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Chuck Ross

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.

The BBC Will Be Able to Bring Internet Services to TVs in the U.K.; It’s a Controversial Move in England

The British Broadcasting Corp. has been given the go-ahead to join a consortium that will bring the Internet to TV sets in the United Kingdom, the Financial Times reports. According to the report, "The venture – known as Project Canvas…

Funny Moment: Brittany Murphy on Letterman in September, 2008

Brittany jokes about her ex-boyfriend, Ashton Kutcher, hooking up with Demi Moore

We Wuz Robbed! Russell Hantz Was Not the Only One Blown Away that He Didn’t Win ‘Survivor:Samoa,’ and This Viewer Thinks The Producers are Playing with Fire

We wuz robbed, plain and simple. If you’re not a fan of ‘Survivor,’ here’s what it’s like that Russell Hantz didn’t win the $1million on the latest edition of the show, which concluded Sunday night, Dec. 20th: It would be…

Oprah’s People Confirm They’ve Reached Out to Tiger Woods to Be on Her Show as the Internet Explodes with Seemingly Non-stop Rumors of a Tiger-Elin Divorce

Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions has confirmed that it is trying to get Tiger Woods to appear on Winfrey’s talk show, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the article, " ‘We have reached out to Tiger Woods’ representatives, but nothing is…

Tiger Woods and Sex and Advertising

“Sex Sells” is a premise that has been a used by advertisers almost as long as there’s been advertising. According to the book “Advertising in America,” the rules that govern the use of sex in advertising were pretty much established…

Official Release by the Screen Actors Guild for the SAG Award Nominations

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 16th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake – "CRAZY HEART" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) GEORGE CLOONEY / Ryan Bingham –…

Tiger Woods and Sex and Advertising

In a controversial, thought-provoking entry, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross tackles Tiger Woods and Sex and Advertising. Click here to read. –Tom Gilbert 

Video: Fun Tribute to Tim Conway, Who Turned 76 This Week

Our friends at fark.com reminded us of this video, a funny outtake from the ‘Carol Burnett Show," with a great payoff at the end. It features the wonderful Tim Conway in a sketch with Burnett,  Harvey Corman and Vicki Lawrence…

Salute to Tim Conway on His 76th Birthday–Funny Outtake from the old ‘Carol Burnett Show’

House of Representatives Votes to Control Volume of TV Commercials

Measure is Approved by an, Ahem, Voice Vote The United States House of Representatives voted today to approve a measure that would control the volume level of commercials, the Associated Press reports. According to the article, the bill, "is aimed…