We swear, that kid Ben Silverman must have been born under an obnoxiously lucky star. Despite the fact that NBC recently nixed two programs, Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy, neither one happened to fall in the studio's Entertainment co-chair's jurisdiction.

Instead, it's Universal's Katherine Pope who is taking the heat for the canceled shows, and for Heroes lackluster ratings. And Silverman is actually getting praised for his work at NBC, despite the fact that none of the shows he's brought on this season *cough*KNIGHT RIDER*cough* seem to be doing all that great either.

In fact, one network insider actually praised Silverman, saying, "The company is very happy with Ben. He is deep in negotiations to re-up his contract with NBC, and he has the network up 50 percent profit from year to year."

Buh-what? Somewhere inside of this smarmosaurus' mansion, there is a secret picture of Silverman's career that keeps aging and getting more and more hideous. There is no other reasonable explanation for how he keeps himself under Jeff Zucker's good graces despite his obvious incompetence and poor scheduling choices.