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.

WGA Committee Says Writers Guild Owes Jay Leno an Apology

The WGA West trial committee that cleared Jay Leno of violating strike rules by writing monologue material during last year’s WGA strike said the Guild owes the former “Tonight Show” host an apology, Variety reports. The committee report, obtained by…

Cable Loses 1.4 Million Subs in Last 18 Months, But Increases Its Free Cash Flow Significantly

Cash flow has always been an important metric used by Wall St. to judget eh health of cable operators. As cable has lost 1.4 million subs in the past 18 months, a new metric, free cash flow, has started to gain…

ESPN Should Bid for the Super Bowl Says Chris Berman, ESPN’s Best-Known Personality. In the Past Congress Would Have Prevented This From Happening—Would it Today?

Chris Berman, the best-known personality on ESPN, says its time that the all-sports network bid for the Super Bowl, according to USA Today. One reason this hasn’t happened before is the fear that Congress might try and prevent the biggest…

Nielsen: Ad Spending on Cable TV up in First Half of Year; All Other Forms of Advertising—Including Internet, Print and Broadcast, Syndication & Local TV—Were Down

Of all media used by advertisers to get their messages to consumers, only spending on cable TV was up in the first half of 2009 compared to 2008, according to the Nielsen Company. Cable TV was up 1.6%, Nielsen said….

Test of ‘Divorce Court’ Syndie Spinoff, ‘Wedlock or Deadlock,’ Gets an Additional Six Weeks

The test of the new “Divorce Court” spinoff, “Wedlock or Deadlock,” is being extended by six weeks, B&C reports. The first-run show from Twentieth Television and Fox Television Stations has been running on seven Fox stations without improving its time periods….

Photo Mashup Commentary on the Disney-Marvel Deal

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What Really Happened Between MTV Personality Tila Tequila and Pro Football Star Shawne Merriman? He Was Arrested For Assaulting Her, A Charge He Denies

A report in USA Today’s The Huddle website says "Tila Tequila’s disappearing tweets suggest second side to Merriman incident." Earlier, the Associated Press had reported that Merriman, a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, "was arrested and accused of choking…

Court Orders EchoStar to Pay $200 Million to TiVo For Contempt

EchoStar was ordered by the U.S. District Court in Texas to pay nearly $200 million to TiVo for contempt of a court order in the two firms’ long-running patent battle over DVR technology, says The Hollywood Reporter. Echostar was originally…

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is this item’s not really about TV but it’s about my story that Hollywood’s been trying to make for years and it’s sorta interesting and all that kind of crap…

Is J.D. Salinger about to lose a case trying to protect his most famous creation? For years Salinger has prevented anyone from what he feels is exploiting in any way his "Catcher in the Rye." He has consistently rebuffed Hollywood–including Steven Spielberg–where many…