Logo

Author Page

Chuck Ross 38,865 Entries
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.

Calista Flockhart Signs for Pilot

“Calista Flockhart will try on a new character role, media mogul, in the ‘Supergirl’ pilot for CBS,” writes USA Today. Adds Deadline.com, “Grant [is] a self-made media magnate and founder of CatCo who started her career as a reporter and has…

In Oscar Recap Talking About Lady Gaga’s Performance, Local Anchor Uses Racial Slur. She Later Tweeted a Shocked Viewer, ‘I apologize if I offended you, I had no idea it was a word or what it meant.’ [Warning-this story contains the slur]

“Cleveland news anchor Kristi Capel was very impressed with Lady Gaga’s ‘Sound of Music’ tribute at the Oscars. Even Julie Andrews herself called it ‘wonderful,’” reports a story on the website of Time magazine. The story continues, “Unfortunately, though, Capel…

Oscar Ratings Update. Report Says Oscarcast ‘Shed 7 Million Viewers’ Compared to Last Year, and Show’s Ratings ‘Dropped 17%’

Says the Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog Monday afternoon, about ABC’s Academy Awards telecast on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, “After metered market ratings brought dips — the year’s show dropped 10 percent, to an average 25 rating among households and…

Oscar Ratings and Viewership Down About 14% From 2014. Plus Show Highlights and the Complete list of Winners

  From our friends at Deadline.com: [P]reliminary fast nationals have the Neil Patrick Harris hosted [Oscarcast] getting a 10.3/27 among adults 18-49. That’s a drop of 14% from the 12.1/29 that th Ellen DeGenerer fronted Oscars pulled in last year…

Wesley Snipes Joins Cast of an Upcoming Pilot

Wesley Snipes has joined the cast of an upcoming pilot for broadcaster NBC. “Wesley Snipes is poised to tackle his first series regular TV role in 25 years, having boarded the NBC thriller pilot ‘Endgame’” reports Matt Webb Mitovich in…

CBS News Veteran Disputes Bill O’Reilly’s Account of Falklands Coverage

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s version of his coverage of the Falklands war in 1982 continues to come under scrutiny. O’Reilly’s account were highlighted in a recent Mother Jones article, which O’Reilly vigorously…

Complete List of Winners of the 87th Annual Academy Awards, as Broadcast on Feb. 22nd, 2015

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Julianne Moore in Still Alice PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR…

Major Cable Network Gets New General Manager

A big announcement by one of the major cable networks: “A+E Networks’ 15-year veteran programmer Robert Sharenow has been appointed as Executive Vice President & General Manager of A&E and Lifetime. Previously, Sharenow had been Executive Vice President & GM…

Printable Oscar Ballot — Plus, See Who We Pick to Win

Today, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, is the live telecast of the 87th Annual Academy Awards on ABC. To find a ballot that you can print out and mark, please click here. If you would like a ballot that you can…

A Top Discovery Communications Executive is Leaving. Over Her 25 Years There Eileen O’Neill Has Run Both TLC and The Discovery Channel

“Longtime Discovery Communications executive Eileen O’Neill will officially leave the programmer on May 1,” reports Multichannel News. “That date will mark the versatile and highly respected O’Neill’s 25th anniversary with the company.  Over the course, she has run both Discovery…