Comments (33)

• hah… very clever

  Comment by bco — Monday July 27, 2009 @ 6:29pm PST  Reply to this post

• How much for a case? I’d buy one in a instant.

  Comment by Jessy S. — Monday July 27, 2009 @ 6:58pm PST  Reply to this post

• Best laugh of the day. Best news was Ben’s departure from NBC. Love Mondays that start like that!

  Comment by BriteBlonde1 — Monday July 27, 2009 @ 8:18pm PST  Reply to this post

• I don’t know. It sounds tempting, but then there’s the risk of eating it and falling to fourth place in something.

  Comment by Rory L. Aronsky — Monday July 27, 2009 @ 8:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• And with him goes Teri Weinberg and the wannabe writers Abrams & Benson. They can hang together now and pretend they are actually in show business.

  Comment by Rob — Monday July 27, 2009 @ 8:39pm PST  Reply to this post

• Zing!

  Comment by M — Monday July 27, 2009 @ 9:06pm PST  Reply to this post

• I LOVE IT! LOL!

  May Ben Silverman be hosted on his petard!

  Comment by jalowe1957 — Monday July 27, 2009 @ 9:24pm PST  Reply to this post

• Does this come 98% fat free?

  Comment by B — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 12:36am PST  Reply to this post

• The Hollywood Diet

  Comment by Weed and Ice Cream — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 3:48am PST  Reply to this post

• The day that Ben decided to go ski in aspen that very weekend there was a major crisis in hollywood and his many buddies were getting canned, I knew his days were numbered, he showed no loyalty whatsoever

  Sure he has had a few hits but He acted like he was David Geffen, Barry Diller, Lou Wasserman all rolled into one at since he was at NBC, I guess the pressure got to him and he flipped, btw to bad KINGS could not have been better, it was a good idea though

  Comment by mr big — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 6:53am PST  Reply to this post

• Hmmmm…. Clusterfuck…. *drool*

  Ahem!

  Sorry about that. Let’s look at the top 10 reasons Barry Diller may have for hiring Ben Silverman for this new venture:

  1. He lost a poker game to the CEO of GE.

  2. He owns a lot of NBC-U stock and needed to something to get it moving upward.

  3. He needs an excuse if IAC blows up in his face.

  4. Silverman’s crazy manic giggle just warms Diller’s heart like a basket of puppies.

  5. Diller just got the DNA tests back, he is the father!

  6. Diller needs a younger body to transplant his brain into.

  7. Diller wants someone to teach him how to party hard.

  8. Diller got tired of not being criticized on DHD every second day.

  9. Two words: Whipping boy.

  10. Once hired, Diller intends to replace Silverman with his evil twin from the negative universe. Evil Twin Silverman has a goatee, and can actually run a network. With Evil Twin working out great, all the blame will fall on Zucker, chaos will reign, and Diller will sweep in to take over NBC-U at fire sale prices.

  Comment by Furious D — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 7:47am PST  Reply to this post

• Maybe you will single handedly clean up Hollywood.. These posers need reference

  Get some REAL actors working, telling good stories.. not the EXTRAS they have playing leads now..i.e Megan Fox,Zac Efron, the whole cast of Star Trek, Star Trek, anything Katherine Heigl or Scarlett Johanasson particpate in, Ben Affleck, and any one who doesn’t do vocal warm-ups before they get on set.

  It really is time to get these people gone and it starts with the bone heads at the top- Thanks Nikki!

  Comment by Thanks — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 8:23am PST  Reply to this post

• ben’s pissed off just about every network head in town. he’d better have a “multi-platform” strategy because abc, nbc and cbs will not buy anything from this guy’s new company.

  Comment by roy zoy — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 8:35am PST  Reply to this post

• THat is a great illustration!

  Comment by jtb — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 8:52am PST  Reply to this post

• Wait a minute, did Arthur do this? If so, this is the sort of thing he should be doing. If not, you should hire this person.

  Comment by Hammonds — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 8:54am PST  Reply to this post

• LoL!

  Comment by Armando — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 9:08am PST  Reply to this post

• Great graphics, and very funny,

  Comment by KAK — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 9:12am PST  Reply to this post

• Priceless!!!!!

  Comment by RTA — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 9:19am PST  Reply to this post

• It looks delicious.

  Comment by eikenmeyer — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 9:35am PST  Reply to this post

• love the graphic but i’d change “ice cream” to “ice scream.”

  Comment by luvvy — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 10:28am PST  Reply to this post

• Barry Diller runs IAC as a cult of personality.

  Complete dog sh*t of a company, but at least Barry and his pals made out well.

  I sold my IAC stock a long time ago. I finally figured out that IAC is not about creating great companies and making money. Instead its a vehicle for Barry and his minions to come up with these partnerships that play to his latest whim.

  I’m not saying that Diller was once a genius, I just think he’s lost his midas touch.

  Comment by MacGuffin — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 11:20am PST  Reply to this post

• BREAKING NEWS: This flavor will no longer be used in county fair eating competitions as everyone using it has come in a 4th place.

  Comment by DaveM — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 11:28am PST  Reply to this post

• Any guesses as to when Mr. Zuckered is Silvermaned?

  Comment by Micoos — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 11:29am PST  Reply to this post

• Love it all but let’s be honest. While most of you are sitting at your desks, Ben is worth over $100 million and can do anything he wants the rest of his life. He beat the snakes and their own game and we should all appreciate that. That said, he’s got some folks at Reveille who walk the line of retardation. Those guys Ben was loyal to because without him they are not working in the business. Howard T. Owens III was never really an agent at WMA. He was promoted because Ben needed help and that is it. But did he make deals and do what an agent does? No way. So, he has made a living and will continue to as long as Ben keeps giving him work. Again, Ben should be appreciated for this. It’s really difficult to throw him under the boss when he doesn’t have to take the bus any longer. He’s richer, younger than most, better looking than the average guy so there is no way to beat him.

  Thank you.

  Comment by anhonestAnswer — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 11:45am PST  Reply to this post

• Where can I buy this???

  Comment by HelenofPeel — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 11:52am PST  Reply to this post

• @ Rory L. Aronsky

  The best comment on here!

  Comment by Anon — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 12:01pm PST  Reply to this post

• On what planet’s atmosphere is that considered a great graphic/illustration? That was done with all the finesse of a PowerPoint slide. Circa 1995.

  Comment by Hmmm — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 12:22pm PST  Reply to this post

• Network sitcoms are welfare for writers. Nobody else cares anymore. The shows will still suck.

  Comment by Nick79 — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 1:18pm PST  Reply to this post

• Yummy!!!!!!!!!!! Minus the Nuts!

  Comment by T.Koma — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 1:22pm PST  Reply to this post

• Nicely done, Nikki. Karma bit him in the ass and hoping Jeff Zucker is not too far away from getting his ass canned soon enough along with Angela Bromstad, another hack who couldn’t produce a hit if her life depended on it.

  Comment by Richard — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 1:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• I should add I’m in favor of welfare for writers.

  Comment by Nick79 — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 2:02pm PST  Reply to this post

• Okay, but still. The two funniest sitcoms on television are “30 Rock” and “The Office.”

  So he wasn’t completely terrible to us non-industry viewers.

  Comment by ToddAbolo — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 2:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• It seems odd to me the man behind all of this is still in charge. When does Zucker go? He made the big decisions that destroyed NBC.

  Comment by Todd — Tuesday July 28, 2009 @ 2:32pm PST  Reply to this post