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NBC DUMPING MOST OF ITS SITCOMS (Updated)

May 10, 2013 by · Leave a Comment 

NBC, which again wound up at the bottom of the ratings heap at the end of the fall season, is tossing out a slew of shows that were its worst performers, including 1600 Penn, Up All Night, Guys with Kids and Whitney. Two other comedies, 30 Rock and The Office are ending their runs, and […]

NBC DELAYS FRIDAY

October 9, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

NBC got off to a surprisingly strong start this season with its programming on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Thursday’s line-up was no Must See TV, and Friday and Saturday amount to ratings-challenged nights for all broadcast networks. Therefore on Monday the network announced that it would be delaying the launch of its planned comedy […]

NBC POSTS WHOLE SEASONS OF SHOWS ONLINE

December 20, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

In a departure from standard practice by most network broadcasters, NBC has begun posting entire seasons of some of its shows on its website. Ordinarily only a handful of recent episodes are posted online, since producers worry that the shows would face difficulty on the syndication market if they were already available on the Internet. […]