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As one of Bob Greenblatt’s closest friends, 20th Century Fox Television’s EVP Jennifer Nicholson Salke had been rumored about joining him at NBC since before he even officially started at the network. I hear the deal between her and NBC is still far from being done, but it is expected to close. She would serve in an entertainment president capacity under entertainment chairman Greenblatt and may also have oversight of UMS. Nicholson Salke, who has continued to fulfill her duties at 20th TV, today is going on vacation, and many believe that she would move to NBC shortly after she comes back. I hear that behind the scenes, she has already been involved in some NBC decisions in a consulting capacity. Nicholson Salke still has another year or so on her contract at 20th TV, but I hear that the studio’s chairmen Dana Walden, who is a close friend, and Gary Newman are not expected to stand in her way. This past season, Nicholson Salke fielded two projects for the studio that Greenblatt picked up to series for next season: dramas The Playboy Club and Awake. Greenblatt has started to make changes to his executive team, including recently bringing in Sony TV’s Tal Rabinowitz as new head of comedy, with more shuffles expected over the summer when, among other things, Greenblatt’s no-poaching agreement with Showtime expires.
A respected development executive, Nicholson Salke has been at 20th TV for almost a decade. She served as head of drama, first as SVP and then as EVP, developing such series as Bones and Prison Break before being promoted in 2008 to oversee both drama and comedy development. 20th TV has been on a roll lately with hits like ABC’s Modern Family and Fox’s Glee. Before joining 20th TV, Nicholson Salke was SVP development at Columbia TriStar TV.
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She will be missed at 20th. She’s one amazing exec and NBC has just became a powerhouse with her and Bob leading the charge.
Greenblatt and Salke in one place….think any writers will want to work anywhere else???
“think any writers will want to work anywhere else???”
Yes, actually.
They’ll work anywhere they can get a deal, get a pilot made, and get a show on the air.
But what I’d really like to know is what kind of naive and amateurish child makes an inane comment like the one above, and thinks they’re adding anything of value to the discussion.
I think writers will want to work wherever they get paid, regardless of what scintillating personality is delivering the same old notes.
they will work anywhere
Anyone know why she chose NBC over Paul lee offering her abc studio???
Why isn’t Paul Lee making executive changes at ABC anytime soon as well?
Smoke and mirrors. Just because she vacations with Greenblatt doesn’t make it good for NBC – it makes it incestuous. I’ll giver her credit for picking a smart team underneath her who do all the heavy lifting.
Just get rid of all the Zucker minions that were poisoning that place and maybe, just maybe, NBC can begin the healing process of becoming respectable once again and not a laughing stock as they have been.
I’ve been at 20th for 6 years now as a writer/producer. Jen has always been a stand-up exec who I found to be supportive of writers and just a positive, friendly, smart person to work with. She’s one of the good ones. I’m certain she’ll do a great job in her new gig.
Way to go Jen!!!
Sorry, but due to Greenblatt’s mishandling of the Tracy Morgan situation I won’t be watching any NBC shows and neither will any other gay people.
And you were voted king of the gays and allowed to speak for all of them. Stop being so ridiculously sensitive.
CONGRATS to Jennifer! She is one of the good ones. Nice move by NBC.
Just a shuffling of chairs and rotation of the same people from company to company all doing it the same old way. An incestuous inner circle of dinosaurs in a system that refuses to change and innovate. Every upfront remains the same with everyone saying the same thing, “we’ve worked with the best people in the business” and throwing around all the same names of players in front of and behind the camera that you hear every year (whether their ideas or even execution is even very good). Making the safe bet that no one will blame them if they double down on David E. Kelly or some writing pair that used to work on Friends years ago but haven’t done anything decent since (or have had one outright failure after another). It’s never about ideas or new talent or a vision for something original. Look at the landscape. Two weak rip-offs of Mad Men. Several remakes like the terrible looking “Charlie’s Angels.” Lots of chest thumping about working with Speilberg or someone else (despite Terra Nova being delayed and delayed and still looking like a hodgepodge of things we’ve seen before). I look forward to the day that there’s a story hear talking about an innovative new program, system or approach and not just more of friends rewarding friends.
What a mean spirited post. Just because something is derivative doesn’t mean it can’t be good. NBC’s Awake looks completely original as does Smash. The Playboy Club would have been better without Eddie Cibrian. Pan Am is getting really write ups from TV people including Joe Adalian who said on Twitter on May 29, “As busy at it is, I really enjoyed ABC’s pilot for Pan Am. Fun, well-written, lovely to look at. ABC mktng really botched trailer for it.”
You must not be thinking of the television industry. Those people are making red hot new stuff! Mindy Kaling Project Number 2 Anyone?
Here Here! Nothing against Salke, about time she got out from under the horror at 20th but truly she is just switching over to a new type of horror. There hasn’t been any *NEW* in years because its about old friends and who you worked with previously. Hope we are wrong, but seriously, look at the pilots over the last few years.
Jennifer is a really kind and decent person in spite of the fact that putting her husband at Fox 21 was an obvious conflict of interest. With that said, we all know Bob Greenblatt is what matters in the world of Bob Greenblatt– and it’s okay because he’s a fine executive and producer and is a fearless programmer. Jennifer will be the perfectly unobtrusive executive she’s built her whole career as. And that’s a compliment because it takes great skills not to upset anyone on your ascendancy to one of those million dollar chairs. At least the meetings will be friendly at NBC once again. Does anyone recall the challenging days of Ben and Teri and those below them? Need one say anything more?
We can only go by our own personal experience and I always enjoyed developing with Jennifer. Yes, there can always be a “sameness’ to the process, but she is smart and willing to compromise. Congrats to her on the NBC gig.