Just watched the Rose/Zucker interview. Some thoughts: Zucker is now indistinguishable from Ari Fleischer in appearance and mannerisms, and I'm not unconvinced they're the same person expunging the same hot air.
Ever bland, Rose asked the traditional questions with no followups and brought no knowledge to the table beyond what he'd read in the trades. No mention of "How much did Leno know and when?" Early in the interview, when Zucker went off on his little speech about his job being to set aside emotion and focus on the money, where was Rose to pounce on that idea and rip it to shreds? Or when Zucker praised NBC Sports for Olympic coverage that hasn't even happened yet (he cited it as an example of NBC not failing), but Rose didn't bother to mention the lost revenue from that coverage. Best quote of the interview: "It's the sign of a leader to step up and say, when something's not working, to have the guts to reverse it, and the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger." No, the worst thing you could do is make decisions that make things even worse. Someone explain to me why the affiliates will rally together to bump Leno back to 11:35, but they won't rally together to remove Zucker, the guy genuinely responsible for what will ultimately be their demise? Where are their threats of "Drop Zucker or we will preempt your programing for reruns of 'She's the Sheriff'"? -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
