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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.
It turns out that 88-year old Betty White is more popular that originally reported, as new ratings for her performance on NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" indicate she drew nearly 3 million additional viewers through digital video recorders, the New York…
After eight seasons, the innovative "24," wherein each hour-long episode actually took place during an hour of real time, had its series ending 2-hour finale on Monday night, May 24. The show, on Fox, averaged "a 2.7 with adults 18-49 from 8p-10p and 8.85 million…
Our very own longtime "24" watcher, Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, has strong opinions about the finale of the show he has previously said is his favorite on TV. Click here to read his stimulating essay.
Walmart will start selling the 16 gigabit iPhone 3GS for $97, Apple Insider reports. According to the article, "Starting Tuesday, the lower capacity iPhone 3GS will cost roughly the same amount as Apple’s 8GB iPhone 3G. Earlier Monday, a new…
The last big update of the Communications Act was in 1996, when broadband was barely used by most consumers, and this hasn’t escaped the notice of the Democratic chairs of the House and Senate Commerce Committees and their Communications subcommittees,Multichannel…
"Sesame Street" has topped its highest ratings in its core demographic age group since 2007 after the program freshened up its look with a new format and look, the Hollywood Reporter reports. For the show’s 40th season, which began in…
The Sid and Marty Krofft Library has sold exclusive North American home-entertainment rights to Vivendi Entertainment, which plans to issue classic children’s TV shows such as "H.R. Pufnstuf" in full-series sets later this year, the Hollywood Reporter reports. Still, home…
While the networks were all readying their line-ups for the upfront presentations last week, ABC started a second development track for five hourlong programs, reports Nellie Andreeva on Deadline.com. The programs represent shows on which the network wanted to spend…
In today’s data-driven world, there are other ways to measure a show’s popularity aside from Nielsen ratings. One of those methods is measuring the number of Twitter users who are sending tweets about their favorite programs–and when they are doing…