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Ben Silverman, We Will Miss You
4:23AM Richard Lawson | That NBC chair Ben Silverman is flying/being pushed out of the peacock coop isn’t really all that surprising. He’s always been kind of a disaster. A blowhard (in more ways than one) party boy with streaks of ego and irresponsibility. More »
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Wunderkind Ben Silverman Out At NBC
12:43AM Richard Lawson | Once-celebrated, now-beleaguered NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the company, it was announced on Ryan Seacrest’s Twitter this morning. (Yes.) Well, OK, the New York Times has confirmed. So what the heck happened? Is this good news or bad? More »
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Heidi Pratt’s “Hospitalisation” Is One Giant Reality TV Mess
9:00AM Foster Kamer | Heidi Pratt was rushed to a hospital in Costa Rica last night for some kind of stomach infection while filming/quitting I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. Our source calls the entire thing out. More »
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Jay Leno’s Best Sick Jokes
9:44PM Ryan Tate | Jay Leno’s rep says it looks like dehydration sent the Tonight Show host to the hospital last week. But Leno prefers to process his trauma by mocking Conan O’Brien and Ben Silverman. More »
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NBC Sells Its Nonexistent Soul For A $5 Subway Sandwich
12:21AM Hamilton Nolan | US network NBC has shockingly ruined the integrity of its dramatic show Chuck by allowing Subway what is perhaps the most blatant (and therefore laughable!) product placement in network TV history. Mmm, smell that chicken teriyaki. More »
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Project Runway Deal Signed, Weinstein Returns To Bashing NBC
1:09AM Richard Lawson | Harvey Weinstein’s gracious-in-defeat couldn’t last long. After paying off NBC to take his Project Runway to Lifetime, the mogul had “personally” congratulated the network. Now, he’s calling NBC chairman Ben Silverman a big naked-arm-wrestling homo. More »
Which NBC Universal VP May Have Pulled A Spitzer With His Corporate Card?
8:20AM Kyle Buchanan | Lord knows that NBC head Ben Silverman hardly needs another reason to fire another VP, but at least this one’s creative: someone’s hiring hookers on the corporate card! More »
PrivacyWatch: Courtney Love And Ben Silverman Drunk On Red Wine And Each Other Edition!
4:20AM Seth | 1/21 — Apocalypse now – COURTNEY LOVE and BEN SILVERMAN (TOGETHER), stumbling out of Giorgio Baldi on Wednesday night. Someone needs to explain this right now. More »
Live From NBC’s TCA Panel: ‘Heroes’ Spared, Ben Silverman In Hiding
7:30AM Seth | NBC potentate Jeff Zucker and loyal henchperson Ben Silverman’s had the aura of proud parents watching their 30 Rock children collecting Globes—but they made the unusual decision to avoid the podium entirely at TCA.
