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.

Sequel to Controversial 2011 Miniseries ‘The Kennedys’ in the Works

ReelzChannel and Muse Entertainment are working on a sequel to the 2011 miniseries "The Kennedys," with the follow-up expected to be structured as an eight-episode program, like the original, reports Deadline.com. The sequel would be based on the book "After…

Netflix Increases Its Huge Lead in the Web Video Market

Netflix has increased its dominance in online viewing, bucking predictions that newer competitors would take away subscribers, reports Bloomberg. The streaming service represented 33% of prime-time Web viewing, based on Internet traffic, in September, more than Amazon.com, Hulu and Time…

‘Officer and a Gentleman’ Director Bringing Naval Series to TV

The Oscar-winning director of the 1982 hit “An Officer and a Gentleman,” set in Naval flight school, is revisiting Naval airspace for a new TV project. Taylor Hackford — whose impressive string of feature films also includes “Ray,” “Dolores Claiborne”…

Former NBC Entertainment Chief Sells Dramas

Drama projects are in the works at both Fox and NBC from the former head of NBC Entertainment, Deadline.com reports. Warren Littlefield’s Littlefield Co. is teaming with writer Thompson Evans on the projects, including “Night Hunters” for Fox, which focuses…

Ratings Winners Among Broadcast, Cable Nets in Election Night Coverage

“The American people have spoken, and the results are in,” TheWrap.com reports, focusing on ratings for Election Night coverage among the broadcast networks. “NBC has been declared the winner in the 2012 election.” On the the cable side, "CNN took…

Report: Web-Connected TVs to Reach Nearly 600 Million by 2017

Web-connected televisions will reach 596 million sets worldwide by 2017, up from just 105 million at the end of 2010, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cites a report from Digital TV Research. China will see a huge jump in…

Amazon to Go Head-to-Head With Netflix, Slates Test of Monthly Fee Plan

Amazon.com is positioning its video-streaming service to compete more directly with Netflix and Hulu by testing a $7.99 monthly subscription plan, reports Advertising Age. The plan will be available for its Prime members. While Prime membership costs $79 per year,…

Election Night Produces the Most Re-Tweeted Post of All Time on Twitter

A photo of Barack Obama celebrating his re-election as president of the United States has become the most re-tweeted post in the history of Twitter, BBC News reports. The photo, initially posted by Obama, shows him hugging first lady Michelle…

Post-Election Analysis: Forget About the Intersection of Madison Avenue and Vine Street. Power Players Want to Know More About the Junction of Madison Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue — The Real Reason Obama Did So Well in Swing States and Won Re-Election

One of the major factors in President Obama’s successful re-election bid was realizing that to get votes on Main Street it would be smart to adopt a lot of the sophisticated marketing techniques of Madison Avenue. Read how the Obama…

What Was Up With Diane Sawyer? #Drunkdianesawyer Trends on Twitter

Diane Sawyer’s coverage of the presidential election on ABC News drew some viewers’ attention, but maybe not the kind of attention she intended, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A number of viewers said they thought Sawyer was slurring her words,…