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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.

Former ‘American Idol’ Showrunner Nigel Lythgoe to Produce Music Competition Reality Pilot for CBS

"CBS is entering the music competition reality series space with ‘In the Spotlight,’ executive produced by Nigel Lythgoe, the original executive producer of the first big US hit in the genre, Fox’s ‘American Idol,’" reports our friend Nellie Andreeva at…

Actress Who Has Been Nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award Comes Out as Gay, Says She Is ‘Tired of Hiding’

An acclaimed actress who has been nominated in the past for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award has said she is a lesbian. "In a speech at the Time…

NBC’s Olympics Coverage Beats Up on Its Prime-Time Competition

NBC’s eighth night of coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, continued to trail the ratings for the Winter Games four years ago, but the numbers were the class of the field against the network’s prime-time broadcast competition. Citing…

Bob Costas Talks About His Eye Infection — and Whether He Will Be Back On-Air Before the Sochi Games Wind Down

NBC’s Bob Costas opened up about the eye infection that has sidelined him from coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, saying he expects to be back on the air before the Games draw to a close, TVGuide reports….

Star of NBC Series to Host Annual White House Dinner

The sometimes unenviable task of hosting the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner will be tackled this year by Joel McHale, one of the stars of the NBC comedy "Community," the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports. "It’s still unknown if…

‘How I Met Your Mother’ Director Lines Up Four Pilots — Including ‘How I Met Your Dad’

The director of the series finale of CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother” is slated to direct and executive produce four pilots. Deadline.com reports that the busy schedule for Pamela Fryman will include the spinoff “How I Met Your Dad."…

Mainstay of Hit CBS Sitcom Will Host Return of ‘SNL’

One of the stars of a huge hit sitcom that airs on another network will host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” when it returns March 1. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Jim Parsons of the CBS hit “The Big…

NBC’s ‘Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ Lands a Big Corporate Partner

When Jimmy Fallon takes over NBC’s late-night flagship "The Tonight Show" next week, the show will have a big corporate partner in place. NBCUniversal and GE today announced a wide-ranging integrated partnership focused on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."…

Series to Debut Across 10 Networks Simultaneously

An upcoming series is set to debut across 10 networks simultaneously. TheWrap.com reports that the 13-episode documentary series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” will bow on 21st Century Fox-owned channels Sunday, March 9, at 9 p.m. “In the U.S., the series…

TVWeek’s Presidents’ Day Holiday Schedule

The folks here at TVWeek are off this coming Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, for Presidents’ Day and will not publish our e-newsletters that day. As always, we will continue to let you know about breaking news through our TVWeek EXTRA…