It was announced today (by many sources, read it in at least five Web sites) that Ben Silverman, who is in charge of NBC is leaving to do... something else.
To be frank I stopped caring after the sentence that said he was leaving.
I have been screaming it for months that he needed to go. NBC is basically in the toliet ratings and creative wise. Most of its new shows were horrible. "Kath and Kim" anyone?
Ugh, now I'm gonna have nightmares.
NBC hasn't done anything great, other than "Saturday Night Live" in a long, long time. Yes, "Heroes" I am looking at you.
I am a firm believer that if your company is doing horrible in the ratings and the content of the shows is beyond weak that the person is charge should be fired. But, NBC has been keeping him for months while it loses tons and tons of money.
Of course Silverman's hands are all over this season so it might take a while to see the full effects of him leaving. Maybe by midseason NBC can start turning around.
The new guy in that position, Jeff Gaspin, has a lot of work ahead of him. On the plus side Gaspin has been managing the cable networks like USA and Bravo. So he already has a few extra points on his side with me.
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