This is as close as I got to Adam Levine, ChristinaAguilera, Blake Sheldon and Cee Lo Green at theNBC Winter 2012 press tour party PASADENA, CA–It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that NBC needs a lift to get back in the ratings race. Nonetheless, the Peacock network held the first network party of
PASADENA, CA–What did NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt tell critics attending TCA Friday morning?The first network executive session of the tour will be hard to top for candor. Unlike long time CBS programming boss Nina Tassler, for example–the Queen of the non-answer–Greenblatt actually answers questions.As usual, a few of the best goodies came in the
I’ve heard about being right in the scene but this was ridiculous.Tuesday just outside Toronto on the set of the new NBC/Global drama The Firm, a small group of international journalists were given a tour of the production studio. The Firm shoots in a converted warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., the same facility where another eOne
Alison Brie and Donald Glover go into their Community dance Fourth place U.S. network NBC announced this week that, among other changes, they are shelving Community come the new year. Although there are promises that all 22 episodes commissioned this season will eventually be shown, things look grim beyond that for the low-rated sitcom.Which sucks.
Global is teaming with NBC on another one of those cross border crime dramas. The Firm, from Entertainment One (Rookie Blue), is an update of the John Grisham best seller. No cast has been announced yet for the 2011-12 mid-season drama, but it will be shot in Toronto so presumably there`ll be some Canucks. Here`s
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.–NBC has thrown so many monkey wrenches into television in the last few years critics have lost count. So the room was a tad testy as rookie programming executives Angela Bromstad (right) and Paul Telegdy sat up front today and took questions.Bromstad and Telegdy were taking the heat for NBC execs further up
Are we all watching the Olympics? Certainly in the U.S. that is all anyone is watching. There have been several reports on this, but Bill Carter, as usual, nailed it early with this piece in the New York Times, A Surprise Winner at the Olympic Games in Beijing: NBC: The Games have drawn an average