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.

Golden Globes Deliver Best Ratings in Six Years

NBC’s Sunday night broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, delivered the ceremony’s best ratings in six years, EW.com reports. The telecast averaged a 6.4 rating in the key 18-49 demo and 19.7 million…

CBS Announces Premiere Dates for Summer

Press release from CBS, Jan. 12, 2013: Highlights: New Reality Competition Series Based on the Hit UK Format "The Great British Bake Off," Premieres Wednesday, May 29, 8:00-9:00 PM "Under the Dome," a New Drama Based on Stephen King’s Best-Selling…

Week One of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ at 11:35 p.m.: Show’s Best Numbers Ever, and a Tie With Leno in Key Demo

ABC is touting the first week of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” at 11:35 p.m. as the best week in the 10-year history of the show. The network said in a press release that “Kimmel,” which debuted Tuesday in the time slot…

CBS News Senior Correspondent John Miller Discusses 1981 Natalie Wood Death on ‘CBS This Morning’

Press release from CBS, Jan. 14, 2013 A new coroner’s report on the 1981 death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood suggests her injuries could be more consistent with an assault than an accident, CBS News Senior Correspondent John Miller revealed…

Reality Show Accused of Racism

A cable reality series has come under fire with accusations of racism, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The Oxygen reality show "All My Babies’ Mamas," about rapper Shawty Lo and his 11 children by 10 women, is being…

Showtime and HBO Dominate TV Awards at Golden Globes — We Have the Full List of Winners

Pay-cable rivals HBO and Showtime were the big winners in the television categories at Sunday night’s Golden Globes, with HBO’s “Game Change” and “Girls” and Showtime’s “Homeland” and “House of Lies” claiming most of the awards. Showtime’s “Homeland” swept the…

Video: Robin Roberts Announces Plans to Return to ‘Good Morning America’

“Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts announced plans this morning to return to the ABC morning show, ABC News reports. Roberts, who has been recovering after a bone marrow transplant she received in September, was interviewed from her home in…

Showtime Scraps ‘Californication’ Spinoff

Showtime has scrapped plans for a spinoff of "Californication" that would have been built around Maggie Grace’s character Faith, reports Deadline.com. The network had an option to create a spinoff about Faith, a former Catholic school girl who becomes a…

Will Angus T. Jones Be Back on ‘Two and a Half Men’? CBS Hopes So

"Two and a Half Men" is poised for a renewal from CBS, but much speculation continues to focus on the show’s youngest regular cast member, Angus T. Jones, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. "We’d like him to be a part of…

NBC to Continue Supporting Gun Show

NBC Sports will continue its support of the biggest U.S. gun trade show, which will be held this week in Las Vegas, reports Bloomberg. NBC Sports Network will be the 2013 SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show New Product Center…