Jeff Zucker poised to finally leave NBC Universal — with $30M to $40M

[TMC1982]

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!!! It's however, too bad that he's still being "rewarded" despite the horrendous job has has been doing at NBC for the past decade.

In a nutshell, under Jeff Zucker's watch, NBC has gone from I think, #1 to #4 (in all intents and purposes, since I wouldn't really consider WB/UPN/CW to be a factor, last place). NBC hasn't been able to create and build hit shows after '90s favorites like Friends, Frasier, Will & Grace, and ER were getting old. Instead, Zucker has preferred gimmicks/quick fixes/penny pinching tactics like "supersizing", a bunch of reality programming, failed spin-offs/remakes (instead of taking risks by doing something more original) like Joey, Knight Rider and Bionic Woman, and putting Jay Leno on in prime time for five days a week.

Zucker also foolishly put Ben Silverman in charge of the entertainment division of NBC (despite being totally unprepared). We already know about the whole "Conan O'Brien gets to host The Tonight Show for only seven months" debacle. Instead, I'll also bring up how NBC overpaid for the rights to the Olympics (the wound up losing I think, $200 million on the Vancouver games alone).

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/see_ya_zuckers_5oBszoRLEkIzFgg7px5IFN

 

[Dr. Evil]

So who's going to help Jay Leno screw the next host of the Tonight Show now?

 

[Matt]

Debunked:

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/...yse-ge-denies-that-nbcu-ceo-is-stepping-down/

 

[Matt]

None the less, hopefully they can get a new Jeff in the corner office. Jeff Wachtel has been in charge of programming at the USA network for the past 9 years. He has been Bonnie Hammer's right hand and basically turned it from a network that played re-runs of Wings and crappy B-movies into a network whose original programming gets better ratings than its parent network, NBC. Watchel for president of NBC!

 

[Pink Ranger]

Thanks TMC.

A friendly comment, the expression is "all intents and purposes." For future reference.

 

[Dr. Evil]

None the less, hopefully they can get a new Jeff in the corner office. Jeff Wachtel has been in charge of programming at the USA network for the past 9 years. He has been Bonnie Hammer's right hand and basically turned it from a network that played re-runs of Wings and crappy B-movies into a network whose original programming gets better ratings than its parent network, NBC. Watchel for president of NBC!

Except for WWE, that is absolutely true.

So if Jeff Zucker doesn't leave, that means that Leno will keep the Tonight Show for the next 50 years! Somewhere in his Los Angeles home (while no doubt wearing a jean shirt and jean pants, possibly with a jean jacket and jean shoes), Leno is smiling.

 

[Phatman]

The longer Zucker stays, the harder it will be to rebuild NBC. NBC desperately needs to rebuild, and each passing day Zucker is there with his poor programming choices (reality, gimmick shows) more and more people get alienated.

 

[dsfjr1190]

We all know who the next Tonight Show host will be:

http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Jay_Leno's_head

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

They need to bring back Las Vegas... (No, I'm not gonna let that go...)

 

[y2jversion1]

In a nutshell, under Jeff Zucker's watch, NBC has gone from I think, #1 to #4 (in all intensive purposes, since I wouldn't really consider WB/UPN/CW to be a factor, last place).

It's "all intents and purposes"...

(sorry, pet peeve.. )

 

[Sawyer]

They need to bring back Las Vegas... (No, I'm not gonna let that go...)

Oh please..... if anything, they need to bring back Joey.




That's right. I went there.

 

[Raiden]

Zucker should be booted out of NBC for the crappy job he's been doing; I wonder why NBC is refusing to fire him and give his position to more worthy candidate. I think ABC should also send their president packing as well; finishing third (behind CBS and FOX) are rather embarrassing.