Administrator Toups Posted September 24, 2010 Administrator Share Posted September 24, 2010 As expected, Jeff Zucker was fired. http://www.deadline.com/2010/09/cnbc-zucker-wont-make-comcast-merger/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 +1. The question, though, remains: does anyone now give a f*ck about this network after the years of destruction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted September 24, 2010 Author Administrator Share Posted September 24, 2010 Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 The thing with Zucker, especially the last 6-7 years, is his defeatist attitude thinking NBC never had a chance to progress and get out of the rut it's in. That network needs all new programming people and an entirely new strategic approach. They have to want to be competitive again and create shows that have more wider appeals, niche shows just don't work no matter how many Emmy's they win. They need shows that are more mainstream and buzzworthy, a brand new marketing plan, and they better hire the best damn PR agency they can find to spin, I mean, bring it all out to the audience in a positive way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 The chances of that happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OLTL_fan Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Good and Dawn Ostroff should be next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted September 24, 2010 Author Administrator Share Posted September 24, 2010 I like niche shows though. Are you need is decent demos to get 5+ years and I hope it stays that way (the type of shows). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Probably slim, but stranger things have happened when networks have changed top management. Whoever succeeds him will want to put his/her own stamp on things. We probably won't know the full effect of things until next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 They can have a few niche programming, but that doesn't create buzz and much added revenue. They can incorporate some of what they have now, and build on a more mainstream approach. NBC needs to want to be competitive again, it was a huge PR disaster when Zucker openly admitted that NBC would probably never be a top 3 network again. Look at ABC before Desperate Housewives and Lost brought them back to the mainstream and from the brink of extinction. NBC needs something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Oh, Dawn Ostroff so needs to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 About time! Good riddance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAYSjunkie1987 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Thank the broadcast gods!!!! Don't let the door hit ya........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Interview with Zucker: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i59a76af793553118d6b45ce2cbb58744 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Exactly. And I'm sorry, but building a lineup around disaster single camera comedies like The Office and 30 Rock(the latter of which I LOVE for the funny TV references) was doomed for failure. No one wants to spend a half-hour seeing people homoerotically stare at each other in two minutes of dead silence. It's not funny. From y'alls mouth to God's ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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