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What about Deal Or No Deal, 1 vs. 100, and Heroes? Those are hits on NBC. Or did he not have much to do with those like he did with the ones you listed? Either way, it's disappointing. From the start I thought NBC had the best looking fall ineup. It's too bad they're still not getting good ratings.

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Reilly was the guy who fought for Heroes, as well as The Office and My Name Is Earl, according to LA Weekly.

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If that's true, Bob, then this firing makes no sense. He brought in three certifiable hits, something NBC hadn't seen in a while.

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That all depends on how you are defining hits Karen. I think much more telling is this weeks Top 20 list. NBC has fallen to only two shows in the top 20, in the 15th and 18th spots. And one of those is ER, which was around long before Reilly.

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Karen, The Office and My Name Is Earl are not hits, certifiable or otherwise. They're great shows with not-so-great ratings.

They are, however, good shows. It's frustrating to see NBC put out a decent lineup of shows that nobody watches.

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I think this is a false rumor.

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This rumor has been popping up every few months for almost a year now. I'm curious to see who else is reporting this (so far, no one, near as I can tell). I'm betting Kevin still has his job come tomorrow.

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TV is all about what you've done for me today. The sick fact is that I like all three of the shows that he's allegedly being fired for. Then again he did pick up "20 Good Years" and is responsible for the massive shake up of the NBC line up after he found that "Studio 60" would be facing "Grey's Anatomy".

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Well, as Studio 60 has taught us, no one cares about network presidents. Ironic, isn't it?

By the way I've never heard of a "Kind" Napping, spelling is funny.

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Can something really be a "breaking rumor"? Particularly if it has, as several people noted, been rumored a dozen times in the past year?

So far, the trades have nothing on this and they wouldn't wait til tomorrow to get something up online. They'd get it up the second any reporter felt they had something credible confirmed.

So either this is a HECK of a scoop for you guys and you look like journalistic whizes, or else this is a HECK of a reckless rumor to run into print with if you actually want to be taken even vaguely seriously in the future.

I reckon we'll see in the next couple hours...

Dan

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Shouldn't Jeff Zucker be fired before Kevin Reilly? What is going on with NBC Universal where shows on their cable channels are developing good shows while NBC network can't get that kind of magic. SciFi, USA, and Bravo are raking in the shows.

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If my theory is correct, it's all part of a big rebranding shakeup at NBC as it becomes the Reality and Gameshow Network. All Reality, All Game Shows, All The Time!

Kidnapped was shafted by having a lousy lead-in: The Biggest Loser.

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What NBC lacked during his time was a hit like Lost, Grey's Anatomy, DH or CSI something. Even crap like The Unit and Criminal Minds do extremely well in the ratings.

Heroes took a ratings hit this week and I have a feeling it'll keep dropping.

As for The Office, the show does really well among 18-49 year olds. Plus combine that with how well the show does on iTunes (and DVD I guess) I think it's a great show to keep.

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Kevin Reilly is a fall guy for Jeff Zucker's failures. What has Zucker ever done to run NBC/Universal? He's failed upward, while others get their heads chopped off.

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Oh, so was this meant as a joke? Your posting on Defamer seems to indicate that.

Unless you're Andy Kaufman, jokes work best when they make people chuckle.

Otherwise, readers might start to wonder what percentage of other TV Squad stories are made up...

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But you can see where the confusion might be?

In any case, 8:15 PST. The trades and the LA Times seem clueless about this rumored bloodletting at the top of the NBC foodchain, keeping the "Brilliant Scoop or Crying Wolf?" game alive...

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NBC had the best new shows of any network this season. For whatever reason, people are just refusing to watch them. I can understand why Studio 60 is tanking, but people really should have checked out FNL, 30 Rock, and Kidnapped.

I guess next year we can kiss original series goodbye and welcome another hundred procedurals, since the top 20 is currently filled with them.

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This should come as no surprise. The other day I actually read the headline "NBC Weighs Down Profit at GE" on the business section of the LA Times. Both NBC Universal film and television haven't been going well for the past year, something like this was bound to happen.

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Hope nothing comes of it. Would love to see some egg on your faces. "Breaking Rumor" indeed....

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