NBC may have had a rough few years in the ratings, but Comcast’s NBC Universal has shown confidence in the man who puts the network’s schedule together: Bob Greenblatt. The contract for the NBC Entertainment chairman has been extended through 2017.
According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC made the news official today without a big announcement. The network is hoping that many of the new shows he’s brought to the table this fall - including The Blacklist and The Michael J. Fox Show - are hits as it starts another season trying to climb out of the basement.
Greenblatt had previously been at Showtime. He joined NBC in January 2011, notes The Hollywood Reporter. Since then, he has helped the network recover lost ground thanks to The Voice and last season’s hit Revolution. The network has also been helped by Sunday Night Football.
THR notes that Greenblatt has been stressing live programming as of late. Although Million Second Quiz wasn’t a huge hit, it was used to promote the network’s fall lineup. The next big live program is Carrie Underwood’s The Sound of Music.
He’s also succeeded in bringing in some intriguing projects for the future, including Mark Burnett’s sequel to The Bible and a Johnny Carson miniseries.
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