An Invitation To Ben Silverman’s Crib

COMMENTS (21)

• The offsite meeting will be at Ben’s Ski Chalet. I’m sure it will be snowing. He should go back to William Morris. They deserve each other.

  Comment by Anonymous — Thursday January 29, 2009 @ 6:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• Meetings at his house?

  He’ll come up with any excuse to not go to the office.

  But seriously, NBC is in bad shape, in both ratings, and internal politics, and it can all be traced back to bad decisions by top management. I won’t knock Silverman’s salesman skills, he sold himself to NBC rather masterfully, but I just don’t think he’s cut out for management.

  Comment by Furious D — Thursday January 29, 2009 @ 7:08pm PST  Reply to this post

• Ben Silverman might not be the biggest tool in Hollywood, but he’s in that conversation.

  Comment by Vince — Thursday January 29, 2009 @ 8:19pm PST  Reply to this post

• All aboard the Hindenberg. LOL.

  Comment by No thanks — Thursday January 29, 2009 @ 8:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• Is it during the Superbowl? Because I can guarantee you that NBC’s coverage is going to be embarrassing. Maybe they’ll want to be distracted.

  Comment by Paloma Pigeon — Thursday January 29, 2009 @ 8:55pm PST  Reply to this post

• NBC has FIVE hours of Super Bowl pre-game – FIVE HOURS. But that is five times more than anything watchable in their prime-time.

  Comment by savvydude — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 12:21am PST  Reply to this post

• Think he’ll be doing rails off the stacks of un-read “Kath & Kim” scripts?

  Comment by One Time Sitcom Writer — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 12:32am PST  Reply to this post

• They should film that meeting. Maybe that way, NBC would have a decent reality show worthy of watching. In fact, I would love to see a reality show that consists of Ben desperately trying to save his job.

  Comment by JD — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 12:47am PST  Reply to this post

• Call first and make sure all his kitchen knives have been locked up. You don’t want to leave his house with them sticking in your back. If you do, he might even call the cops and have you arrested for theft.

  Comment by YEKIMI — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 2:20am PST  Reply to this post

• Speaking as one of those ugly, nerdy kids who just wanted to wreck the prom, I’m eagerly watching the mail for my invitation.

  Comment by Steve — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 4:35am PST  Reply to this post

• You know I saw pictures online of Bernie Madoff’s house in West Palm Beach after the teenaged kids of neighbors (presumably bilked by Madoff who shrugged the incident off instead of landing all over their offspring) T-P’ed the trees out front.

  For Silverman’s sake he ought to take note of that and make damned sure it’s not obvious how to get to his house from all the address-giving sources on the Internet. Unless he thinks that sort of petty vandalism is some kind of free party decorating for his abode (he’s just dumb & egomaniacal enough to interpret that as a sign of public affection)

  Comment by Scuttlebutt — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 7:18am PST  Reply to this post

• “All aboard the Hindenberg. LOL.”

  Really? You’re going to go ahead and laugh at your own bad joke in all caps?
  The smarm on this board is so sickening. It’s like everyone here writes for Entertainment Weekly’s “Hit List” . Just really shallow, bitter humor and depressing negativity. It’s interesting to read it in these meaningless little threads because it informs how much one can really put stock into what anyone says in the threads regarding the strike.

  Comment by Louis — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 8:34am PST  Reply to this post

• Ben’s Palisades crib is featured in the current issue of Los Angeles Confidential, if anyone’s curious.

  But when was this meeting supposed to happen — I thought they were all headed for the Super Bowl by now?

  And Nikki’s being a little coy about WHO exactly the troublemakers Ben’s having a problem with are. Is it just Paul and Angela or some of the lower level folks?

  Comment by INterested Observer — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 8:52am PST  Reply to this post

• This is not a meeting. This is Ben’s intervention.

  Comment by charlie — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 8:52am PST  Reply to this post

• NBC could have a hit on its hands if it did up a reality show following Mr. BS around as he tries to turn NBC around and whatnot.

  So meta.
  …
  And easy breezy for Ben’s cherished product placements.

  Comment by RJ Blocks — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 9:37am PST  Reply to this post

• Hug it out? oh my.

  Comment by bd — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 9:55am PST  Reply to this post

• “Hug it out” session? Does that sound as creepy as it…sounds? Stop ‘railing’ the ratings – it’s all about margins, profitability, synergies at the new NBC. No one gives a rat’s ass about some antiquated system of RATINGS. At least that’s what Zucker keeps carping about. Somehow that makes sense, considering he too was dead in the water re: programming a network. And does Immelt really care? Esp. if they one day dream of spinning off NBCU? It won’t be that hit show that sells it – it’ll be the “double-digit growth analysis” that DOES.

  Comment by F. — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 10:44am PST  Reply to this post

• Wow, Louis….Now that you’ve read the comments you can go ahead and stick your head back up Ben’s ass, there’s nothing left to see here.

  Comment by YEKIMI — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 11:45am PST  Reply to this post

• I actually feel sorry for NBC. Some of these cracks about how they have no quality shows in Prime Time is bunk.

  Give me Chuck or The Office anyday of the week over boring procedurals like NCIS or juvenile sitcoms like Two and Half Men.

  Hopefully Naked can help restore the peacock to some of its past glory.

  Comment by Luke — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 1:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• “Wow, Louis….Now that you’ve read the comments you can go ahead and stick your head back up Ben’s ass, there’s nothing left to see here.”

  Ugh. What does Ben have to do with it? I don’t care about any Ben. Thanks for proving my point.

  Comment by Louis — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 4:06pm PST  Reply to this post

• YEKIMI

  Bravo. (lol)

  The venom in these posts is directly proportional to the stupidity, greed and assholery in the biz.

  And if we don’t matter “Louis” why are you here?

  Comment by Anonymous — Friday January 30, 2009 @ 4:46pm PST  Reply to this post