TWELVE REASONS WHY NBC IS A LAST-PLACE NETWORK

**Iceberg** · 02-10-2012 01:22 PM

the only thing I watch on NBC is sometimes the 6:00 local news.....

**dfergie** · 02-10-2012 01:24 PM

I watch the "local" (300 miles away) also... plus Brian Williams...

**televisionarchives** · 02-10-2012 01:28 PM

It goes back and forth. NBC will make a comeback.

**rockymtnhigh** · 02-10-2012 01:34 PM

Eh... I doubt it. Hasn't been Must See TV in what, a decade?

**televisionarchives** · 02-10-2012 01:47 PM

Perhaps Bob Hope said it best. He was on the old Donny and Marie show back in the 1970's and Donny hit a golf ball on the show and it disintegrated after he hit it. Bob then said " Look how it disappeared, where did you get that golf ball from , the NBC Programming Department?"

**Stargazer** · 02-10-2012 11:18 PM

Some networks have been out of the running for a decade or longer in the past and made comebacks. I believe NBC will in the future. It is not a matter of if but a matter of when. The only way I think it will not make a comeback is if the other network ratings drop as well which would go to the cable stations or on demand content.

I do not think ratings are as important as they used to be just for the simple fact that this is paid television that we are talking about here. Before cable/satellite was popular it was all free on an antenna and only the network stations. They relied on advertisement for their income so it was extremely important back then. Now they get money from us subscribers whether we watch them or not especially since they require a bundle. All they need is one decent station in a bundle of junk to get a deal. They do not have the incentive to bring quality television like they used to to the extent that they used to. They just do what they can get by with I feel in some cases.

**TMC1982** · 05-25-2012 08:26 PM

Network Status Update: Are Things Looking Up for Last-Place NBC? -- Vulture

Bottom line: It's easy to make a case that things at NBC are hopeless. Just take a look at how few shows it has near the top of the Nielsen ratings, or how on some nights Peacock programs end up drawing a smaller audience in key demos than a half dozen or so cable shows airing on the same night. And it's distressing when a good show like Bent debuts on NBC and is seen ... by virtually nobody. The hole Jeff Zucker and Ben Silverman dug remains deep. And yet, NBC still seems in much better shape than it was in eighteen months ago: People are talking about (some) of its shows, and the team running the network is infinitely more competent than its predecessor. Sure, some people got bent when NBC seemed to give up on Bent without trying, but look at how hard Greenblatt tried to save Prime Suspect last fall. Or his laser-focused attention on Smash, or the fact that Awake will get to finish out its thirteen-episode order without being yanked. The slate Greenblatt will unveil next week is the first to be fully formed by his team. Once we see how viewers respond to those shows, we'll know for sure whether NBC is on the comeback trail.

**Scott Greczkowski** · 05-25-2012 08:28 PM

I am looking forward to the Olympics on NBC.

**ke4est** · 05-25-2012 09:35 PM

NBC used to be my favorite, but it has not been in years, don't watch anything on it. Except for the 6 and 11PM news as ice said. We have the best news and weather on our local NBC affiliate.

**dfergie** · 05-25-2012 10:00 PM

Actually I believe ABC came in last this year...

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