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BREAKING: Angela Bromstad To Leave NBC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 20, 2011 @ 4:39pm PSTTags: Angela Bromstad, Comcast-NBCU Merger, NBC Angela Bromstad, NBC Programming, Robert Greenblatt, TV
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UPDATED: In the first executive fallout from the pending post-merger restructuring at NBC, Angela Bromstad, primetime entertainment president for the network and sister studio UMS, will be leaving. She told her staff about her departure this afternoon. There had been rumblings that Bromstad may not be part of the new NBC programming team under new entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt after the Comcast/NBC Universal merger is completed next week, but Comcast’s November announcement of NBCU’s post-merger executive structure made a point of listing her as staying on. (There was a potential scenario, in which Bromstad would take over her old job of running UMS should Greenblatt decide to give it more autonomy.) If she hadn’t left on her own, Bromstad would have probably been pushed out within the next week or so, sources said. Greenblatt had reportedly been telling people that Bromstad “will be gone within 48 hours” of him starting at NBC. The latter is expected to finally happen next week when the Comcast-NBCU merger is approved. And in another sign that she was probably not going to factor into NBC’s future executive plans, Bromstad didn’t hold a Q&A session at TCA last week. This is the second time Bromstad leaves a top NBC post after a new chairman is brought in. In 2007, she was pushed out as president of UMS when Ben Silverman joined the network and moved to London to run NBCU’s U.K. production office. She was brought back 2 years later in the aftermath of Silverman’s exit. Bromstad’s departure, along with the exit of NBCU TV Group president Jeff Gaspin, streamlines NBC’s creative hierarchy, with Greenblatt in full control of the network’s programming. The move also fueled a new round of rumors about what executives Greenblatt might bring in. Speculation once again focused on “the usual suspects,” former Showtime SVP original programming Danielle Gelber and 20th Century Fox TV EVP Jennifer Nicholson-Salke. I hear Gelber will not be going to NBC while Nicholson-Salke, who is now under contract at 20th TV, could eventually join Greenblatt though not right away, sources said. As for Bromstad, she is expected to take some time off before starting to look for opportunities. There will be one coming up in May when CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff leaves the network. Bromstad would have celebrated her 15-year anniversary at NBCU. She joined the company in 1994 as director, miniseries and TV movies. After a five-year stint in the longform department, she moved to series, serving as VP series at NBC Studios, SVP drama for NBC and eventually co-head and head of UMS predecessor NBCU TV Studios. Here is Bromstad’s email to her staff:

Today I wanted to let you know that I’m leaving NBC Universal. I cannot possibly sum up my thoughts and emotions in an email but suffice it to say I have tremendous respect for the company and for the people with whom I have had the privilege to work with and know during my time here. I take great memories and friendships with me and I wish you all the best going forward.
Angela Bromstad

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HRTS Network Chiefs Lunch: A Star Is Born

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 26, 2010 @ 5:12pm PDTTags: ABC Paul Lee, ABC Programming, CBS Nina Tassler, CW Dawn Ostroff, Fox Cablevision Carriage Dispute, Kevin Reilly Fox, Melissa & Joey, NBC Angela Bromstad, Paul Lee
Nellie Andreeva

ABC’s new chief Paul Lee charmed a room full of industry types at the Hollywood Radio and TV Society’s network chiefs luncheon today, which was otherwise pretty uneventful. Three months into the job, he looked confident and relaxed, stretching … Read More »

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It’s Official: NBC’s ‘Chase’ & ‘Chuck’ Get Full-Season Orders, 4 Scripts For ‘Undercovers’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 19, 2010 @ 11:00am PDTTags: Chase, Chuck, Law & Order:LA, NBC, NBC Angela Bromstad, NBC Pickups, Outsourced, The Event, TV, TV Series Pickups, Undercovers, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

It was UMS’ pickup day at NBC yesterday when the studio’s freshman series The Event, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Outsourced all received back-nine orders. Today is Warner Bros TV’s turn. As expected, the studio and NBC closed deals for full-season orders to freshman drama Chase and fan favorite Chuck, now in its fourth season, which I hear received a super-sized 11 episode pickup. (Digital rights issues held up both deals from being announced at the same time as the other pickups yesterday.) Additionally, NBC and Warner Bros. TV have settled on the number of additional scripts for freshman spy drama Undercovers, 4. NBC primetime chief Angela Bromstad pointed to Chase‘s “potential to grow” and Chuck‘s loyal audience. Indeed, last night Chase delivered a small ratings uptick at 10 PM, while Chuck held steady. Both finished last in the hour among the major networks. Read More »

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Pickup Time At NBC: ‘Event’, ‘LOLA’ And ‘Outsourced’ Get Full-Season Orders, ‘Chase’ Pending, ‘Undercovers’ Gets More Scripts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 18, 2010 @ 2:30pm PDTTags: Chase, Chuck, Law & Order:LA, NBC Angela Bromstad, NBC Pickups, NBC Ratings, NBC Renewals, Outsourced, The Event, TV, TV Pickups, TV Scheduling, Undercovers
Nellie Andreeva

All remaining freshman series on NBC got some good news today. Three, The Event, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Outsourced, have been picked up for the rest of the season with back-nine orders. A similar pickup for Chase is said to be pending, while I hear Undercovers is close to receiving an order for additional scripts, said to be in 4-6. All renewed series, The Event, LOLA and Outsourced, hail from sister studio UMS. Chase is from Warner Bros. TV, and deals with outside studios sometime take longer (In this case, it hear the holdup has to do with digital rights). Also close to a full-season order at NBC is the WBTV-produced spy dramedy Chuck, a fan favorite that has gone through its fair share of dramatic last-minute renewals. Its deal is being held up by the same rights issues, with both the Chase and Chuck pickups expected to be finalized tomorrow.  Read More »

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TCA: Early Launch For 2 NBC Series; NBC Brass Talk ‘Office’, Robert Greenblatt, Piers Morgan

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 30, 2010 @ 10:40am PDTTags: Alexandra Cunningham, America's Got Talent, Jeff Gaspin, NBC, NBC Angela Bromstad, NBC Development Deals, NBC Executive Session, Outlaw, Parenthood Season 2, Parks and Recreation, Prime Suspect Pilot, Rob Lowe, Robert Greenblatt, TCA, The Office
Nellie Andreeva

At the top of NBC’s executive session, NBC Uni TV Entertainment chairman Jeff Gaspin announced that a couple of series will premiere early behind the final episodes of America’s Got Talent. The second season of Parenthood will launch on Sept. … Read More »

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