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.

Letterman to Be Honored Tonight — Along With Led Zeppelin, Dustin Hoffman and Others … Blues Guitarist and Ballerina Also on the Bill for Televised Event

Late-night television host David Letterman will receive a prestigious award tonight, being honored along with actor Dustin Hoffman, rock band Led Zeppelin and others at the 35th Annual Kennedy Honors, BroadwayWorld.com reports. The ceremony will be televised at 9 p.m….

‘Jersey Shore’ Star Plans Political Career

One of the former stars of MTV’s hit reality series "Jersey Shore" wants to transition from reality television into politics, reports TMZ.com. Vinny Guadagnino plans to go to law school, although he doesn’t plan to practice law, the story says….

Tonight’s ‘Leverage’ on TNT Will Indeed Be the Series Finale

As reported back on Dec. 7, 2012, John Rogers, the creator of "Leverage" on TNT was worried that he would not be asked to do a sixth season of the series. Thus executive producer and director Dean Devlin wrote this open…

Jack Klugman, Star of TV’s ‘Odd Couple,’ Dies at 90. He Started Acting on TV In Its Early Days in 1950, and Was Still At It 50 Years Later

“Jack Klugman, the rubber-mugged character actor who leapt to television stardom in the 1970s as the slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on ‘The Odd Couple’ and as the crusading forensic pathologist of ‘Quincy, M.E.,’ died on Monday [Dec. 24, 2012] at his…

TVWeek Says Time to Set Your DVRs Again for a Wonderfully Entertaining Courtroom Drama, Made By Otto Preminger. Why Moviegoers, Music Lovers and Design Freaks All Owe A Debt of Gratitude to Him

To read TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross’ recommendation and tribute to Preminger, please click here.

TVWeek Says Time to Set Your DVRs Again for a Wonderfully Entertaining Courtroom Drama, Made By Otto Preminger. Why Moviegoers, Music Lovers and Design Freaks All Owe A Debt of Gratitude to Preminger

There was a time, when I was in college, when I flirted with the idea of becoming a lawyer. As far back as I can remember I’ve been a person who asks question and more questions and then even more…

Debate Moderator — One of the Few to Be Generally Praised — Gets a Promotion as ABC News Makes Personnel Moves

With Jake Tapper jumping from ABC to CNN, as we reported earlier today, ABC News is making a couple of key personnel moves. TheWrap.com reports that Jonathan Karl will fill the void left by Tapper, becoming the division’s new chief…

NBC Brings Back the First Animated Holiday Program Made for TV

Fifty years after it premiered on NBC, one of the oldest holiday programs around will return to the network’s prime-time lineup. The New York Times reports that "Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol" will make its first network appearance in decades on…

Wildly Funny, But Never Common. Today’s TWeek Highly Recommended Movie on TV: A Romantic Comedy Filled With Deft Sardonic Humor — and a Touch of Clowning Slapstick

Quick — name the best Hollywood directors from the 1930s and 1940s. You’ll likely answer Wyler, Curtiz, Hawks, Capra, Cukor, Stevens, Hitchcock, Ford, Preminger. Some might include Lang and Mamoulian and a few other wonderful directors less well known by…