked his world on Thanksgiving day: "In an announcement highly…

3D Capable TV Sets Arrive at Sears in March; Guess the Price of the 46-inch Model

[UPDATE: This item originally said that the Samsung sets on sale at Sears next month would be the first 3D sets available in the U.S. This information is from the article to which this item links. As our first two…

Is ‘Ellen’ Benefiting from ‘Idol’?

Most of the major syndicated programs did well ratings-wise in the week ended Feb. 14 but one did exceptionally well, and that was “Ellen DeGeneres,” reports B&C. Perhaps not coincidentally, that was the host’s first week as an “American Idol”…