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.

Worry for Our Kids? Consumer Reports Study Backs Dr. Oz’s Claim About Arsenic in Apple Juice

About two months after TV’s Dr. Mehmet Oz sounded the alarm about arsenic levels in apple juice — coming in for criticism over the report — Consumer Reports released the results of its own study that seems to confirm his…

One of the Kardashians Is Pregnant

One of the stars of E!’s hit reality show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" is pregnant, US Weekly reports. Mason Disick will soon have a little brother or sister because mom Kourtney Kardashian is expecting her second child, the story…

Bullish Warren Buffett Buys Media Property

Bullish billionaire Warren Buffett, saying that he’s "extremely bullish on [his hometown] Omaha, Nebraska," has bought one of the major media properties in Omaha, Reuters reports. According to the report, "Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway said it would buy the Omaha World-Herald…

From Animated Reindeer to Lingerie Models, CBS Gets a Lift From Holiday Specials, Wins Tuesday Ratings

CBS’s quirky Tuesday night programming approach — starting with the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” special at 8 p.m. for the kids and wrapping up with “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” at 10 p.m., presumably for the dads — seemed to pay…

Actress and Network Have Difference of Opinion on Whether ABC Drama Has Been Canceled

ABC appeared to go into damage control after a co-star of one of its dramas implied in an Internet message that the show has been canceled. According to a tweet from "Pan Am" co-star Karine Vanasse, the ABC drama will…

Star of James Bond Movies Has Harsh Words for Kardashians

Daniel Craig, the actor portraying British spy James Bond in the film franchise, is no fan of the Kardashian family, describing them as "(bleeping) idiots," reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Craig spoke to British GQ, which hasn’t posted…

What Happened When the Dean of American TV Writers Collaborated With the Famous, Flamboyant English Director Who Had Been Described as the King of Pornobiography?

Sidney Aaron “Paddy” Chayefsky was riding high. Considered by many to be the dean of American TV writers for the classic stories he wrote for the small screen during the 1950s — most particularly “Marty” — Chayefsky was now writing…

Strange Bedfellows: What Happened When the Dean of American TV Writers Collaborated With the Famous, Flamboyant English Director Who Had Been Described as the King of Pornobiography

It turned out to be the marriage made in hell. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross details the project jointly worked on by the glitzy, lurid English director Ken Russell and America’s own sarcastic, acerbic Paddy Chayefsky, TV and movie…

Shakeup in Cable News Ratings

The ratings battle among cable news channels has had a shakeup, with two networks swapping positions, reports our good friend Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. MSNBC has moved back ahead of CNN in prime time…

Is NBC Bubble Show a Candidate for a Viral Save-My-Show Campaign Along the Lines of ‘Chuck’?

Is an at-risk NBC drama a candidate for the kind of viral social-media campaign that worked to save "Chuck," another NBC program? Probably not, writes the Los Angeles Times‘ Mary McNamara. The show in question is "Prime Suspect," which was…