NBC’s business plan: burn money, then burn more money
Item: NBC will pay Conan O’Brien a severance of $40 million-- no, wait, maybe it’s $45 million. Well, some of the dough will go to O’Brien’s laid-off staffers, but still: that’s a ton of money to not work. Item: NBC is going to lose hundreds of millions of dollars broadcasting the Winter Olympics next month. This is funny because: Funny like you wanna cry, actually. It looks like NBC is no different from Goldman Sachs or Citibank: If you’re in charge at NBC, there’s just no way you can fuck up so badly that you’ll lose your job. Sharon Waxman at TheWrap summarizes the magic that is Jeff Zucker: He’d been regarded as an executive who, after succeeding at the "Today" show, had been promoted, failed and continued to fail upward in that signature way that smart, savvy executives do. For a more succinct wrapup, see Adam Sandler explain what NBC really stands for. Though honestly, Sandler’s being unfair to a part of the female body I bet he likes quite a lot. support
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read morerelated· question of the day: Was Jon Stewart unfair to CNBC when he lambasted Jim Cramer? · question of the day: What should Conan O’Brien do next? · you’re not helping: Amy Pascal on bad movies · Roger Ebert hates 3D; is Sacha Baron Cohen worth $20 million?; Brits playing American; and more: leftover links · question of the day: Can the Net support yet another entertainment news site? · Tilda Swinton = Conan O’Brien · NBC is sooo regretting letting Conan go; new Wolverine movie is called ‘The Wolverine’; BBC continues to employ David Tennant and John Simm; more: leftover links · question of the day: Should Jon Stewart be afraid of Conan O’Brien? · question of the day: NBC cancels prime-time Leno: why did it take so long? · Neil Gaiman is awesome, Regis Philbin is an idiot, Jay Leno and the end of America, and more: leftover links bloggyprevious post: trailer break: ‘The Crazies’ next post: A Single Man (review) |
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posted by Ken Patterson (Thu Jan 21 10, 4:06PM)
Yeah, but there's no "D" (or "A", or "SH") in NBC. You can only go with what you're given...
posted by MaryAnn (Thu Jan 21 10, 4:53PM)
He could have said, "Nothing But Cretins."
posted by Lisa (Thu Jan 21 10, 5:45PM)
can they fire him before Tennant starts working there?