It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one outside the coma ward that Comcast may be having second thoughts about keeping on the only special needs child to ever run a television network, Jeff Zucker, after taking over NBC Universal. Despite having expressed "enthusiastic support" for a man who could be the inspiration for a prime-time spinoff series called "The Biggest Idiot," Zucker's front-and-center role in the Leno-Conan mess might have them finally seeing Zucker for what he really is (a professional leg-humper). That Comcast execs have tapped former NBCU exec (and Zucker nemesis) Randy Falco as a consultant on the transition cannot mean good news for the Network Napoleon, as the Post points out. This, following No. 1 Zucker hater Nikki Finke's report that Comcast insiders are saying it most definitely will take "minutes, not months" for the new owners to do to Zucker what he's done to his network and its faithful audience all these years, never mind that fresh, 3-year contract. (Score one for Team Coco.)
Thursday, February 4
Late Night Mess Finally Getting Zucker Plucked?
It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one outside the coma ward that Comcast may be having second thoughts about keeping on the only special needs child to ever run a television network, Jeff Zucker, after taking over NBC Universal. Despite having expressed "enthusiastic support" for a man who could be the inspiration for a prime-time spinoff series called "The Biggest Idiot," Zucker's front-and-center role in the Leno-Conan mess might have them finally seeing Zucker for what he really is (a professional leg-humper). That Comcast execs have tapped former NBCU exec (and Zucker nemesis) Randy Falco as a consultant on the transition cannot mean good news for the Network Napoleon, as the Post points out. This, following No. 1 Zucker hater Nikki Finke's report that Comcast insiders are saying it most definitely will take "minutes, not months" for the new owners to do to Zucker what he's done to his network and its faithful audience all these years, never mind that fresh, 3-year contract. (Score one for Team Coco.)
