Ben Silverman

  • A Look Back at Ben’s Greatest Hits

    A video of Silverman’s good ol’ days.

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    Wrap Staff

  • Having Fun With the Silverman-Diller Press Release

    As the Ben Silverman Experiment ends at NBC, another one begins at IAC. News that the network’s wunderkind co-chairman has been wooed by Barry Diller to launch a new company that will “capitalize on the ever-evolving world of multimedia production and distribution, leveraging unique marketing expertise,” broke this morning – apparently “first-Tweeted” by Ryan Seacrest,…

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  • After a Rocky Road, Silverman Finally Leaves NBC Universal

    As Jeff Gaspin becomes the main man, Silverman says, “This fall will be my judgment.”

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    Josef Adalian & Michael Speier

  • Silverman: NBC Will Sell Far Less Fall Inventory

    Network has still not closed its deal with upfront advertisers, months after its presentation.

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    Wrap Staff

  • NBC Universal in Desperate Need of Its Next Hit

    A red flag is flying over the executive suites atop the lot’s black tower.

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    Kim Masters

  • NBC Needs a College Course in Marketing

    I've been told never to speak ill of Joel McHale since my sister has a bit of a crush on the host of "The Soup" and the upcoming NBC comedy "Community." So before I get started, I want to clarify that this has nothing to do with Joel, just NBC's marketing department. It appears the…

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    TempX

  • The Ben Silverman-Barack Obama Show

    It’s a White House visit for Ben Silverman, co-chair of NBC Entertainment and Universal Studios.   In Washington for Wednesday night’s premiere of “The Philanthropist” that was co-sponsored by the Creative Coalition and Microsoft’s Bing search engine,  Silverman was due Thursday to join the star of the program, James Purefoy, and others involved in the…

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    Ira Teinowitz

  • Now That Jay Leno’s Headed to Primetime, Some Advice For NBC

    And so it’s ended. Last Friday, Jay Leno made his last joke, welcomed his successor and signed off from latenight television. And so it begins. Come September, Leno hosts the first broadcast network primetime show in recent memory to air every weeknight at 10 — “stripped” scheduling in TV-speak. NBC’s hinted about what the show…

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  • TV Upfronts Selling an Industry in Decline

    Networks, advertisers look outside traditional paths in order to survive.

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    Daniel Frankel
    TV Upfronts Selling an Industry in Decline

  • NBC: That Old Familiar Feeling

    NBC had a chance to knock it out of the park.   But instead, we got … "Parenthood."   At Monday’s "infront,"* the network unveiled its fall shows — a list that would hopefully make us forget about last year’s "hot prospects," mainly "Knight Rider" And "My Own Worst Enemy." A list that would hopefully…

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    Michael Speier

  • Four Ways NBC Can Still Save Leno

    NBC’s denying internet rumors that the nightly 10 p.m. show is being axed — if it’s not too late, here are some options they can try

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    Four Ways NBC Can Still Save Leno