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Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan
For those of you who remember life before the year 2000, NBC was once a great broadcast network that produced some really good television programs in the 1980s and 1990s. What the hell happened to them? They were owned by RCA for several decades but here are some recent ownership changes that may have played into the decay of their performance.
- 1986 - purchased by GE
- 2004 - merged with Universal Motion Pictures
- 2007 - Jeffrey Zucker became CEO
- 2009 - Comcast gained 51% of ownership
- 2013 - Comcast became 100% owner
NBC timeline: Key dates in its history - Business - US business - Media biz | NBC News |
Interesting theory, but not IMHO, completely proved by examples of some of the NBC programming that has aired since 2000.
I'm thinking of shows like "L&O: Criminal Intent,", "30 Rock," "Community," "Friday Night Lights," "Hannibal," "The Blacklist," "Grimm" and one of my all time favorites "Constantine."
Several others spanned pre-post 2000 and clearly had the support of the "powers-that-be" for much of their runs. For example "West Wing," "Law & Order" and "L&O: SVU."
I don't think that NBC's track record is any better or worse overall than that of any other network and as a matter of fact, may actually rank higher in quality programming post-2000 than the other networks.
Personal opinion, of course.
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