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.

Winners and Losers of TV’s Premiere Week

"’NCIS.’ Try to find someone who had forecast that this CBS drama, in its seventh season, would debut with its biggest audience ever — 21 million viewers — and wind up the most watched show of Premiere Week. Can’t be…

Panasonic Introduces a 50-inch 3-D TV and Unleashes its Secret Weapon to Get 3D TV Widely Adopted: Hollywood

Today’s Must Read: As Panasonic introduces a new 50-inch TV that’s capable of 3D, this article from Business Week explains why the Japanese giant thinks 3D on TV will be a real business and not just a fad. That’s because…

Here’s One Future of 360-Degree Media: Sony Will Premiere New Game in Theaters, and Invite the Public to Play

Next month, in selected theaters in California, Illinois and Washington state, Sony will debut a new video game, "UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves" on movie screens that have Sony’s digital projection technology, Reuters reports. According to the report, the theaters "will…

Shhh….’South Park’ Movie Extras Being Given Sneak Peek on Web in Advance of Blu-ray Release

It’s been ten years (!) since Matt Stone and Trey Parker gave us the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.” The movie is headed for Blu-ray release next month with a never-before-released commentary on the film by Stone and…

Video: On-air Promo for ‘Modern Family’

Dr. Oz: Best Syndie Ratings Debut in Three Years; Oprah Returns Strong

"Dr. Oz," the new first-run sydicated show from Sony, with a 2.3 national rating, was the best syndie debut since "Rachael Ray" three years ago, B&C reports. Oprah, with a huge first week line-up, had her best ratings in 18…

One Media Wag: TLC Almost Got It Right–if They Really Want to Bring Viewers Back to ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8,’ They’d Drop the 8

Commenting on this week’s announcement that "Jon & Kate Plues 8" will become "Kate Plus 8," MSNBC Media wag Courtney Hazlett, says the real way to fix "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is to drop the kids. Writing on MSNBC.com,…

Dan Rather’s $70 Million Suit Against CBS Dismissed

Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against CBS was dismissed by the New York State appeals court today, reports the New York Post. Rather’s suit against CBS revolved around a 2004 story about President Bush’s National Guard service. According to the report, the court…

Video: Lorne Michaels Worried About FCC Reaction to Live F-Bomb on This Past Saturday’s ‘SNL’

Jenny Slate, in her debut on “Saturday Night Live,” dropped an F-bomb. The show’s longtime executive producer, Lorne Michaels, feels terrible for her, but what worries him is the reaction of the Federal Communications Commission, Michaels told Tom Shales of…

Another Former Reality Show Contestant in Trouble for Alleged Murder

A contestant on Fox’s "The Sexiest Bachelor in America" in 2000 was charged with allegedly murdering his girlfriend, a former adult-movie actress, reports the Associated Press. Brian Lee Randone, now a self-proclaimed preacher, was arrested Sept. 11 and charged last…