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.

Is This the Best Super Bowl Ad We’ll See?

Ad Age’s Ken Wheaton goes so far as to say that this print ad is the best Super Bowl ad ever. Do you agree? (The company that makes this product, McIlhenny Company, is based in Louisiana.)

OMG: Fox Reportedly Wants Howard Stern as ‘Idol’ Judge When Simon Leaves

Producers of the most popular series on TV, Fox’s "American Idol," have been interested in having controversial shock-jock Howard Stern replace the ascerbic Simon Cowell, according to the New York Post’s Page Six. Cowell leaves the show after this season. He is reportedly making $40…

Video: Fireworks or No Fire When Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly Confront One Another? We Report, You Decide

Two of the smartest political TV commentators went mano a mano this week, when Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart appeared on Fox News’ Bill ‘OReilly’s "The O’Reilly Factor." The interview was shown over two days. The video below is from last…

Part Two of Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly on ‘The O’Reilly Factor,’ February 3, 2010

Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com To see the first part of this interview, click here. O’Reilly continued talking to Stewart on his show the next day, Feb. 4th. To see that interview, click here

Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ February 3, 2009, Part 1

Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com This part one interview of Feb. 3 continues if you click here.

Hot off a Video Bay at Fox: First Look at ‘Idol’ Promo With Ellen in It

Report: Tiger Woods Might Return to Golf in a Few Weeks; If So It Could Be Windfall for NBC, Golf Channel

An Australian newspaper, the Herald Sun, is reporting that Tiger Woods’ return to golf may be as soon as later this month to play in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Ariz. The paper only quotes as its sources of this…

This Ain’t a News Story. Sorry, We Already Miss Conan and All Those Latenight Jokes

This is NOT a news story. And we apologize for this in advance, but we already miss Conan and all those latenight jokes. So here it is. Our own TVWeek short monologue: (After waiting for your applause to die down):…

Duggar Brothers (of TLC Show Fame) Help Save Life of 6-Year-Old in Auto Accident

Two of the Duggar brothers–featured in the popular TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting"–helped saved the life of a six-year-old girl involved in a three-car auto accident, People.com is reporting. Josh Duggar, 19, and his brother, John, 20, are…

In the Last Decade Steve Jobs and Apple Have Produced Some of the Most Popular Consumer Products on the Planet: Here’s Jobs’ Latest Assessment of Apple TV

There’s no question that some of the most popular consumer electronic products in the last decade have been introduced by Apple. Three years ago Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the Apple TV set-top box. Ars Technica reports Jobs’ latest thoughts…