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.

HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’ Sees Big Drop in Ratings

“The Newsroom” has already been renewed for a second season, but with the ratings in for Sunday’s second episode, HBO may have reason to question whether it acted too soon. New York Magazine reports that total viewership for the Aaron…

NBC Will Try a Live ‘Sound of Music’ Production — 1950s Style

NBC is joining forces with the producers of "Smash," "Chicago" and "Hairspray" to present a live broadcast of "The Sound of Music," reports UPI.com. In a statement, Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, said: "It is our supreme pleasure to…

Emmy Winner Joins CBS’s ‘Hawaii Five-0’

An Emmy-winning actress is joining CBS’s crime drama “Hawaii Five-0” for the upcoming season, Deadline.com reports. Christine Lahti will tackle the integral role of Doris McGarrett, the mother of Steve (Alex O’Loughlin). The character has been talked about but never…

TVWeek July 4th Holiday Schedule

The regular TVWeek e-newsletters will not be emailed tomorrow, the 4th of July. However, if the news is important enough we’ll both update the TVWeek.com website and send out an Extra Alert. We’ll be back on regular schedule on Thursday,…

Video: Bill O’Reilly Makes Good on Promise (Sort Of), Apologizes for Being ‘an Idiot’ About Health Care

Fox News star Bill O’Reilly was so certain that the Supreme Court would not back up the Affordable Healthcare Act that he said he would apologize and call himself an idiot if he turned out to be wrong, reports TVNewser.com….

TV Legend Andy Griffith Dies

One of television’s most beloved actors, Andy Griffith, died this morning at his home in Dare County, N.C., USA Today reports. The star of “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Matlock” was 86. Griffith, born in Mount Airy, N.C., played Sheriff…

Katie Holmes Reportedly Will Get Almost Nothing From Tom Cruise

Katie Holmes will reportedly receive almost nothing in her pending divorce from Tom Cruise because of the pre-nup agreement she signed, reports TMZ.com. Holmes is reportedly fine with that, the story says, adding that reports she’ll leave with $15 million…

Fakin’ It: Why The New York Times Editor’s Defense of Alessandra Stanley’s Reporting on a Segment That Never Aired is BS

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross takes on a top New York Times editor for defending Alessandra Stanley’s big gaffe last week. Please click here to read this piece.

Former NBC President Dead at 90

The former president of NBC, who led the network during a period of conflict with the Nixon administration, has died, reports The New York Times. Julian Goodman was 90. Goodman died of kidney failure, the story notes. Goodman, known for…

Fakin’ it: Why The New York Times Culture Editor’s Defense of Alessandra Stanley’s Reporting on a Segment That Never Aired is BS

According to Steve Myers at Poynter.org — who writes news items about journalism — “New York Times Culture Editor Jonathan Landman said he and Executive Editor Jill Abramson accept some of the responsibility for Alessandra Stanley’s mistakes in a story…