CNBC UPDATE: Comcast/GE/NBCU Deal Is Done; Announcement Coming Thursday

COMMENTS (8)

• Only question now is, will they move Leno to 8 p.m. or 11? And if 8, will they keep it an hour or cut it to a half?

  Comment by Writer Bob — Tuesday December 1, 2009 @ 12:21pm PST  Reply to this post

• Might this mean Jeff Zucker’s days destroying NBC are finally numbered?

  I sincerely hope so.

  Comment by Michael — Tuesday December 1, 2009 @ 1:22pm PST  Reply to this post

• Good Bye Tiny Colonel Zucker…time to go little fella….they tell you you are staying…but that is until it passes regulatory hurdles…and then…..hasta la vista ….You ruined the Peacock…and cost many writers and directors and actors their livelihood ….and you failed,failed and then failed…

  Comment by stanley — Tuesday December 1, 2009 @ 2:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• It would be nice to see Zucker gone Friday instead of a year from Friday, but we’ll see. Cross your fingers everybody.

  Comment by John Tyler — Tuesday December 1, 2009 @ 3:39pm PST  Reply to this post

• The bleaker the outlook, the more able The Powers That Be will be to find ways to get key personnel changes made during the regulatory approval period, instead of after it.

  Comment by MildApplause — Tuesday December 1, 2009 @ 5:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• One year later….. NBC will become a cable network in many areas, there is already talk of that in many articles. As for more scripted shows, the new NBCU is saddled with billions in debt that will have to be paid off. NBC has to make money, and a lot of it.

  Comment by lsb — Tuesday December 1, 2009 @ 10:35pm PST  Reply to this post

• Could this now spell the end of MSNBC?

  Comment by chuck — Wednesday December 2, 2009 @ 11:49am PST  Reply to this post

• They laid me off a year ago, by Zucker’s approval, even though the VP my of department pleaded with HR to keep me, the most successful and vital person to the department. We actually generated revenue for NBC, and yet they chose to axe the entire division, which had little overhead. This is just one of the stupid, ill-informed decisions he made, along with the scores of others, that have sadly turned NBC into a punchline.

  I’ve sat next to him and met him at Town Hall meetings at Rock. He is all talk and lots of poor actions. I hope he is the first to go once Comcast takes over; I hope they see what a waste he is. Good riddance to him and his noisy, shiny suits.

  Comment by laidoffinNYC — Wednesday December 2, 2009 @ 4:31pm PST  Reply to this post