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more about #nbc more comments → IpsoFacto: season 1 was amazing. season 2 was the shit (minus a couple post-writers strike stuff). season 3 had amazing highs and lows. and season 4 (for me anyw... more » VioletViolet: Since Gawker already announced that the only NBC show they watch is 30 Rock, you missed the fact that The Office limited their "green" part to a Dwigh... more » sensitivitycop: Tina Fey is funny, 30 Rock is funny, but they aren't THAT funny. Clever - yes. Overly hipster - yes. But her reign at NBC has only produced the ki... more » Aatom: Also: The Office seems to be on a tear against middle management types recently. more » jerseybiscuit001: I work at NBC. The TVs and computers stay on all night. Everywhere. You get scolded by the techie guys if you turn them off. And every kitchen is... more » Conchie Birdie: Imagine the possibilities if this Comcast deal goes through? more » Jill7: Only Tina Fey can save television, but she's going to have to do it by writing Saturday Night Live and producing Project Runway, while also staying w... more » SpicyMeatball: Maybe I'm numb to it, but I'm not reading these jokes as snubs as put-downs in an actual sense. more » Tremonius: I am quite sure that requiring little bits cheerleading for generic green is much cheaper than cleaning up the vast lakes of PCB spewed into the river... more » TheUptightMidwesterner: The green peacock was bugging the crap out of me, so Kenneth slyly eyeballing it was the best. more » skahammer: If Monsters on Wellbutrin isn't already an optioned screenplay, then I know nothing about show business. #jayleno more » BBooms: That's a stretch. The Glad joke was certainly poking fun at "Top Chef" for its overt shilling, but in the process 30 Rock dedicated an entire scene t... more » hotpinklovesofa: 30 Rock is the only thing on NBC right now worth watching every week. I watched it on my DVR this morning and was laughing my butt off. It's probabl... more » ngonzogo: Veering off topic, kinda' but I've seen a few episodes of Jay Leno's show where he takes shots at NBC. WTF? Does anyone have less cause to dis' his ... more » b4nt4: Padma Lakshmi can't act her way out of a Glad bag. I cringed during that whole scene. Josh Fadem as Liz Lemon's agent on the other hand...brilliant.... more » -
#30rocks
The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Green Week Is a Stupid Idea
The jokes at NBC's expense weren't very insidery this week, but as usual 30 Rock spent half the episode dissing their home network. Here's what happens when you make Tina & Co. play along with your dumb corporate green initiative.
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#kreepekats
Kreepie Kats Klassik: "Without Lou Dobbs Around, Where Will I Get My Casual Racism and Xenophobia? Oh, Right. My Dad! Love you, Man!"
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#30rocks
The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
This season, 30 Rock, the only show we watch on NBC, has been taking constant swipes at the network with insider jokes. We are here to decode them for you. Last night, they predict the downfall of the peacock!
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#thejaylenoexperiment
Another Bell Tolls for NBC's Late Night Empire: Ferguson Finishes First
The news keeps getting better and better for NBC's Jay Leno experiment. Not only are Jay's own ratings falling to unimaginable low depths, sinking affiliates' news shows, but now the bottom is falling out on the rest of the line-up. More » -
#television
The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment
In their quest to reshape television, NBC passed a critical milestone on the way to the primetime experiment's end this week — ratings fell below their own ridiculously low benchmarks to judge the show's success. Now the format's being reworked. More » -
#moguls
Ben Silverman's New College Buddy
As an NBC chairman, Ben Silverman once mingled with true media titans. But now the fallen mogul rolls with a different crowd; we hear he's besties with CollegeHumor editor-in-chief Ricky Van Veen. Now they might be in business together. More » -
#traderoundup
Miramax Steps Out for a Sad Little Swan Song
It's a season for endings and beginnings and new beginnings and final endings and a reboot or two. Today's trades make Hollywood look like one of its own over-handled franchises. More » -
#notsolatenight
Latest Critic of the The Jay Leno Show Experiment: Jay Leno
It's not a good sign for your experiment in reshaping the face of network programming when the experiment's centerpiece muses aloud that, yeah, maybe things were better the way they were before.
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#programming
Southland Will Live: TNT Grabs the Cancelled NBC Police Drama
Just because NBC can't make it work, doesn't mean somebody can't. TNT, announced this morning they will pick up Southland, the critically acclaimed cop drama Executive Produced by ER's John Wells, which NBC cancelled a few weeks back. -
#opencaption
In a Galaxy Far, Far Today
[Al Roker, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Hoda Kotb, and Kathie Lee Gifford make the scariest crew of the Millennium Falcon this side of the Kessel Run on the Halloween edition of the Today show. Image via INF] -
#traderoundup
$300 Million in Ticket Sales Puts Zero Dollars in Bono's Pocket
It's a day of horrors for Hollywood; the goblins taking over the big-screen for our annual, mandated block when Only Scary Movies Can Be Released. And in the counting house, the scarier news that even U2 may have money troubles. More » -
#videuhoh
Today Show's Jenna Wolfe Has a Dirty, Dirty Mind
There are mispronunciations, and then there are Freudian slips. What does it say about Jenna Wolfe's subconscious that she took put a dirty spin on actor Matt Bomer's name? More » -
#television
NBC Chief Says He's Not Playing to Lose While Leno Loses to Cable
You've got to feel for NBC TV's newish chairman Jeff Gaspin; not only does he take the wheel amid the Mother of All Media Typhoons, but he inherits it from a Captain hell bent on steering directly into an iceberg. More » -
#lenowatch
The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
The ones most likely to suffer in NBC's plan to replace big budget shows (what people historically come to networks for) with a schedule of cheap-o chat shows are the local affiliates. Now they're getting angry. More » -
#30rocks
NBC's Problems Are Also 30 Rock's Problems
Did you know 30 Rock returned last night? Don't worry, no one did, because currently the only person watching NBC is Jay Leno's mom. The ratings sucked, but the show itself was great, especially when taking swings at NBC. 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 » -
#badvertising
NBC's Attempt at Subtle Criticism of Jay Leno Not So Subtle
Jay Leno's relying on skits starring Kate Gosselin and panels with Arianna Huffington to fill time. The consensus is a resounding "meh." Give it time? Don't tell that to NBC. "Comedy on the left, Leno on the right," notes GoldenFiddle. -
#travesty
Jay Leno Claims His First NBC Primetime Victim: Southland
Waiting for the return of NBC cop drama Southland? Well, don't hold your breath. Production has been shut down and the completed episodes canned. Why? The short answer: Jay Leno. More » -
#television
Hipster Grifter Law & Order: With Hot Dogs!
Why yes, last week's Law & Order was the episode loosely based on the case of America's sweetheart, the Hipster Grifter. Damned if they didn't work in a hot dog reference. More » -
#television
Is This the Hipster Grifter Law & Order Episode?
We know that a casting call went out this summer for a Law & Order episode (loosely) based on the Curious Case of the Hipster Grifter. A tipster thinks it's tonight's show (the second promo clip). Hmmm. Maybe not. More »
