Robert Greenblatt is the new head of NBC and I have not been a fan of his network leadership since he didn’t bring Queer As Folk back for another season on Showtime when he was running the network there.
Now I am not respecting his decision because he has opted to pick up the unfunny comedy Whitney for a full season that proves that not all comedians can act. Case in point Whitney Cummings who doesn’t know that she crosses a line where you can take a joke and if you watch the show you realize that she also can’t deliver a punchline because she can’t act. Yes most comedians are successful when they cross over from the live stage to the taped one like Ray Romano, Jerry Seinfeld and Robin Williams, but Cummings is far from that list to me.
NBC also picked Up All Night for the full season, the first Christina Applegate show I have no interest in watching. I guess what else do they have…Free Agents?
Now that was the good news, I guess. Here is the bad news. NBC has decided to pull The Playboy Club for its schedule thus giving in to the PTC. Hey PTC watch Whitney, it is more vulgar than anything you ever saw on TPC.
I guess I should be grateful that NBC made the decisions that they did because I was watching the pulled show and not watching the renewed one. So that means 1 hour I get back in my life! Thanks Greenblatt, you love to cancell the shows I watch and renew the ones I don’t. Still bitter over Dead Like Me and QAF!
UPDATE: NBC will be airing Prime Suspect on Mondays at 10p in TPC’s slot until October 31 when Rock Center with Brian Williams debuts.
