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.

thePlatform Wants to Become the TV Everywhere Solution for TV Programmers

thePlatform wants to become the de facto backend management video system for the Web sites of TV programmers, the company has announced. Asking the question "How do content owners thrive in a TV Everywhere world?" thePlatform thinks it has the…

MTV Reality Star Tila Tequila Sues San Diego Charger for Assault, Battery and False Imprisonment

Tila Tequila has filed suit against her ex-boyfriend for for assault, battery, false imprisonment and emotional distress, TMZ.com is reporting. The ex-boyfriend she’s sued is San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman. The district attorney for San Diego Counrty declined to…

Lou Dobbs’ Accusation Against CNN and How Much the Network Paid Him When He Left

Lou Dobbs appeared on Bill O’Reilly’s popular show on the Fox News Network on Monday, and told why he thought he fell out of favor at CNN, where he quit last week. According to the New York Post, O’Reilly was…

Guess How Much Money Farah Fawcett Left Pals Ryan O’Neal and Alana Stewart

RadarOnline.com has obtained a copy of the late Farah Fawcett’s will. The will says that $4.5 million will be left to her son Redmond Fawcett O’Neal, the only child the former Charlie’s Angel had. Redmond’s father, Fawcett’s longtime pal and…

Palin on Couric (Disparagingly): ‘There’s the perky one, with the mircrophone, with the questions.’ Like a bullet Oprah shot back, ‘You’re pretty perky, too.’ After Much Anticipation, It Aired Today: Oprah’s Interview with Sarah Palin

Besides that exchange about Palin’s now infamous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric during the 2008 campaign, Palin also told Oprah that a run for the White House is not currently on Palin’s radar screen, Reuters reports. But Palin clearly left the…

Heidi and Spencer Want Their Own Show

If Heidi and Spencer Pratt have their way, the reality TV couple will spread out from MTV’s "The Hills" into their own series, reports the Associated Press. The Pratts are hoping to create an unscripted show that would focus on…

ESPN Football Analyst Extends Deal

The color commentator on ESPN’s "Monday Night Football," has recommitted to the network, squelching any questions that he might return to coaching, reports B&C. The commentator, Jon Gruden, who took the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory in the Super Bowl in…

USA Network Gets Raw Deal (Again)

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has wrapped up a renewal deal with USA Network that will keep WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW on the network schedule through 2014. The program has been with USA for 16 years and both sides were happy…

Sunday Night Was a Good One, Ratings-wise

Even with NBC presenting a much anticipated football game that lived up to its nailbiting billing, Fox, ABC and CBS also had strong showings in the ratngs, according to The Hollywood Reporter’sLive Feed. NBC, with the Sunday night pro-football matchup of the…

Univision in Major Deal With Online Service

Univision Communications, which includes Univision, TeleFutura and the Galavision cable network, has made a major deal to bring full-length programming to the Internet’s biggest video site, Reuters reports. The deal, with YouTube.com, is a revenue sharing arrangement, with the majority…