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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.

Oscars Meltdown Brings Apology, Puts Esteemed Firm’s Reputation at Risk

It was the kind of mistake that, once you hear how it happened, you almost can’t help wondering how it doesn’t happen all the time. With two reps for the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers being put in charge of two complete sets…

Viewer Turnout for Oscars Was Down From Last Year — Here Are the Numbers

Even with a big finish to this year’s ceremony — albeit not exactly what the producers had in mind — Sunday’s Oscars broadcast saw a dip in viewers from last year’s event. ABC reported that an average of 32.9 million…

Comcast, Which Previously Integrated Netflix Into Its Set-Top Boxes, Is Doing the Same for the World’s Largest Video Service

The country’s largest pay TV company and the world’s largest video service will soon be joining forces, as Recode reports that Comcast plans to integrate YouTube into its X1 set-top boxes. “It’s the second big move Comcast has made to…

Another Oscar Gaffe: ‘Dead’ Woman Shown in Ceremony’s ‘In Memoriam’ Segment Is Still Alive

A woman whose photo was featured in the “In Memoriam” segment during Sunday’s Oscars is still very much alive, in what turned out to be only the second-biggest screwup at this year’s ceremony. Variety reports that Jan Chapman said she…

Steve Harvey — Who Had His Own High-Profile Gala Disaster — Celebrates Oscars Fiasco With a Few Choice Wisecracks

If anybody can identify with the embarrassment felt by Oscar presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway after they announced the wrong Best Picture winner Sunday night, it’s Steve Harvey. Harvey had his own awards ceremony disaster not that long ago….

Nicole Kidman Roasted on Social Media For Clapping Like the Grinch

On a night of serious screwups at the Oscars, actress Nicole Kidman emerged as one of the most talked-about — and widely mocked — memes from Hollywood’s biggest night. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that the actress — a…

Reality Host Suffers Heart Attack

The host of a reality TV show was unconscious for two days following a serious heart attack. TMZ.com reports that Bob Harper, a fitness guru who hosts NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” collapsed while working out at a gym in New…

Fox News Exec, One of the Channel’s First Employees, Steps Down

Fox News announced today that a veteran executive who was one of the channel’s first employees is stepping down. Paul Rittenberg, the network’s executive vice president of Advertising Sales, will exit his position effective April 28. “Mr. Rittenberg has led…

George W. Bush Comes to Defense of the Media

Former President George W. Bush came to the defense of the media today, calling it “indispensable” in an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC’s “Today.” Asked by Lauer to talk about his experience with the media, Bush said: “I consider…

Amazon Adopts Drama Series

The latest addition to the Amazon lineup of original drama series, set to be released later this year in the U.S., is “Fortitude,” an Arctic thriller that has already been around for a season but is now becoming an Amazon…