VF‘s new Hollywood issue (more at my VF Gives Hollywood The Obama Bump…) includes Bruce Feirstein’s cynical look at next season’s NBC nighttime schedule. (I understand that one show was supposed to be titled, “Where In The World Is Ben Silverman?” — for obvious reasons. Would have been funnier but editors changed it cuz Ben is Graydon’s pal…)
Vanity Fair: NBC’s Fall 2009 Schedule?
By NIKKI FINKE | Wednesday February 4, 2009 @ 5:27am PSTTags: TV
This article was printed from http://www.deadline.com/2009/02/vanity-fair-nbcs-fall-2009-sked/
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cold blooded, but essentially right on the money.
Very funny and so sad at the same time. I wonder when Zucker will finally admit Ben silverman got him good and that he hired a con artist.
Russet wouldn’t have said anything without prior written permission from Dick Cheney’s..well, you know where that joke is going.
It would have been funnier if every slot was taken by Jay Leno, though. Cooking with Jay, Jay Meets The Press, Judge Leno, Dancing With a Has-been, ..
And I bet the editors had to fight tooth & nail with The Wing-Haired Fleshy One (GC) to get the article printed in the first place. Naturally, Ben will utter that weird laugh he did at the Leno press conference as he reads it. BTW, can someone please pull the plug on Earl? Yeesh, painful to watch!
At least My Name is Earl is going to be on…
The NBC network channel is rapidly catering to the Jerry Springer nighttime audience. All the smart audience people have moved largely onto cable to find their shows.
They better be careful, or NBC is going to run with these ideas.
Don’t forget that brand new show called “ZUCKER-PUNCHED.” The show is set in a futuristic, special-effects laden Wrestling Ring. The show is a modern day “Battle of The Network Stars” where the NBC stars and executives on a Weekly basis get to step into the ring opposite Jeff Zucker and hope that they don’t get
“Zucker Punched.” The fists will be flying, the “Deal Or No Deal” supermodel-briefcase models will be on-hand and the show will give NBC viewers a look at the conflicts, inner fighting and behind the scenes angst
that goes with being a member of the NBC-UNI family.
silverman didn’t get zucker good. zucker is the main one who needs to go.
The forgot to schedule the “Jay Leno Sinks His Career’ show at 10pm. Wussup?
I think the “N” in NBC now means “Non-” with whatever U want to put after it: “Non-scripted”, “Not-interesting”, “Non-sensical”, etc.
But remember, it’s not about ratings, it’s about margins! Oy.
CBS will be the only network to do dramas very soon.
CBS will be the only network to do scripted one hours very soon. oh, and all will be aftra. enjoy alan!
It is implied that Jay Leno’s 10 pm show is on the schedule. In any case, I think this is not so bad when it comes to the NBC Schedule. I would watch the Winter Olympics Preview show every Saturday as long as they have actual competition.
I’m going to get into such trouble for saying this, but the countdown to Vancouver 2010 Olympics show is not without a little bit of merit for Saturday nights. Better than reruns of the crap that was on earlier in the week.
Where in the World is Ben Silverman. Now that is funny. So is “Zucker-Punched”. LOVE that idea.
“At least My Name is Earl is going to be on… Comment by Brent S.”
Ummm, that’s part of the joke.
Zucker is the real problem here. Anybody else with a brain would never have hired Silverman. They should have listed the Jay Leno Reality Show, where we get to watch Jay brush his teeth, admire his many cars, tell boring jokes….oh, wait, that’s going to be on every night at 10!
Think Leno will survive @ 10? I like the itneractive TV thing going on with NBC, keeps things interesting. Did Ben shave his face yet?
Wasn’t this in Spy 75 years ago?
Hey, I’m cheap! I’ll fill the Tuesday 9pm slot! Call it, “How Low Will I Go?!”
What they really need is “Medium” – the Brandon Tartikoff special. Because really, it will take the supernatural to save NBC now.