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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.
Despite a less than stellar season-ending NFL matchup on "Sunday Night Football," NBC easily won the night in both total viewers and the key adults 18-49 demo, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. NBC finished Sunday night with a 5.1 average overall rating…
One of the more enduring animated shows has been renewed for a ninth season, according to Deadline.com. Nickelodeon placed an order for 26 new episodes of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” to air through 2012, taking the show past the 200-episode threshhold. "SpongeBob…
Former CBS anchor John Roberts, who had been rumored to be staying with CNN and moving to Atlanta, has decided to accept an offer from Fox News instead, reports TVNewser. Fox News Senior VP Michael Clemente made it official, according…
Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, who was most recently seen with Ben Affleck in the drama "The Town," died Sunday at the age of 64, according to People magazine. The veteran character actor died in a Shropshire, England, hospital where he…
Actor/producer David Arquette, who split up with wife Courteney Cox of "Cougar Town" in October, has entered a rehab facility, according to People magazine. Arquette’s spokesperson confirmed that he’s seeking help for what sources have said is a problem with…
Oprah Winfrey has widely criticized what’s on TV these days. Read what she said as TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross blasts her comments, while at the same time he praises some parts of Winfrey’s OWN launch. It’s a don’t…
A top cable network has just ordered its first reality series in five years, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. According to the article, "USA Network is bringing back "WWE Tough Enough" as its first reality series in 5 years. The…
Two of 2010’s most pirated television shows were fan favorites that went off the air last year, reports TorrentFreak.com. The No. 1 pirated show was "Lost," with an estimated 5.94 million downloads from BitTorrent, the story says. That compared with…
The rumors are heating up again that one of the major network Sunday morning news and information programs will be leaving Washington, D.C. Staffers at ABC’s "This Week" are concerned that the show will be moved to New York from…
UPDATED to reflect that Apple not displaying its wares at the International Consumer Electronics Show is nothing unusual. 5:40 p.m on Jan. 3, 2011. With Apple sitting out the upcoming International Consumer Electronics Show–as it usually does–it allows Apple competitors to steal some…