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.

Jimmy Kimmel Opens Up About Jay Leno — and It’s Not Flattering

Jimmy Kimmel has just served up more evidence that he’s not exactly a fan of fellow late-night host Jay Leno. Kimmel “couldn’t stop talking about the fellow funnyman during a recent interview with Playboy, on newsstands Friday,” Fox News reports….

Why ‘Today’ Co-Hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb Are Reportedly at Odds

Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, the co-hosts of the fourth hour of "Today," are at odds over which direction to take the show — literally, reports TMZ.com. Gifford wants to move the show to Hollywood, as we reported earlier…

Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ Is Like a Twisting, Turning, Head-Spinning Roller Coaster Ride, and Just as Exhilarating. This Long Presidents’ Day Weekend Is a Good Time to Binge-Watch Season One

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross thinks Netflix’s new series "House of Cards," starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and directed by David Fincher (among others), is terrific! Please click here to read Ross’ fun, insightful essay about the show…

TVWeek’s Presidents’ Day Holiday Schedule

The folks here at TVWeek are off this coming Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, which is Presidents’ Day. Today we’ll be publishing our full complement of items and e-newsletters, but will not on Monday. We will be back in the saddle with…

Nike Yanks ‘Bullet in the Chamber’ Ad After Olympian Is Charged With Murder

Nike has yanked an ad featuring Olympic runner and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius, with the ad’s copy reading, "I am the bullet in the chamber," reports Advertising Age. The ad was pulled from Pistorius’ website Thursday, the piece notes. The…

Moonves: Don’t Look for CBS to Tinker Much With Its Programming

CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves told analysts Thursday that the network is in good shape for the fall and “we aren’t going to need very much” in the way of new programming, reports Deadline.com. Nevertheless, he said CBS "ordered a…

The Only Person to Attend Every Golden Globes Ceremony Dies at 93

A member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who was the only person to attend all 70 of the Golden Globes ceremonies has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Maureen Dragone, 93, died Feb. 8, the piece reports. Dragone was…

ABC Renews Deal for Miss America — Pageant Set to Return to Its Roots

ABC has signed a three-year renewal for the Miss America pageant, which will return to its native Atlantic City, N.J., in September after six years in Las Vegas, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. Miss America’s relationship with Atlantic…

We Now Present the S-L-O-O-O-W-E-S-T Non-TV Story of the Day. Wait, Wait, It’s Still S-L-O-O-O-O-W-L-Y Coming. We’ve Hit the Bottle Again. This Deal Is Too Thick to Come Out. Zeesch, It’s Finally Here. Warren Buffett Has Bought Heinz

We like our headline, but the one in The Wall Street Journal wasn’t bad either: “Investors Relishing Buffett’s bid for Heinz.” [WSJ articles are behind a firewall and you may be asked to pay to read them,] The WSJ piece…

Nike, Oakley React to Oscar Pistorius Murder Charge — Nike’s ‘Bullet in the Chamber’ Ad Yanked From Pistorius’ Website

By Michael McCarthyAdvertising Age Nike’s ad for Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius seemed like typical Swoosh bravado in 2011. "I am the bullet in the chamber," read the copy next to photos of the South African double-amputee firing off the starting…