NBC Television Network is a USA TV network covering Television Entertainment. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network. Through its affiliate TV stations, NBC broadcasts both across the USA and around the world. Its programming consists of news, reality TV, entertainment shows and cultural and political specials. Popular NBC shows include "Law & Order," "The Office" and "30 Rock." Established in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), NBC was the first major broadcast network in the United States. General Electric acquired NBC when it purchased RCA in 1986. NBC is referred to as "the peacock network" due to its stylized peacock logo, which was designed in the 1960's to promote the introduction of color broadcasting. NBC has 10 owned-and-operated stations and about 200 affiliates in the United States. It is one of the worst American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members. This TV network is owned by NBC Universal. The web site is presented in the English language.
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Poor (11 votes)
Political Bias: No Bias (11 votes)
Credibility: Low (10 votes)
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Mondo Times editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 2:06pm on Monday, November 16th, 2009 | Daily Connection Recycles News Stories Into "Repurposed" Local Content, the New York Observer reported on November 13, 2009:
"Every day, producers in New York comb through the myriad stories that have aired or are about to air across the range of NBC Universal TV and Web properties--including NBC News, the Weather Channel, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC sports, NBC mobile, etc.--and pick out a handful of breezy stories to repeat on Daily Connection.
Producers in New York then compose and edit the news elements and send the package to a control room in Washington D.C. From there, the local station takes over.
Every day, WRC-4 assigns two members of its newsroom, from a rotating cast of anchors and reporters, to host Daily Connection.
Typically, the hour of programming begins with a brief bit of live (or live-to-tape) news about the day's big story--Congress debating a health-care bill; a shooting at Fort Hood etc.--and then segues into a playful hour of effervescent news stories largely tailored to female viewers.
Here and there, WRC-4 producers sprinkle in fresh content, such as a recent, original interview with NBC artist-in-residence Jon Bon Jovi. But for the most part, the majority of the news comes from repurposed material that has already appeared elsewhere in the NBC Universal universe."
The full story:
http://www.observer.com/2009/media/nbcs-adventuresome-foray-re-purposed-multi-platform-synergistic-local-news
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Mondo Times editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 8:01am on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | Monday Night Football Throws Leno Ratings for Worst Loss Yet, the New York Times reported on November 10, 2009:
"Monday night, a night fans of “The Tonight Show” used to look forward to because of Mr. Leno’s popular “Headlines” segment, has become the toughest competitive night of the week (matched by Friday) for the comedian and his new prime-time show. One big reason is the overwhelming appeal of Monday Night Football on ESPN.
Ratings so far this fall have indicated that Mr. Leno is stronger among male viewers than female viewers and so sports have strongly affected his numbers."
The full story:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/a-new-low-for-leno/
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Mondo Times editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 2:52pm on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 | Littlefield Memoir a 'Must-Read'?
Variety reported on November 6, 2009:
Former NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield has inked a deal with Doubleday for a memoir recounting his time at the network and the programs and personalities that went into the "Must-See TV" years.
His 20 years at NBC included supervising such programs as "Seinfeld," "Frasier," "Mad About You" and "ER."
The book comes as NBC is currently struggling in primetime and with the network potentially about to change hands if owner General Electric finalizes an agreement with Comcast.
The full story:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010914.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
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Mondo Times editors Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 12:22pm on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 | The Jay Leno Show, which premiered on September 14, gets kicked to the curb by television critic Nancy Franklin, writing in the October 5, 2009 issue of The New Yorker:
"The forensic evidence so far indicates that a kind of death is taking place before our eyes; the only question is whether what we’re witnessing is an accident or a crime scene. Despite the fact that Leno is a showbiz veteran, and that he and his team have had nine months or so to prepare (granted, for five of those months he was still busy working at his old job), the new show is full of bugs, and Leno seems louder, antsier, and more ill at ease than you want in a five-nights-a-week companion. Leno’s job, as he has defined it, calls on him to be a showman, a presenter as much as a performer. The program has the format of a variety show, a creature that was virtually extinct decades ago, even before cable and the Internet. And there’s a halting, clanking quality to it so far; if the show had an intermission, you might exchange a look with your date that said, “Should we leave? Do you want to leave? Let’s leave.”"
The full story:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2009/10/05/091005crte_television_franklin
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