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.

MTV Ready to Pull Plug on Reality Show?

There’s major scuttlebutt that an MTV reality series is coming to an abrupt end, as rumors are rife that MTV will pull the plug on "The City" after this season, reports Fashionista.com. The spinoff from "The Hills,’ which airs Tuesdays…

Daytime Emmys Top Last Year’s Ratings

Sunday wasn’t a stellar night for Nielsen ratings, but the 37th Annual Daytime Emmys did better on CBS than it did a year ago on cable the CW, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 7 p.m., ABC’s "America’s Funniest Home Videos" narrowly…

You’ll Never Guess–OK, Maybe You Will–Who Was Almost Offered the Senate Seat in Illinois

While the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich was seriously considering offering a prominent television personality the seat left vacant by Barack Obama when Obama became President of the United States, reports Politico.com. Blago believed that nobody would argue with his…

Former NFL Official Joins Fox Sports as Rules Analyst

Fox Sports has announced that the newest member of its team is the NFL’s former vice president of officiating. Mike Pereira will serve as a multi-platform NFL rules analyst, and will contribute to television and radio broadcasts as well as…

Report: Carell Confirms He’s Leaving ‘The Office’; Sees It As a Positive for the Show–Fans May Disagree

Steve Carell has confirmed that he is indeed leaving "The Office" at the end of next season, reports E! Online. E! News hit the red carpet for Carell’s new movie "Despicable Me" Sunday night, June 27, 2010, and Carell said about…

Video: Entertainment Weekly Asks: Is this Scene from HBO’s ‘True Blood’ On Sunday, June 27, 2010, TV’s Most Twisted Sex Scene of All Time?

First, the obligatory Spoiler Alert if you are a fan of HBO’s "True Blood" and haven’t yet seen the episode from Sunday night June 27, 2010, if you don’t want to know what happens, stop reading. For the rest of…

New Kilborn Show Likely to be More Akin to His Version of ‘The Daily Show’ Than ‘The Late Late Show’

Craig Kilborn’s new show, which will debut today, Monday, June 28, 2010, for a limited summer run on some Fox stations, may be more similar to his version of "The Daily Show," which he hosted from 1996 until 1998, rather than…

Back to the Future: Guess What Revived, Formerly Canceled Series Was The Highest-Rated Show In All TV Among Young Men on Thursday Night, June 24

Well, the folks over at Comedy Central could not be happier. In the latest example of an animated series rising from the dead (check out the history of "Family Guy"), "Futurama" blasted off on Comedy Central last Thursday night, June…

Oprah’s OWN Investigating Foul Play in Online Voting for Finding Talk-Show Host

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN, her television network that will debut in early 2011, is investigating foul play in an online voting contest to find the host of a talk show, reports Fox 411. The contest, which requires contestants to submit video…

Couric Turns Down Larry King Job on CNN, in Negotiations to Stay at CBS

Katie Couric has told CNN that she’s not interested in taking over Larry King’s spot on the cable-news network, and instead is negotiating with CBS to remain after her $15 million-a-year contract ends next year, the New York Post reports….