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• Net takes it on the chin.(National Broadcasting Company Inc. on Jay Leno's talk show timezslot move)

  - 2008-12-11

  With its plans to bring Jay Leno to primetime five nights a week, NBC has taken a major step toward no longer qualifying as a major broadcaster--becoming the Big Three web that ISN'T, as in Incredible Shrinking Network TV. There's considerable short-term logic...

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• Peacock problems mount.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)

  - 2008-12-08

  NBC has become--to paraphrase one of the network's recent flops--its own worst enemy. The Peacock has been in a perpetual state of crisis for several years now--blowing up its executive teams and repositioning its programming strategy, all while struggling to pull out of...

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• Who caved, Apple or NBC?(iTUNES)(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief article)

  - 2008-12-04

  By now you've probably heard that, along with announcing the release of new iPods and iTunes 8, Apple also stated that NBC television shows were returning to the iTunes Store. So which company blinked? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JB Perrette, NBC's president...

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• Peacock calls cops: 'Law & Order' returns to replace 'Jungle'.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief article)

  - 2008-10-27

  NBC is shuffling its primetime sked, creating a crime-centric Wednesday night lineup and exiling the struggling "Lipstick Jungle" to Fridays. As part of the change, Peacock stalwart "Law & Order" is returning to the sked sooner than expected. "Law & Order" is...

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• Ad Buyers on NBC: Wait 'Til Next Year; Exec Shift Should Not Affect This Upfront.(News)(National Broadcasting Company Inc. NBC Entertainment's Ben Silverman)

  - 2007-06-04

  Byline: Jon Lafayette NBC's new creative chief, Ben Silverman, inherits a fall lineup that television advertising buyers say won't turn the network around overnight. The real test for Mr. Silverman, they say, will come next fall. The fourth-rated network, which lost...

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• Silverman Setting New NBC Agenda; Co-Chairman Looks to Turn Around Fourth-Place Network.(News)(National Broadcasting Company Inc. NBC Entertainment's Ben Silverman)(Interview)

  - 2007-06-04

  Byline: James Hibberd One NBC staffer calls her new boss "the rock star.'' Producer Ben Silverman, with his flair for exuberant salesmanship and half-buttoned shirts, took the TV industry by storm last week in a whirlwind of executive upheaval at NBC. ...

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• Not.(News)(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief article)

  - 2007-05-21

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• Peacock playing coy.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)

  - 2007-05-14

  While a few of NBC's burning questions were resolved by Sunday night, others won't be answered until today, when the Peacock reveals its fall primetime strategy. Insiders confirmed "Scrubs" would indeed return for another season--ending talk of a move to ABC--while...

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• NBC brings new order to 'Law' universe.(National Broadcasting Company Inc., "Law & Order: Criminal Intent")

  - 2007-05-14

  "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" is bouncing to USA Network next season, while creator Dick Wolf has sealed a new deal to keep the "Law & Order" mothership on NBC. As part of the renewal of both shows, NBC Universal also has...

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• nbc lags despite signs of life.(Special Report: Upfront Preview)(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)

  - 2007-05-14

  Byline: James Hibberd By some measures NBC has done everything right in the past year. The network readily embraced online content integration with its NBC 360 plan. It launched the top-rated new drama ("Heroes'') and boosted Sunday nights last fall with NFL...

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