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.

Cable and Broadcast PR Veteran Dies at 50

A veteran in public relations who worked at both cable and broadcast networks has died at age 50. "Hallmark Channels is saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague Nancy Carr," said company president-CEO Bill Abbott in a statement. "Nancy succumbed today…

NBC Hits an All-Time Low in Thursday Ratings; Fox’s ‘Idol’ Falls 21% From Last Year

Fox’s “American Idol” continued to fall short of last year’s ratings, but Thursday’s installment–along with a decent showing by its lead-out, “Bones”–was enough to lift Fox to another easy ratings win for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox wound up with…

U.S. Turns Up the Heat on Egypt in Sexual Assault

With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton taking a lead role, the United States is raising the pressure on Egypt to seek justice in the case of “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan, who was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob…

Rosie O’Donnell Blasts ‘Glee’s’ Chubby-Chasing Storyline

Comic and TV talk show star Rosie O’Donnell, a big fan of the Fox series "Glee," is not happy with the recent storyline featuring actress Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes, Access Hollywood reports. O’Donnell declared that the full-figure actress, who’s…

NBC Chooses to Bat First When Upfronts Roll Around

NBC will lead off the broadcast networks’ upfront presentations–the network’s first chance to unveil new programming under its new Comcast Corp. ownership, B&C reported. The network’s presentation has been scheduled for Monday morning, May 16, when it will be the…

Emmy-Nominated Actress Cast in DeNiro Cop Drama

An Emmy-nominated actress has been cast in "Rookies," the new pilot from Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Productions and CBS TV Studios, reports TheWrap.com. Leelee Sobieski will play one of six rookie cops in New York City. DeNiro is co-producing the pilot…

Peabody-Winning Former ‘Meet the Press’ Host Dead at 90

Newsman Bill Monroe, a onetime moderator of NBC’s "Meet the Press," has died at the age of 90, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Monroe died Thursday in a nursing home in Washington, D.C., of complications from hypertension. Monroe was NBC’s…

Time Warner Dumps Mag CEO

Time Warner’s CEO of the magazine division, Jack Griffin, has been dismissed after just five months on the job, The Huffington Post reported. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes sent a memo on Thursday explaining why he let Griffin go, saying,…

Fox Under Investigation by FCC Over Operation of One of Its TV Stations

The Fox Network is under investigation by the Federal Communications Commission over its operation of one of its stations, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The story says the issue is the staffing level and the amount of…

Reporter Who Garbled Words During Grammys Report Says She Was ‘Terrified’; Doctors Appear to Have Pinpointed the Cause

KCBS-TV reporter Serene Branson returned to the station’s newsroom Thursday to discuss her now infamous Grammy Awards report, in which she garbled her words, leading to concern she had suffered an on-air stroke, reports the Los Angeles Times. Branson, who…