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Jay Leno Extended NBC Contract To 2014 After ‘Tonight Show’ Budget Slashed 20%

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday September 9, 2012 @ 10:00pm PDTTags: Jay Leno, NBC, Robert Greenblatt, The Tonight Show

NBC is finally confirming publicly that Jay Leno took a 50% pay cut  — or $15 million on his $30 million salary. That helped NBC slash the Tonight Show‘s $100M budget by about 20%. Deadline scooped first news of Leno’s pay cut to prevent more than 20 staff layoffs on the show. Now NBC’s entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt confirms that number to the Wall Street Journal. At the same time, Leno extended his contract for another 2 years to May 2014. So much for Leno taking swipes at Comcast/NBCU over the layoffs. Greenblatt told WSJ there’s no date yet for Leno to leave. ”That’s a conversation we’ll have as we look down the road. I’m sure there will be a day when these guys — Letterman and Leno — wake up and say, ‘It’s time for us to exit gracefully.’”

Related: ‘Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20; Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs

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Showtime Names New Marketing Co-Heads As Len Fogge Nears Move To NBC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 4, 2011 @ 2:24pm PDTTags: Bela Bajaria, Len Fogge, Richard Licata, Robert Greenblatt, Showtime
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In anticipation of Showtime Network’s head of marketing Len Fogge re-joining former Showtime Entertainment president Robert Greenblatt at NBC, the pay cable network has restructured its marketing team, elevating Frank Pintauro and Donald Buckley to EVP and co-heads of the department. Fogge, EVP creative, marketing, research & digital media, a close associate of Greenblatt, had long been rumored to take the reins of the NBC marketing department after Greenblatt is allowed to hire CBS/Showtime employees. The moratorium was recently lifted, leading to the recent hires of Showtime’s Richard Licata as EVP communications and CBS TV Studios’ Bela Bajaria as EVP for UMS. Read More »

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NBC Picks Up David E. Kelley’s ‘Wonder Woman’, Michael Patrick King’s Drama

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 21, 2011 @ 7:39pm PSTTags: David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams, Mann's World, Michael Patrick King, NBC, Robert Greenblatt, Warner Bros. TV, Wonder Woman
Nellie Andreeva

Wonder Woman will fly this pilot season after all. New NBC entertainment president Bob Greenblatt capped a day of high-profile pilot pickups with a surprise order to David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman reboot. Additionally, he formally greenlighted another hourlong project … Read More »

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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
Nellie Andreeva

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 … Read More »

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TCA: No NBC Executive Session

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 6, 2011 @ 9:04am PSTTags: Comcast-NBCU Merger, NBC Executive Session, Robert Greenblatt, TCA, TCA Press Tour, Ted Harbert, Television Critics Association, TV
Nellie Andreeva

With the end date for the Comcast-NBC Universal merger still uncertain, NBC has opted to forgo an executive session at its portion of TV Critics Assn.’s winter press tour. With only a week left before the NBCU day of TCA … Read More »

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Danielle Gelber Leaving Showtime

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 9, 2010 @ 1:03pm PSTTags: Cable TV, Danielle Gelber, Robert Greenblatt, Robert Greenblatt NBC Entertainment, Showtime, TV
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: Showtime SVP original programming Danielle Gelber will leave the pay cable network at the end of the month when her contract is up. While the timing of her exit would probably fuel ongoing speculation that Gelber, who had worked under Robert Greenblatt at Fox and Showtime, might follow him to NBC, … Read More »

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Final Thoughts On The New NBCU Structure

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 18, 2010 @ 11:50pm PSTTags: Comcast NBC Universal, Comcast-NBCU Merger, NBC U Senior Management Team, NBC Universal, NBC Universal Management, NBC Universal Organization Structure, Robert Greenblatt, Robert Greenblatt NBC Entertainment, Steve Burke NBC Universal, TV
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATES NBC Universal’s New Organizational Structure Revealed

UPDATES COMCAST-NBCU: Ted Harbert And Bob Greenblatt To Run NBC, Pat Fili-Krushel Also Coming

The organizers of the Saban Free Clinic’s Annual Dinner Gala must have been scrambling today to update all the materials for the Monday event with the new title for the night’s top honoree, Robert Greenblatt, who today was named chairman of NBC Entertainment as part of the post-merger management structure of NBC Universal unveiled by the company’s incoming CEO Steve Burke.

Greenblatt, who will oversee the network and sister studio UMS, won’t be conducting any business, including meeting with his staff or talking to agents, until the merger is approved, something sources suggest may happen in mid-January. By then, the broadcast networks will be in the thick of picking up drama pilots, so Greenblatt would have to jump right in. He is expected to begin familiarizing himself with NBC’s development right away and will probably read pilot scripts as they come in to be able to start making greenlight decisions on Day 1. Drama has been a particularly vulnerable area for NBC with no new series introduced in the past couple of years lasting more than a season and a weak freshman drama class this fall. That makes the future of NBC’s head of drama Laura Lancaster uncertain. Greenblatt is still a ways away from making any personnel changes, but after he officially starts, he is expected to make some. In today’s memo, there was good news for 2 NBC veterans, Marc Graboff, chairman of NBC Entertainment and UMS, and Angela Bromstad, president of primetime entertainment. While the announcement didn’t mention their titles, leaving the door open to them changing, they were mentioned by name as reporting to Greenblatt in the new chain of command. That means that both are factoring into new Burke’s immediate plans for NBC. From then on, it will be up to Greenblatt. 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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Francie Calfo Named Imagine TV President

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, ABC, David Nevins, David Nevins Showtime, Imagine TV, Robert Greenblatt, Scoundrels, Studios
Nellie Andreeva

FrancieCalfoVeteran TV executive/producer Francie Calfo is joining Imagine TV as president after more than 20 years at ABC. Calfo will replace David Nevins who is leaving to become entertainment president at Showtime, replacing Robert Greenblatt. Calfo’s deal with 20th TV … Read More »

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Greenblatt’s Future Plans: ‘Rebuilding’ A TV Network Or Film Gig Now On His Wish List

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 28, 2010 @ 8:01pm PDTTags: David Nevins Robert Greenblatt, David Nevins Showtime, Robert Greenblat Showtime, Robert Greenblatt
Nellie Andreeva

Greenblatt_RobertWith his big decision to leave Showtime behind him, the network’s entertainment president for the past 7 years Robert Greenblatt sounded relaxed in a phone interview today, hours after the network officially announced David Nevins as his successor. “I had been wrestling … Read More »

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Matt Blank and David Nevins Discuss The Top Executive Change At Showtime

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 28, 2010 @ 3:11pm PDTTags: Cable TV, David Nevins, David Nevins Showtime, Matt Blank, Matt Blank Showtime Networks, Robert Greenblatt, Showtime, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Shortly after Showtime officially announced today that David Nevins will be the network’s new entertainment president, succeeding Robert Greenblatt, Showtime Networks’ chairman and CEO Matt Blank and Nevins got on the phone to discuss the change at the helm of the pay cable network. Blank confirmed that no one at … Read More »

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It’s Official: ImagineTV’s David Nevins To Succeed Robert Greenblatt At Showtime

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 28, 2010 @ 9:17am PDTTags: Cable TV, David Nevins, David Nevins Robert Greenblatt, David Nevins Showtime, Robert Greenblatt, Showtime, TV
Nellie Andreeva

David_NevinsNEW YORK – (June 28, 2010) – David Nevins, an Emmy Award-winning producer and veteran network programming executive, has been named President of Entertainment at Showtime Networks Inc., it was announced today by Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc., to whom he will report.   Mr. Nevins will succeed Robert Greenblatt, who announced he will leave the network after completing his current contract in July. Nevins, who has served as President of Imagine Television since 2002, will be responsible for developing, acquiring and supervising all aspects of programming for all of the Showtime Networks channels.  He will be based in Los Angeles and begin his new position later this summer.

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DOUBLE SHOCKER! Imagine’s David Nevins Replacing Robert Greenblatt At Showtime

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 24, 2010 @ 6:39pm PDTTags: Cable TV, David Nevins, Imagine TV, Robert Greenblatt, Showtime, TV
Nellie Andreeva

showtime_logoI broke the news today that David Nevins suddenly is leaving Imagine TV after serving as president for 8 years because he couldn’t reach a contract with 20th TV and that he lined up a new job. He’s heading to Showtime as the new … Read More »

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