Dear Tina Fey, Please Work This NBC Disaster Scenario Into 30 Rock

This fall on NBC: The network's programming co-chair and embarrassing American Ben Silverman — seen here looking, um, completely sober — and Teri Weinberg, the Reveille topper he brought to the peacock, are pinned to the cross while Silverman's title-sharing partner Marc Graboff takes over with Katherine Pope. "Up to now, it's been only Silverman's salesmanship, not his executive or programming skills (and certainly not his childish stunts like reviving the NBC chimes), that has helped the 4th place network. I'm told NBC was impressed that his relationships with advertisers put "several hundred millions of dollars" of additional revenue into the network's 2008/2009 upfront sales. But that doesn't offset the fact that Silverman is widely seen as a major disappointment. [...] NBC is hoping that Silverman jumps before he is pushed. And several sources have information to believe there is every reason that Ben is a short-timer." [DHD] But he did get an Entourage cameo out of all this.

Sep 2, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond
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