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more about #jeffzucker more comments → Mount_Prion: Yes. Grow like a creeping, ancient, underground fungus, o slimy, inevitable Comcast! My plot to grow rich selling silkscreened "FUCK COMCAST" shirts ... more » unclevanya: Is this what those Time Warner "roll over or get tough" ads are about? Are they making a pre-emptive strike against Comcast trying to rape them over U... more » daveyjonesisdead: A regional cable player owning national entertainment properties? how is that synergistic? They still have to sell the shows to other cable companies ... more » Conchie Birdie: Comcast is the most vile company ever. Bunch of thieves. more » DennyCrane: I'm fairly certain Jeff Zucker can roast a human baby on a spit in the middle of Times Square, gnaw on it like a corndog and still not get fired. more » Anne Boleyn: Personally I can't wait until the last Twilight book comes out as a movie. I will be watching it just for the epic lulz and WTF-factor. I have to giv... more » eatsshootsleaves: No offense, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, but I don't think you're the reason the Harry Potter franchise makes billions of dollars. more » RonMwangaguhunga: How does Jeff Zucker keep keeping his job? I don't get it. Does he have, like, secret photos of God or something? #peterchernin more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: You, sir, are a keeper. more » Clare: Where does the Natalie Portman rap (0:34) fit into this timeline? more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: So, is Zucker a douchebag who sucks at his job or a nice guy who sucks at his job? If he's a nice guy, bully for him! more » Voyou_Charmant: Why hasn't Comcast denied that it raped and murdered a girl in 1990? more » Magister: My worry would be Hulu and online TV in general. I'm sure Comcast would prefer people to use their subscription service (cable) and Murdoch has been... more » dirtydeer: But what does this all mean for the Sheinhardt Wig Company? more » daveyjonesisdead: A purchase would mean Comcast is doubling-down on it's bleak future - tv will be via the internet, internet will be wireless. revenues won't support b... more » -
#christmasshopping
Comcast Buys a Bunch of Awesome Cable Networks and Some Broadcast Thing Called 'NBC'
GE and Comcast officially announced that this morning that they've come to terms on a deal over NBC Universal. It's really, really complicated, but the upshot is that Jeff Zucker still has a job for some reason. More » -
#traderoundup
The Vampires Are Coming! Lock Up Your Checkbooks
In a few months, after New Moon leaves the theaters, we will celebrate the milestone of being halfway through our national Twilight journey, with only two more films to go. But first we have to get through this weekend. More » -
#mogulsinwait
The Peter Chernin-Comcast Conspiracy Is Revealed
For the past few months Hollywood's favorite two guessing games have been: Who's going to take over NBC/Universal and what's going to happen to ex-Fox chief Peter Chernin? Well, yesterday the two games collided in a paradigm-exploding pile-up. More » -
#survival
Jeff Zucker's Great Escapes
According to Bloomberg, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker will likely keep his job if Comcast succeeds in gaining a controlling stake in the company. Of course he will, because otherwise he'd be accountable for all the horrible mistakes he's made. More » -
#deals
What Would a Comcast Purchase of NBC Universal Mean?
Everyone's talking about The Wrap's report last night that cable giant Comcast is in talks to buy NBC Universal. We don't know if it's true or not, but one thing's for certain: If it is, Tina Fey is screwed. More » -
#traderoundup
Tom Ford is Toronto Festival's Man of Destiny
It's 90's-a-go-go all over entertainment. Harvey Weinstein's pacing a festival screening lobby , Rupert Murdoch's got it all figured out, and Jay Leno is still the King just like the olden times. It's all in the trades. More » -
#feuds
O'Reilly Does His Best To Revive NBC Feud
Those Fox News folk were on a roll tonight. First there was Glenn Beck's "poor me" soliloquy. And then Bill O'Reilly went on to break the ceasefire between his network and NBC. And totally called out NBC honcho Jeff Zucker. More » -
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#bensilverman
Why Does Ben Silverman Still Have a Job?: The Bill Carter NYT Profile Edition
Times TV reporter Bill Carter's profile on NBC co-chairman and Executive Bong Smoker Ben Silverman ran today. To put it lightly: Carter takes Silverman by the collar, beats him, and stuffs him in a locker. More » -
#failures
Most-Watched Super Bowl Ever Is a Disaster for NBC Universal
Jeff Zucker's division made about half as much money last quarter as it did the year before. So to judge by the upward-failure arc of his career, he'll be running GE in about three weeks. More » -
#journalismism
CNBC's Uncomfortable Dinner with Its Overlords
Top GE and NBC Universal executives called a dinner meeting with CNBC bigwigs inside 30 Rock recently. This much is agreed upon. Still unclear: Whether CNBC was pressured to bash the president less. More » -
#feuds
Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer Have Posses
The suits have jumped into the Jim Cramer-Jon Stewart drudge match: NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and Viacom CEO Philippe Daumann traded jabs today over their corporate assets at today's McGraw Hill Media Summit. More » -
#wtf
NBC capo Jeff Zucker, today: "CNBC is a spectacular organization and in particular Jim Cramer."
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#cablenews
The Peacock Circles the Wagons
Denial appears to be the official position on Jim Cramer following his pantsing by Jon Stewart. CNBCers don't believe there's a problem, while MSNBC is doing their best to pretendCramer doesn't exist. More » -
#gossiproundup
Octo-Mom Kinda Regrets the Babies Now
Nadya Suleman might consider her decision to have octuplets "irrational," but she's still totally going to sell the birth video. Maybe Ashley Dupre can teach her how to meditate amid 14 screaming kids. More » -
#nbc
Jay Leno Reveals That NBC Chief Jeff Zucker Is Utterly Clueless
Hey, you there! Think you can run a network? You may be able to do it better than NBC's boy-king Jeff Zucker, who Jay Leno has just exposed as a total space cadet. -
#tinafey
Tina Fey Breaks Campaign Promise, Forced to Play Sarah Palin Once More
Remember this lady, Sarah Palin? She was famous for appearing every Saturday night on the tee-vee, saying cute things about Russia, gays, and Katie Couric. Or maybe that was her portrayer, Tina Fey? -
#television
Ben Silverman's NBC Job Safe, Says Ben Silverman
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. More » -
#lesmoonves
Les Moonves Confident 'CSI' Will Crush Leno: 'By A Lot'
As Jeff Zucker foists his last hopes for NBC on Leno and his arsenal of funny newspaper-clipping typos, his arch nemesis—future galactic despot Les Moonves—couldn't help but engage in a favorite pastime: More » -
#conanobrien
Conan On Leno: 'Temperatures Rising Rapidly In My Personal Hell'
All eyes were on Conan 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.
