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Chuck Ross

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.

Netflix Announces New Series ‘Friends From College’ From Acclaimed Comedy Writer/Director Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco

Press release from Netflix, Aug. 22, 2016: Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, today announced a new comedy series, Friends from College, from Nick Stoller (Neighbors, Neighbors: Sorority Rising, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) and Francesca…

NBC’s Rio Olympics Is the Most Successful Media Event in History

Press release from NBC, Aug. 22, 2016: NBC Olympics’ exclusive and unprecedented coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics was the most ambitious media event in history, providing more ways to consume more hours of content across more platforms than any…

‘GMA’ Anchor’s Slip Brings Apology, Lesson in Racial Terminology

A co-anchor on the ABC morning show “Good Morning America” offered an apology and an explanation after she offended viewers by using the term “colored people.” The AP reports that Amy Robach, who was co-anchoring as a fill-in for Robin Roberts,…

Comcast Acquires DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 Billion

Comcast has closed on a $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, which is now part of NBCUniversal’s Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. Deadline.com reports that the acquisition ends the studio’s 12-year run as a publicly traded company. It will now operate…

Teen’s Sidewalk Performance on Damaged Piano Lifts Spirits in Flood-Ravaged Louisiana Neighborhood

A video — you can watch it below — of a teenager performing on a water-damaged piano in Louisiana as neighbors sift through the wreckage of their flooded homes is being hailed as symbolizing the resilience of those in the…

More Sponsors Separate Themselves From Ryan Lochte

U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has now been dropped by all of his sponsors. After Speedo and Ralph Lauren severed their ties with the beleaguered Olympian this morning, his two other sponsors followed suit. USA Today reports: “Syneron-Candela, the parent…

Official Says Mislabeled Pills Found at Prince’s Estate Contained a Drug 50 Times More Powerful Than Heroin

An official close to the investigation into the death of pop icon Prince says pills found at his Paisley Park estate were counterfeit drugs that contained the opioid fentanyl, the AP reports. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s 50 times…

How Did NBC’s Olympics Do in the Ratings? It Depends on Who’s Spinning It

The Rio Olympics were either a huge ratings success or a massive failure, depending on who’s doing the spinning. NBC’s headline on a ratings announcement released Sunday highlighted that the Rio Games delivered the second-highest audience total for any non-U.S….

Where in the U.S. Was TV Viewing of the Rio Olympics the Lowest?

The major urban television market that was last in the U.S. in percentage of viewers watching the Rio Olympics, as of last Thursday, was Charlotte, N.C. The Charlotte Observer reported that the market was No. 56 out of 56, based…

Viewership for the Olympics in Recent Years, by the Numbers — and the Most-Watched Event in U.S. Television History

NBC is touting the Rio Games as the second-most-watched non-U.S. Olympics on record, in prime-time competition coverage. The claim is based on Total Audience Delivery, combining broadcast, cable and digital viewing. “The 2016 Rio Olympics is the first in U.S….