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The Court of Appeals’ today rejected Department of Justice’s attempt to stop AT&T acquiring Time Warner, paving the way for AT&T to accelerate the implementation of its plans for WarnerMedia. The company already announced an upcoming streaming platform, which will include HBO Now. I hear WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey…

Following this morning official announcement that Bob Greenblatt would be leaving his post as NBC Entertainment chairman after nearly eight years, he has sent a note to the company staff. In it, he admits that “it is with very mixed feelings” that he decided to leave NBC but felt that, with the network at the top of…

Tonight marks the beginning of the 2018-19 broadcast season. Years ago, it would’ve been a big event, marking the end of four months of repeats and the return of originals to TV. For the networks, it was a make-or-break time as the overnight ratings during premiere week determined whether their new series were hits or…

NBCUniversal president and CEO Steve Burke this morning confirmed the departure of Bob Greenblatt who is stepping down from his position as Chairman of NBC Entertainment after almost eight years. As expected, Burke looked internally for a successor, naming George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy Co-Chairmen of NBC…

One of the biggest surprises this upfront season is NBC’s pass on the Bad Boys offshoot pilot LA's Finest, toplined by the films' Gabrielle Union and fellow movie star Jessica Alba. “These are all tough calls,” NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt said about the decision. during the network’s upfront call on Sunday “We did…

Even though his company NBCUniversal was hosting this morning’s forum about advertising, measurement and the current state of the TV and digital video business, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt didn’t mince words. “Consumers hate advertising,” he said. “People are running away from advertising in droves, and…

NBC is bringing back Will & Grace might seem a sort of peace offering for having turned a reality TV star into the man who became our country’s current and least popular president ever, Donald Trump. Originally picked up in January for a 10-episode limited installment, the Emmy-winning comedy this morning got its…

Coming off a ratings victory for the 2016-17 season in adults 18-49 without a Super Bowl or Olympics, NBC is expected to win next season in both total viewers and the demo, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt said during the network’s TCA executive session. While that was a fairly easy projection to make, he also was…

When the surprise un-cancellation of NBC’s Timeless was announced Saturday morning, the first reaction was “Wow!” It was followed by “How?” as in how a show that had been canceled was able to land a renewal less than three days later. There has been the inevitable speculation about some armwrestling and back-room…

The biggest new series of the season (and one of the biggest drama series on broadcast TV at the moment) is NBC’s This Is Us, which is produced by 20th Century Fox TV. The best performing new Fox series and the first freshman drama series to get a renewal for next season is Lethal Weapon, from Warner Bros TV. Yet…

NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt, talking about his career in a Q&A at Paley Center for Media, gave The Voice a lot of credit for helping him turn the network from No. 4 to No. 1 among broadcasters. The singing competition created  “an identity for the network, which has been generally a kind of very positive…

NBC’s 2017 live holiday musical presentation: Bye Bye Birdie, which will star Jennifer Lopez as Rosie. NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt just made the announcement at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills. This will be NBC’s fifth consecutive live musical, following The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The Wiz, and the…