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.

Amazon to Stream Fox Movies and TV Shows

Amazon has inked a deal with Twentieth Century Fox that will enable the online giant to stream Fox feature films and television shows for customers in the Amazon Prime program, the AP reports. The deal will bring Amazon’s total instant…

‘Amazing Race’ Team Stays Alive Thanks to Social Networking

Two Twitter users saved a team on "The Amazing Race" from being eliminated on the CBS show, after one of the team’s contestants unknowingly left her passport at a gas station, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. While…

New Drama From ‘Jericho’ Co-Creator Follows Former President’s Return to Private Life

"Jericho" co-creator Jonathan E. Steinberg has sold a drama project called "Legacy" to CBS, reports Deadline.com. The project, which comes from DreamWorks TV and writer James Frey’s book-packaging firm Full Fathom Five, has a script commitment plus penalty from CBS,…

Conan’s Ratings Are Down, but He’s Huge Online — Turner’s New Pitch to Advertisers Touts Late-Night Host’s Web Popularity

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age This week Turner Broadcasting will be out selling Conan O’Brien with a new pitch: Forget the TV ratings, look at his online popularity. It’s a natural angle, considering the intensifying scrutiny around the weakened TV ratings…

After Losing Almost $9 Billion in Market Value, Netflix Is Looking Like a Tempting Takeover Target

After a series of marketing and branding missteps, Netflix has lost almost $9 billion in market value, making it a more reasonably priced takeover target for companies such as Amazon or Google, reports Bloomberg. Netflix is now 57% cheaper than…

Thriller From J.J. Abrams and Creator of ‘Supernatural’ Has Network Home

A project from J.J. Abrams and "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke has landed at one of the broadcast networks, according to The Hollywood Reporter. NBC has made a pilot-production commitment to the show, which is described as an epic adventure thriller,…

In a First, DreamWorks Animation Chooses Netflix Web Streaming Over Traditional Pay TV Output Deal To Get Its Movies Into Homes. DreamWorks Topper Jeffrey Katzenberg Calls It ‘A game-changing deal.’

The deal "[W]hich analysts estimate is worth $30 million per picture to DreamWorks over an unspecified period of years, is billed by the companies as the first time a major Hollywood supplier has chosen Web streaming over pay television," reports…

Exclusive: The Complete Program Guide for the News & Documentary Emmys, to Be Presented Sept. 26, 2011. Included In the Guide–A Written Salute from Former President Bill Clinton to This Year’s Lifetime Achievement Honoree

The 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented tonight, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner…

Steven Bochco Is Back in Business With a Network Where He Made Some of His TV Magic

Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Steven Bochco, the man behind ABC’s "NYPD Blue" and NBC’s classic "L.A. Law," has made a new deal with ABC for a drama called "Legal Affairs," reports Deadline.com. Bochco is working on the project with…

Friday Night and Beyond: A Few New Shows, and Some Heavyweight Dramas Return

The giddy spree that was fall 2011 premiere week winds down this weekend, although some might say it already has. TVLine.com offers its roundup of the highlights, including just one new show Friday night: CBS’s “A Gifted Man.” Plenty of…