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.

OWN Pulls Plug on Talk Show From Reality Guru; Plus OWN Adds a Reality Show

A planned daytime talk show produced by a successful reality show creator has been canceled by the Oprah Winfrey Network, reports B&C. The untitled one-hour project from Mark Burnett was slated to debut in March, but the network has decided…

You’ll Likely Know the Face; Character Actor Bruce Gordon, Who Played in More Than 100 TV Episodes, Dead at 94

Bruce Gordon, an actor known for playing heavies including the mob boss Frank Nitti on television’s "The Untouchables," has died, reports The New York Times. He was 94 and lived in Santa Fe, N.M. He died last week after a…

Ratings Surprise for MSNBC On Its First Night Without Keith Olbermann

MSNBC got some surprising news on its first weekday evening without Keith Olbermann reports Bill Carter in the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The surprise? Ratings were actually up. It’s possible that the controversy surrounding Olbermann’s sudden departure from…

Congresswoman Blasts Comcast-NBC Deal, Says FCC-Imposed Conditions Will Have Little Effect

The conditions imposed by the Federal Communications Commission on the Comcast-NBC Universal merger will do little to convince the company to meet its public interest obligations, says Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the L.A. Times reports in its Company Town blog. Waters,…

Audience Shrinks for MTV’s Controversial ‘Skins’

The second episode of MTV’s "Skins" slumped to 1.6 million viewers, losing more than half of its debut audience of 3.3 million, reports the New York Post. The show’s target audience of viewers between 18 to 34 years also declined,…

Nielsen Raises $1.6 Billion in Largest Private-Equity IPO Since 2006

In what is the biggest private equity-led U.S. initial public offering since 2006, Nielsen Holdings raised $1.6 billion, reports Bloomberg News. Nielsen, which is owned by Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, KKR and Thomas H. Lee Partners after being taken private…

ABC Picks Up Two Drama Pilots–Including One Casting Edgar Allan Poe as a Detective

ABC has picked up two drama pilots, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. "POE," from Warner Bros. and Lin Pictures, is a one-hour show that tracks writer Edgar Allan Poe, imagining him as an early detective as…

Full List of Oscar Nominations: Is This Year’s Crop Of Nominations (Including the Expanded List of Best Picture Nominees) Enough to Bring Younger Audiences (and a Bigger Audience) to Oscarcast?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards, featuring 10 nominees for best picture. Among them, “The King’s Speech” with 12 overall nominations and “True Grit” with 10 are early…

‘Charlie’s Angels’ Director May Helm NBC’s ‘Wonder Woman’ Remake

The director of the film "Charlie’s Angels" may be tapped to direct NBC’s remake of "Wonder Woman," reports TVLine.com. The film’s director, McG, currently serves as an executive producer on several television shows, including "Human Target" and "Chuck," the story…

Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards

Best Picture “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers“The King’s…