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.

How Many Subgenres Does Netflix Have? 76,897, According to One Analysis

Netflix likes to categorize its shows to help viewers find new films and TV series, but some of the categories “seem so specific that it’s absurd,” writes Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic. Curious about each “microgenre” created by Netflix’s algorithm,…

‘Breaking Bad’ Contest Winner Arrested on Drug Charges

A “super fan” of the AMC drama “Breaking Bad” is seeing his life turn into something like a storyline from the show, after he was arrested on New Year’s Day on drug charges, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker….

Death of Acclaimed British Writer: She Wrote for ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Created Her Own Family Drama That Pre-dated ‘Downton Abbey’ and Was the Wife of a Famous Writer and the Stepmother of Another Well-Known Scribe

The acclaimed novelist "whose saga of a wealthy English family living in the shadow of war enchanted readers a generation ahead of ‘Downton Abbey,’ died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, her friend and publicist said," reports the Associated Press. The author,…

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A Drama Series Re-emerges to Energize and Delight. Discovering a Remarkably Talented TV Writer — And Most Likely You’ve Never Heard of Him. Robert Duvall in a Long Forgotten Part That Must Be Seen

For the better part of the past several weeks I have been binge-watching four seasons of a TV show that has recently become available on DVD. And in a year that has brought such pleasures as the last season of…

The Best-Performing Stocks in the U.S. This Year: The Top Three Are Tesla, Best Buy and This Distributor-Provider of TV Shows and Movies

According to the Wall Street Journal, the best performing stock in the U.S. in 2013 was Tesla, the electric-car manufacturer, up 346%. No. 3 was retailer Best Buy, up 239%. And taking the silver trophy was Netflix, up 296%. In…

Tim Tebow Hired … as a TV Football Analyst

"Former Florida quarterback and Heisman winner Tim Tebow has been hired as a college football analyst for the SEC Network launching in August 2014," announced ESPN, which runs the SEC Network. The announcement continues, "Through a multi-year agreement, Tebow’s primary…