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.

Maybe It’s Time for a New Version of the Oscar-Winning Classic ‘Gentleman’s Agreement,’ This Time Focusing on the Discrimination Faced by the LGBT Community

That’s the point TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross talks about in his latest insightful and thought-provoking blog entry, which we invite you to read if you click here.

The New York Times’ Public Editor Jumps Into the Firestorm Raised by the Times’ TV Critic Calling Shonda Rhimes ‘an Angry Black Woman.’ The Piece, Says the Public Editor, ‘was — at best — astonishingly tone-deaf and out of touch.’

The New York Times Public Editor, Margaret Sullivan, has responded to a review written by The Times’ TV critic, Alessandra Stanley, in which Stanley calls Shonda Rhimes “an Angry Black Woman.” At the conclusion of her initial blog entry about…

Maybe It’s Time for a New Version of the Academy Award-Winning Best Picture ‘Gentleman’s Agreement,’ This Time Focusing on the Discrimination Faced by the LGBT Community

In the history of movies, only 86 films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. One of them was “Gentleman’s Agreement,” released in 1947. It was based on a best-selling novel by Laura Z. Hobson and it was one…

Whoa! Game Changer: Scheduling Guru Preston Beckman — Who Has Done Terrific Work For NBC and Fox in Years Past — Says ‘The eventual demise of a fall season is going to happen’

Just as the ascendancy of cable programming was inevitable, so is the eventual demise of the traditional fall season, loaded with its premieres of new shows and new seasons, particularly from the broadcast networks. That seems to be the conclusion…

BET Star to Contact FBI About the Latest Nude Celebrity Photo Breach Over the Weekend

The star of a BET series will be “contacting the FBI” after some topless photos of her were leaked onto the Internet, reports TMZ. The story reports that Gabrielle Union, the star of BET’s “Being Mary Jane,” and her husband,…

Golden Globe Winner — and Hollywood Heartthrob — Confirms Starring Role in Season Two of HBO’s Acclaimed ‘True Detective’

A popular Golden Globe-winning actor says he will star in season two of HBO’s critically acclaimed limited series “True Detective.” “Hollywood heartthrob Colin Farrell has revealed that he has landed a leading role in the second [season] of ‘True Detective,’”…

Emma Watson’s Must-See U.N. Argument for Equality for Girls and Women. It’s Our Non-TV Story of the Day

Emmy-Winning Actress and Singer — Best Known to Baby-Boomers for Her Long Run as a Panelist on ‘To Tell the Truth’ — Polly Bergen Dies at 84

Polly Bergen, who won an Emmy for “Playhouse 90” and who was Tony-nominated for the 2001 Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim/James Goldman musical “Follies,” has died at age 84. Bergen played in many theatrical movies and TV shows, and…

Shonda Rhimes Takes to Twitter to Fire Back at New York Times Critic Who Called Her ‘an Angry Black Woman’

Shonda Rhimes has taken “umbrage with a New York Times article written about her by TV critic Alessandra Stanley,” reports the New York Daily News. According to the News, “The piece, which was published Thursday [Sept. 18, 2014], begins with…

Wow. One of the Classiest Tribute Ads We’ve Seen, Saluting One of the Classiest Athletes Ever

Kudos to Gatorade for producing one of the best tribute spots we’ve seen. It’s a salute to Derek Jeter of the Yankees. Even if you’re not a Yankees fan we’d be surprised if you don’t like this tribute to a…