Way back in October, people were already saying that NBC's 30 Rock had exhausted its "Yes it's a product placement, but it's also a funny storyline!" justification. Oh, how wrong they were. Mmm, McFlurry! This week's episode featured Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek sexily purring over the greatness of ...

Lord knows that NBC head Ben Silverman hardly needs another reason to fire another VP, but at least this one's creative: someone's hiring hookers on the corporate card! The report comes courtesy of ABC News, which could only be a more delicious payback if Silverman-insulted ABC head Steve McPherson ...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Jan. 15 NBC dodged questions about its decision to do away with scripted programming at 10 on weeknights to make room for a Jay Leno talk show....

NBC potentate Jeff Zucker and loyal henchperson Ben Silverman had the aura of proud parents watching their 30 Rock children collecting Globes—but they made the unusual decision to avoid the podium entirely at TCA. Instead, Paul Telegdy and Angela Bromstad—the new heads of "alternative" a...

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Stargate, Festivus, Eli Stone, Reality-Free I was looking at my last two Festivus wish lists in an attempt to determine if any of my requests came true. Turns out, many of them did come to fruition -- something that I'm damn proud of. Sadly, a new sitcom for Dustin ...

What does Ben Silverman, skiing enthusiast and co-chairman of craptacular NBC, do when everyone wonders why he's still employed? Judging by today's New York Post , tell his favorite outlet how great he is. Jeff Zucker has canned pretty much everyone responsible for finding new NBC shows — exce...

newVideoPlayer("/Conan_LenoShowers.flv", 506, 423,""); All eyes were on Conan O'Brien last night in anticipation of what, if anything, he'd say about NBC's surprise announcement that Jay Leno would upstage his long-planned ascension to The Tonight Show throne. (With a half-hour of local news between...

So SAG's fucked. Wait—did we say "fucked?" There we go again—needless doomsday prophesying where Obaman cool-headedness is clearly required. What we meant to say is: "SAG's probably fucked." Yesterday brought a confluence of Pop Culture Doomsday events that not even a walrus blowing like...

On Monday afternoon, NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker appeared at the UBS 36th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, where he delivered the day's keynote address to a banquet hall of lunching media entrepreneurs, investors, and bankers. Over the course of ...

newVideoPlayer("/turkey_bowling.flv", 506, 423,""); · Damn, we would have had a spare if the stuffing didn't fall out halfway down the lane. · After eight performances, a Broadway revival of American Buffalo starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment has clos...