Chuck Ross

Author Page

38,865 Entries

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.

NBC Taking Heat Over Olympics Decision

NBC is under fire for a decision involving its Olympics coverage. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network is being criticized for cutting out an anti-discrimination comment from IOC President Thomas Bach during the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony. The omission…

Clint Eastwood Pulls Off a Heroic Deed

Actor Clint Eastwood has turned into a bit of an action hero in real life. People magazine reports that the veteran actor and director came to the rescue of a man who was choking, performing the Heimlich maneuver and saving…

Veteran Hollywood Lawyer — Whose First Client Was the Late Actor Steve McQueen and Who Currently Has Oprah Winfrey as a Client — Picked by L.A. Mayor to Stem Runaway Production. He’s Well Known in Both the TV and Movie Communities

Los Angeles has a new film czar, after Tom Sherak died last last month following a battle with cancer. The Los Angeles Times reports that L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti named entertainment attorney Ken Ziffren as the city’s new film czar,…

Sex! Thrilling Ecstasy! Stabbing! More Sex! Hollywood! Scandal! It’s One of the Most Salacious Pieces We’ve Ever Written, All in an Attempt to Convince You to Set Your DVR to Record a Movie with a Dull Title That’s One of the Best We’ve Ever Seen

Well, if our headline hasn’t grabbed you, we don’t know what. It all refers to a wonderful essay by TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, which you can find if you click on this sentence.

Amy Poehler’s New NBC Project Casts Oscar-Emmy-Tony-Grammy Winner

One of the few performers to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy will be a co-star of Amy Poehler’s new NBC project. Deadline.com reports that Poehler’s pilot “Old Soul” cast Rita Moreno to co-star opposite Natasha…

WWE Playing Hardball With NBCU

NBCUniversal and World Wrestling Entertainment have been in tough talks as they grapple with trying to reach terms on a contract renewal. The New York Post reports that WWE gave NBCU until Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day — to respond…

MTV Orders Female-Focused Horror Film

MTV has greenlighted a female-focused horror movie. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel ordered the project, “The Dorm,” which will star Alexis Knapp of “Pitch Perfect” as she’s made over into a beauty by her dorm mates. Cassie Steele of…

HLN Sets Its Sights on the Social Media Generation

Albie Hecht, the executive tapped to lead HLN, said he wants to reposition the cable news network to focus on social media and to draw in young viewers who don’t currently watch news on television. “Younger consumers have a very…

Star of ‘Nikita’ to Play Powerful Chinese Pirate

“Nikita” star Maggie Q will play another powerful woman — a female pirate — in an upcoming TV project. Deadline.com reports that the actress will play Ching Shih, who headed one of China’s most powerful crime syndicates, in the limited…

Tribune to Spin Off Newspapers by Midyear

Tribune is expected to spin off its newspapers by midyear, allowing the company to focus on its broadcast television business, reports Bloomberg. Chief Executive Officer Peter Liguori is considering the second quarter or early third quarter for the spinoff, giving…