NBC Is Truly TV’s Best Soap Opera Drama

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• Get Ben Silverman to wear a fake goatee as his own “evil twin” “Ken” Silverman and I think we’ve got a hit.

  Comment by Furious D — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 3:16pm PDT  Reply to this post

• While perusing TV Guide yesterday (which has been riddled with anti-McCain and anti-Palin drivel for weeks btw), I had to laugh when I saw the top ten programs. Five were CBS. Four were ABC. One was FOX. None were NBC.

  Perhaps it’s time for General Electric to simply shut NBC down.

  Comment by Egg — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 3:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It was only five days ago that I, unlikelytohappen, first predicted that class act Craig Plestis would be going nowhere, and I have been proven right. Looks like Ben Silverman has figured out what I have been saying all along. Plestis is here, and here to stay. And for good reason…he remains a straight shooter and a pleasure to work with. He is going nowhere.

  Comment by unlikelytohappen — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 3:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Terri will be fired. She should be. She does not belong there. Why would they reup Ben? Because he is rich and knows a lot of people and they want to be friends with him. Good reason.

  Comment by AnHonestAnswer — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 3:47pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Australia’s Nine Network is a pretty good soap opera, too. Used to be the crowning glory Down Under, now it’s a complete disaster. It’s like everyone running the place lost 100 IQ points in one quick swoop. Christine Spiteri, the LA correspondent for Nine a while back was let go because she was told “You’re just not f#$@-able enough.”

  Wonder if NBC can beat that one?

  Comment by michael dobrofsky — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 4:38pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Just remember that Jeff Zucker stays no matter how bad things get.

  He wants to be the next Michael Eisner, Mickey Drexler or Carly Fiona in the “overstayed my welcome” executive club.

  Of course, all those executives actually did actually have some successful years at the helm. Not something Jeff can actually speak to…

  Comment by Jamie — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 5:20pm PDT  Reply to this post

• You want nbc stupidity, do some research on what they just did to their Sendmerss web users. Totally screwed them.

  Comment by Bob — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 7:25pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If you think Plestis is a straight shooter and a pleasure to work with then you must be just as crazy as he is. Try being in one of his meetings where he will start yelling and screaming like a 2 year old for no apparent reason. Craig is a horse tooth jackass who is a loose cannon and a grade A jerk off. NBC and reality TV in general will be better off without him.

  Comment by Bill — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 7:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

• But Nikki, have you been watching One Life To Live lately? Tess has Natalie and Jared locked in a secret room in the basement of Llanfair, Starr is pregnant and Todd is about to bed down with his amnesiac gang-rape victim, Marty. Oh, and Cain kidnapped Tina’s dog, Princess David Vickers. Now that’s what I call soap opera.

  Comment by Byron — Thursday October 30, 2008 @ 9:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It’s not just NBC Entertainment. The whole place is fucked up, including TV Stations, Publicity, Theme Parks, Home Entertainment and even IT and Finance!

  All executive leadership needs to go – especially Zucker, Silverman, Calpeter, Wallace and Eck. They’re running what used to be a great company straight into the ground. Plestis is not the problem.

  Immelt…. get your head on straight and hand out a few pink slips!

  Comment by John E. — Friday October 31, 2008 @ 7:53am PDT  Reply to this post

• unfotunately, when they tried this as a TV show, Studio 60was no fun at all. 30 Rock, however, is lots of fun. So perhaps it’s better as a sitcom (perhaps a soapy sitcom? Jeff Zucker, Jeff Zucker)

  Comment by PamelaJaye — Friday October 31, 2008 @ 8:15am PDT  Reply to this post

• plestis’ demise has been on ben’s radar since he took the reigns. they had an acrimonious relationship, at best, when he was running reveille. he was just looking for the right moment and big bang replacement.

  Comment by Plestis-Gone Baby Gone — Friday October 31, 2008 @ 8:58am PDT  Reply to this post

• we all know that word inside is that Ben is a no-show and Teri is a no-do. replacing plestis may be a thing to do but this fish rots from the head. zucker is lucky to keep his job but if he’s smart, he’ll get rid of BS and crew and bring in real programmers instead of falling for empty flash.

  Comment by F. — Friday October 31, 2008 @ 12:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Is unlikelytohappen Craig (see above)

  Comment by Telegdyfan — Friday October 31, 2008 @ 1:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Except for a race I viewed a week ago, I can not think of any NBC programing I’ve watched in over a year. By the way the presentation and content of the sportscar race stunk. So if NBC folded tomorrow it wouldn’t be missed. Not at all.

  Comment by Richard — Saturday November 1, 2008 @ 10:56am PDT  Reply to this post

• CLEAN HOUSE – Silverman, Weinberg, Graboff, Ingold, Plestis, Hansen, Dinsmore, the studio (except maybe Pope) and especially ZUCKER.

  Go with people who like ideas, not deals, and will get a good creative idea when they see one (or at least recognize a bad one).

  Comment by beenthere — Sunday November 2, 2008 @ 10:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• Hey what do you get when you change the first letter of Jeff Zucker’s last name from “Z” to “F”?

  Zucker has really F***** NBC so badly that it’s a better network to read about than watch!

  Comment by John Harber — Sunday November 2, 2008 @ 11:23pm PST  Reply to this post

• After working on and off for 20years @ NBC, i have come to the conclusion that Zucker and gang have steered this ship with Titanic conclusions.
  I watch while ‘quality’ is derided and bufoonery lauded. Tartikof once told me on stage 9: “Talent will always shine, crap just stinks”.
  Zucker has opted for the latter and guess why NBC is in the toilet?.
  I used to be proud as a peacock walking onto the lot each morning, now, even the lot is disapearing.
  Beyond sad…

  Comment by 'Days' of NBC — Friday January 16, 2009 @ 8:18am PST  Reply to this post