Saturday, January 7, 2012

'The number one priority is keeping Matt on the Today show.'

Matt Lauer:  the total package.
NBC entertainment czar Bob "We had a really bad fall — worse than I’d hoped for, but about what I expected" Greenblatt Friday at the Winter Press Pimp Spin Tour 2012 in Pasadena. THR  Speculation that the Merv Griffin of this generation, Ryan Seacrest, may replace Today's Matt Lauer is "premature."  NYDN's David Hinckley
Bob "Really Bad Fall" Greenblatt LAT
Seacrest's E! contract is up the end of January; Lauer's the end of the year.  Deadline

Comcast is banking on keeping both in the NBC family. Lisa de Moraes Wash Post

8 comments:

  1. Why go with an old Fart like Ryan?
    Give the gig to Justin Bieber.  That'll nail down that coveted 12-13 demo.

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  2. Yeah, and Bieber is about as equipped as Chelsea Clinton to wrangle Bresking News!
    This Just In! Today is Jim's birthday!
    Via my BlackBerry

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  3. That's just a vicious rumor spread by my birth certificate!

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  4. Yeah, well, I'm up tomorrow!  The birthers are having a field day with us, Jim!  Contrary to rumor, I WAS born on planet Earth!

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  5. But your parents were from Krypton.

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  6. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHICKABOOMER!
    <p><span><span>WISH YOU:</span></span>
    </p><p><span><span>1 year of Health</span><span></span></span>
    </p><p><span><span>52 weeks of Love</span><span></span></span>
    </p><p><span><span>365 days of Joy</span><span></span></span>
    </p><p><span><span>8 760 hours of Satisfaction</span><span></span></span>
    </p><p><span><span>525 600 minutes of Prosperity</span><span></span></span>
    </p><p><span><span>31 536 000 seconds of Happiness</span></span>
    </p><p><span><span>January 8<sup>th</sup>,<span>  </span>2012</span></span>
    </p><p><span><span> </span></span>
    </p>

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  7. My dear Yolanda:  Merci! 

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  8. Stop telling my secrets, Jim!

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