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.

NBC Buys Project Based on Popular Figure From Romantic Fiction

NBC has bought a project based on one of the most popular figures in romantic fiction, Deadline.com reports. The project is based on Cyrano de Bergerac. "Cyrano" received a script commitment with penalty. Given a contemporary spin, "Cyrano" is set…

A Movie to Bring Out the Beast in You. The Five-Year-Old, Oprah and Obama. Familiar Yet Astonishingly Original

Oh God, I thought to myself, here we go again. I was being dragged to a movie that I knew I’d hate. It had several things going against it. First, it had won a major award at the Cannes Film…

High-Ranking News Corp. Exec to Step Down

A change is in the works in the leadership structure at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., the parent company of Fox Broadcasting and Fox News. Deadline.com reports that Jon Miller, who has been the company’s chief digital officer since 2009, is…

CNN Adds Series From Noted Documentary Filmmaker

CNN took the wraps off plans for a new series, which will be produced and hosted by a documentary filmmaker who has made an impact lately with feature docs such as “Super Size Me.” The new nonfiction series from Morgan…

CNN Announces Morgan Spurlock as Second Original Non-Fiction Series to Air on Weekends

Press release from CNN, Aug. 23, 2012: "Inside Man” Premieres April 2013 as Companion to Anthony Bourdain Weekend Program Oscar®-nominated documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock marks his return to TV as host and producer of the new CNN original series “Inside…

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron Named Producers of 85th Academy Awards

Press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences: Beverly Hills, Calif. (Aug. 23, 2012) — Acclaimed motion picture, television and theater producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will produce the 85th Academy Awards, Academy President Hawk Koch…

Producers Named for Academy Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced who will produce the upcoming 85th Academy Awards. The academy has selected award-winning film, TV and theater producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Academy President Hawk Koch made the announcement,…

Saga of Soap Opera Actress Is Becoming a Soap Opera in Its Own Right — First She Was Off the Show, Then She Was Back On … and Now She’s Off Again — But Not Right Away

A star of a long-running soap opera has been off the show and back on so many times — just this week — that her story is turning into a soap opera all its own. We reported Tuesday that Susan…

Video: Kathie Lee Gifford Jumps Into the Controversy About Taylor Swift Crashing the Kennedy Wedding

Superstar singer Taylor Swift has been accused of crashing a recent Kennedy family wedding, and Kathie Lee Gifford waded into the controversy during a segment on NBC’s “Today” show. Swift’s camp has denied the Grammy winner crashed the event, but…

Comedian Dave Chappelle Receives a Warning From City of Toronto

Comedian Dave Chappelle, the star of the popular early 2000s comedy show "Chappelle’s Show," received a warning from the Toronto Public Health Department for his on-stage behavior during a three-night run at the city’s Winter Garden Theatre, reports the Toronto…