NEWS FLASH: A lot of people make the mistake that this is the first time that NBC screwed over TV shows with the Conan O’ Brien controversy. Wrong. Yes, NBC has been this greedy for years.
Doing research here is a list that NBC screwed other than Conan O’ Brien:
- Like Adam Sandler said on the Tonight show the other night, Adam has been fired by NBC as a writer for SNL back in his earlier years, so he knows what it’s like being screwed by them.
- Robin Williams said on last night’s show, that NBC cancelled “Mork and Mindy” without letting him knowing about it, and he said he read the report in Variety.
- “Law and Order: SVU” stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay were possibly going to get the pink slip if they kept asking for a raise.
- NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” got cancelled after the third season. After it dissapointed many fans, DirectTV bought the show to bring the show back to NBC where it belongs. The cast and crew of “FNL” almost lost their jobs because of NBC.
- “Bionic Woman (2007) show with Jaime Sommers, the show was doing extremely well in ratings, but the show was haulted due to the WGA writers strike. The show never got renewed and there is still no word on whether the show is coming back. So NBC decided to can the show for good due to poor ratings at the end of the season. Such a shame, a great show that also didn’t last long. I liked it.
- “Bosom Buddies” – The Tom Hanks sitcom that only lasted one season, was doing great in the ratings but NBC decided to cancel since it didn’t catch the public’s attention.
- “Howie Do It” – The Howie Mandel variety show only lasted one season, I read they cancelled it due to high budget costs. Even Howie is a victim.
- David Letterman on NBC. Like Letterman said before, he too was screwed by NBC. Letterman was going to get the Johnny Carson gig in the 90’s, but surprise who got it? Leno, who else? Dave knows what it’s like being replaced by Leno! Ha!
- “The Gong Show” – Yep, Chuck Barris himself was even a victim of NBC. Although the Gong Show got really good ratings, the show was cancelled because of Barris’s racy content with the performers that show their stuff on the talent show.
And this list can go on…
Kev





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