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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 11:54pm on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will not star in an NBC reality TV show, TV Week reported on April 21, 2009:
"A state judge has nixed impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attempt to appear on NBC's summer reality show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here."
According to MSNBC, the Illinois judge in the case turned down the request because he believed Mr. Blagojevich wasn't taking his criminal case seriously and because he needs to participate in his own defense.
The rejection came even though NBC and Granada America had agreed to pay to have retired U.S. marshals guard Mr. Blagojevich, MSNBC reported. The ex-governor also had agreed to give up any extradition rights; the show is being filmed in Costa Rica."
The full story:
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/04/blagojevichs_reality_tv_turn_r.php
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G Johnson
Winsted Ct | Posted at 9:06am on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | When NBC gets rid of Jeff Imelt I'll start watching NBC again
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Eric Kallgren
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 6:45pm on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 | February 25, 2009: NBC is launching a new cooking show called "The Chopping Block," which will debut on March 11.
The new show feeatures celebrated chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White (UK's "Hell's Kitchen"). The British Michelin star chef will offer neophyte hopeful chefs/restaurateurs a chance to compete in a restaurant challenge.
"The Chopping Block" will expose the unseen pitfalls and behind-the-scenes madness that goes into opening a restaurant -- with a grand prize of $250,000.
NBC-owned Bravo airs "Top Chef," which has just finished its best season ever. Chef averaged a record 2.1 million adults 18-49 and 2.97 million total viewers in its fifth season, up 20 percent compared to last season.
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 3:40pm on Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | Actor Robert De Niro will be the first guest on NBC’s "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," which launches March 2, 2009. Van Morrison will be the musical guest that night.
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Eric Kallgren
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 2:59pm on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | On January 28, 2009, the Washington Post "TV Column" reported that NBC won't run a Superbowl ad from PETA:
"NBC has nixed a new Super Bowl ad from the animal rights activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals because the ad is too sexually explicit.
It shows beautiful women, dressed in sexy undies, getting very intimate.
With vegetables.
Particularly pumpkins. Total sex maniacs, those pumpkins.
"Studies Show Vegetarians Have Better Sex," reads the tag line.
The ad suggests that changing over to a healthier, vegetarian diet -- or, alternatively, dressing like a broccoli -- will help guys attract hot, horny models.
"Apparently, NBC has something against girls who love their veggies," PETA said of the rejection."
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Eric Kallgren
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 10:19pm on Saturday, January 24th, 2009 | Actor and comedian Steve Martin is scheduled to host the January 31, 2009 episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, with Jason Mraz as the musical guest. This will be the 15th time Martin has hosted SNL, which is a record. Martin's first appearance on the show was in 1976.
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Eric Kallgren
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 1:07pm on Monday, January 19th, 2009 | On January 15, 2009, the Hollywood Reporter reported that NBC has renewed The Office and 30 Rock for the 2009 season:
NBC announced early renewals for a trio of returning shows while providing reassurance that weakened powerhouse "Heroes" has a "very secure" future.
Solid performers "The Office," "30 Rock" and "The Biggest Loser" will be back for another season, while the final verdict on underperformer "Lipstick Jungle" still isn't in. NBC also set premiere dates for its untitled Amy Poehler comedy (8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9, the current "Kath & Kim" slot) and confirmed John Wells' new police drama "Southland" will take over for "ER" at Thursdays at 10 p.m. April 9, while "Kings" will air at 8 p.m. Sundays starting March 15. New cooking competition series "The Chopping Block" will premiere at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, filling the "Knight Rider" slot.
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Mondo Times editors
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 1:13pm on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | On December 8, 2008, the New York Times reported that Jay Leno will have a new prime time show on NBC, starting in 2009:
NBC will keep Jay Leno five nights a week, but in prime time, competing not with David Letterman, but with shows like “CSI: Miami.”
The network will announce Tuesday that Mr. Leno’s new show will appear at 10 o’clock each weeknight in a format similar to “The Tonight Show,” which he has hosted since 1993.
Five years ago NBC announced that it would hand the job of host of that franchise show to Conan O’Brien in May 2009. Since then the network has maneuvered to try to keep Mr. Leno, who continues to be the late-night ratings leader, fearing that he could leave and start a new late-night show on a competitor’s network. “The Tonight Show” is seen at 11:35 weeknights.
Mr. Leno, 58, was known to have suitors, including ABC, the Fox network and the Sony television studio. But he was apparently persuaded to stay at NBC after aggressive personal wooing by Jeff Zucker, the chief executive of NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric.
Though Mr. Leno will command an enormous salary, probably more than $30 million a year, the cost of his show will be a fraction of what a network pays for dramas at 10 p.m. Those average about $3 million an episode. That adds up to $15 million a week to fill the 10 p.m. hour. Mr. Leno’s show is expected to cost less than $2 million a week.
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Mondo Times editors
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 3:13pm on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | On November 17, 2008, Variety writer Michael Schneider reported that "Obama means change for NBC TV."
He wrote: "NBC is developing a comedy based on the book "Making Friends With Black People," a buddy comedy that will focus on the state of race relations in the U.S.
"Show isn't specifically about Obama's rise as the nation's first African-American president -- but "Making Friends" hopes to capitalize on how Obama's success has changed the nation's dialogue on race.
"From time to time, race bubbles up in the consciousness of the country and then dissipates," said "Making Friends" author Nick Adams. "Now, with Obama, people are talking about race a lot more. We hope to capitalize on that and not let the dialogue die down.... It seemed like a good opportunity to strike while the iron is hot."
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Deborah
New Jersey | Posted at 12:07pm on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | Olympics coverage was okay for the Beijing games, at least NBC is covering not FOX!
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