Wednesday, May 30, 2007

News: NBC Replaces Entertainment Chief

NBC has made it official - Kevin Reilley, President/NBC Entertainment for the last three years has been axed after sagging primetime ratings led the network to re-think its management team.

Ben Silverman, founder/CEO of Reveille and veteran NBCU executive Marc Graboff have been named to serve as Co-Chairmen of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio.

In their new positions, Silverman and Graboff will jointly head all facets of the network's primetime, late-night and daytime programming as well as the digital offerings related to the entertainment division including NBC.com.

In addition, the duo will supervise the network and television studio's creative, marketing, business and financial areas.