Major Suit Shake Up Headed For Peacock Network

[RicoGregg]

NBC's executive trainwreck. The gory details:

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/major-nbc-shakeup-ahead-network-wants-to-ax-teri-weinberg-hopes-ben-silverman-quits/

 

[Garrett]

NBC's executive trainwreck. The gory details:

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/major-nbc-shakeup-ahead-network-wants-to-ax-teri-weinberg-hopes-ben-silverman-quits/

Forgive me, but I have to disagree with you. This is not at all details of any impending "executive train wreck." Rather, its is a blogger who is predicting that Silverman will be forced out.

This is a very poor article, yet another, not based on any kind of fact, and crumbling due to the weakness of the author's own illogically argued points. In this case, this article is the worst kind of gossip, because its first weak premise, a prediction (Silverman is out) is based on another weak premise, (another prediction, NBC's schedule will fail). The second premise is based on the opinion of the author who doesn't like NBC's schedule. But it's a bad article all around, and the author lost me when they used the F word. As the esteemed author of SDRadio.net would say, "Its BS, and not a Balanced Story."

Sorry, this one's nonsense in my opinion...

 

[RicoGregg]

Garrett, disagree to your heart's desire. You're perfectly entitled to your opinion. I won't begrudge you that. However, keep in mind:

Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily is NOT a celebrity gossip blog. It concerns itself with the business aspect of showbiz, not the glitter.

Nikki Finke has an excellent track record of breaking stories. If you scroll through her archives, many of her headlines begin with "TOLDJA!"

NBC's upcoming fall schedule has been labeled a disaster area by different sources. Jeff Zucker's idea of eliminating the pilot season has people both scratching and shaking their heads.

I reserve the right to bring this thread up again when all this goes down.

 

[Garrett]

Well, we'll see...
I just didn't like the article. People can predict all they want, but you can't fire someone on a season that hasn't happened yet. I don't really see what the problem is with NBC's new schedule, looks fine to me? Knight Rider did well in initial demos; there are returning favorites; There's an Office Spinoff; An SNL spinoff. All hot properties. Getting rid of the up-fronts and pilots was the right thing to do: waste of time and money, a 1968 dinasour in a 2009 world.

See, my view is that the reason why Zuker shook things up was because NBC had become stagnant, there was nothign new or bold about what NBC was doing. Very droll, boring, a bunch of aging shows. Cosby is long gone, and yet so too was the type of creative juices that created Cosby, Cheers and Friends. This is a jump start, programming requires risks. Perhaps Silverman will crash and burn, but we can't make that prediction until the first few weeks of ratings.

Don't forget how everyone felt about Brandon Tartikoff, and look what a success he was. NBC's big mistake was letting him go, and its been downhill ever since!

I'm not saying you are wrong, I just think it's premature.

 

[benwolf]

I'm with Rico on this one...the fall shows (Robinson Crusoe? Last Comic Standing? A return of "Chuck"?) look like NBC will cement its 4th place position. The Knight Rider comeback never deserved a series, and The Office usually is 3rd, if not 4th in its time slot, so I would not call these hot properties. The fact that this is what they're riding on shows just how bad things are there. Remember all the short-lived sitcoms over the past 3 years? The last funny thing on NBC I think was an episode of Seinfeld. sorry Garrett!