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.

One of the Stars Who Helped Popularize TV in Its Early Days Dies at 91

A television pioneer who was one of the medium’s first stars and is widely thought of as one of the kings of comedy has died. People magazine reports that Sid Caesar, whose "Your Show of Shows" helped establish TV as…

Prime Time Sinks on Other Broadcast Nets as NBC’s Olympics Coverage Builds Momentum

NBC’s prime-time coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, blew away the network’s broadcast competition Tuesday night and posted gains on the previous Winter Games, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that most of…

Philip Seymour Hoffman Reportedly ‘Trapped in Love Triangle’ Before he Died

The late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was "trapped in a love triangle" before he died, reports The New York Post in what the newspaper claims is an exclusive story for its famous Page Six. "The Oscar winner was ‘caught in…

Key USA Series in Limbo as Talks Stall

The fate of a "signature" USA Network series is hanging in the balance with talks at an impasse between the cable channel and the show’s producer, Fox TV Studios. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that renewal talks for “White…

Study Finds Hollywood ‘Woefully Out of Touch With an Emerging America’

A new study on diversity in film and television finds that Hollywood’s idea of diversity doesn’t match reality. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the study from UCLA finds minorities and women remain far underrepresented. "Hollywood still isn’t…

Eye Infection Sidelines NBC Sports Fixture at Olympics

A worsening eye infection has forced one of the regulars on the NBC Sports team to sit out coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Associated Press reports that Bob Costas missed NBC’s prime-time coverage of the Games…

Tom Brokaw Diagnosed with Cancer

Longtime NBC newsman Tom Brokaw, 74, has been diagnosed with the cancer multiple myeloma, reports the Associated Press. According to the website WebMD: "Multiple myeloma is a blood disorder related to lymphoma and leukemia, because it usually arises in the…