Wouldn't surprise me at all. It'll also fail, on some unforseen level, and something approaching NBC would, IMO, spring from the wreckage. (Wouldn't it be nice if something similar were to happen to Fox?)
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:49:51 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Are Days Numbered For NBC? It was the home of classics such as "Star Trek" and newer signature shows like "Heroes" and "Chuck." But if some newly surfaced rumors are accurate, NBC could very well be no more. BNET writer Diane Mermigas warns that NBC Universal suitor Comcast, the largest cable operator in the United States, is not interested in keeping NBC itself going. Falling revenues and an unsure broadcast market seems to have Comcast considering putting all of its eggs into the basket of cable, moving shows that survive the network axing to cable properties such as USA Network or Syfy. However, there isn't too much to support this outside of unnamed sources. And whatever direction Comcast goes likely won't be known for a while since it's expected to be a year before the cable giant's acquisition of NBC Universal from General Electric is complete, and any action on the network likely couldn't happen until 2014 at the earliest because of contractual obligations. But losing one of the original Big Three is something that could definitely send ripples through the entire entertainment industry. It was just 15 years ago when both Paramount and Warner Bros. felt broadcast television was so strong, they wanted in on the game and created UPN and The WB. UPN was anchored by "Star Trek: Voyager" while The WB would become known for some strong programming such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Smallville," and later "Supernatural" and "Angel." However, it seems few in the broadcast industry could predict exactly what kind of effect the combined competition of cable and the Internet would play on broadcast television, leading to annual declines in viewership. http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/6942 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_4:092009
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