The Future of NBC to Be Written in Sad, Sad Headlines
Posted on September 29, 2009
Its new shows are in the toilet and it conceded a huge chunk of its prime time lineup to Jay Leno’s horrid chatfest. How does the network rebound? By purchasing a new game show! The future holds nothing but death.
After the announcement of today’s new game show, it became apparent that NBC is destined to find the cheapest programming possible and is no longer concerned about how many viewers it can attract or making those expensive and pesky scripted shows. The future for the once-mighty station is much like that in Terminator, but before John Conner can return to the past to prevent the machines from taking over. There will be many more sad headlines out of NBC in years to come. A sample:
December 12, 2009: NBC Announces Plans to Phase Out All Scripted Programming by 2014
September 25, 2010:Heroes Promises It Will Actually, Finally Be Good This Season
October 12, 2010: The CW Surpasses NBC in Total Viewers
July 30, 2011: Jenna Bush and Kathie Lee Gifford to Host Today: Primetime
August 10, 2011: 24 Hour Fitness’ Biggest Loser Nutrisystem Hour Brought To You By Cheerios Announces Lowest Series Finale in History
April 4, 2012: Original Must-See TV Lineup Returns to NBC—As Reruns
June 18, 2012: NBC Loses Last Scripted Show, 30 Rock, to the Hallmark Channel
August 4, 2012: More Americans Travel to London to Watch Olympic Games in Person Than Watch on NBC
January 23, 2013: After Jay Leno’s Fatal On-Set Heart Attack, Dane Cook Prepares to Fill Nightly Hosting Duties
September 14, 2014: Saturday Night Live Attracts 200,000 Viewers, Highest Total in Three Seasons
December 12, 2014: FCC Announces It Will Finally Put an End to National Embarrassment of NBC
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