Things NBC has covered up

Friends being funny

Matt Lauer's lack of talent.

"Supertrain" wasn't really super.

That Juliana Marguiles was a cunt to most of her castmates on ER.

Mindy Cohn's meth lab

My navel

Who really played our instruments.

[quote] Friends being funny

Not to mention the stuff they borrowed from my show.

The long list of shady and illegal activities of Al Sharpton.

The rape scene in "Born Innocent". They tried destroying the print after the lawsuit.

Bill Cosby's still unproven rapes and you assholes are starting to piss me off. And, no, no admission of ludes counts as proof. Sex, yes, rape... need far far more proof.

Thank you Whoopi. Welcome to DL

Obama's incompetence,

Hoda Kotb's feet.

Whatever Sharpton blackmailed them with to get that job and paycheck.

Matthew Perry's amputated finger

That phony story on Dateline about the exploding pickup trucks.

9/11

Valerie Harper on "Valerie".

Introducing the New, Improved Sandy Duncan and The Hogan Family! Valerie? Oh she's gone...because...um, she's gone.

Pat's gender.

The fact that ALF spending four seasons trying to eat a male cat was just a big, long stealth rimming joke.

[quote] The rape scene in "Born Innocent". They tried destroying the print after the lawsuit.

What is it about the sight of women holding a broomstick that makes male film editors uncomfortable?

Matt Lauer's overwhelming mediocrity and his sense of entitlement.

Exactly how many starving orphans [italic]The Golden Girls[/italic], [italic]The Facts of Life[/italic] girls and the cast of [italic]Gimme A Break![/italic] could have fed with their emotional eating episodes.

Bryant Gumble's horrendous fetid breath.

The real reason Jason Bateman left [italic]Silver Spoons[/italic] for his own, unrelated show from the same production company with the same writers. "Spoon" is the keyword.

That John Belushi's nose inspired the prototype for the Dyson vacuum.

That Barbara Bush is actually a bitter old gay man with minimal (at best) cross-dressing skills

That Stone Phillips was actually the least stoned on air-talent for many years

The NBC peacock used to be a peahen, and "his" feathers are implants.

Tootie was not actually the member of the cast of "The Facts of Life" with the most serious flatulence problem.

WTF is that smell?

Keith Olbermann's inability to see out of the right side of his peripheral vision.

"Pull my finger." George W. Bush's only authentic quote during his two-term administration (or his adult life for that matter).

Why the Tartikoff era had so many shows about guys in their 20s playing teenage boys.

Jokey Smurf's links to one of the FBI's 10 most wanted terrorist groups

Dick Cheney's long-time associations with Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, and other residents of Hell.

I WILL shoot you in the face.

I need more FRESH baby blood, godammit!

The amount of child support Dave Seville has had to pay for Alvin and Theodore's thousands of illegitimate children born of groupies. Since Simon was both the gay one and the smart one, he dodged a bullet there.

I've questioned their credibility after the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman incident; Once it came to light that NBC had edited the 911 tapes so that it appeared that Zimmerman had said "he looks guilty, he looks black".

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WTF! I did not see that Bush family revelation coming!

JHC, what can I believe in?

My head. They paid for my hair transplant prior to shooting Season 1 of Community.

Rachel Maddow's penis

Matt LeBlanc "Joey" from friends was not a pussyhound. He's a big ol' peen lover.

Danny Pino's hole.

R44

I think Pino could give Dawson a run for the money.

NBC is a terrible network and has been for years. They never support good shows and cancel them before their time. Also I HATE Fallon. Can't stand him. He's arrogant and thinks he's funny. I refuse to watch his show. They need to get a better late night host. Also, their morning "Today" show stinks. Once again, arrogant hosts who think they're all that with their phony laughter. Nothing funny about reporting the news. They just do too much trying to be funny when nobody likes them. Their ratings prove nobody likes them, yet NBC keeps them on. And what NBC did to Conan was a disaster. Really bad treatment. I like Conan. He's creative and genuinely funny, yet they gave him the boot after they screwed up. I now only watch Conan's late night show on TBS, which is fun. NBC is run by really bad executives. A terrible network.

The love between Hannibal and Will Graham.

9-11. Iran/Contra. Sandy Hoax. Boston SmokeBombaThon.

Millions of other things you idiots 'don't believe' in.

Mindy Kaling and BJ Novak's secret set sex tapes filmed on The Office set

Dolph Sweet's cancer

That Mrs. Cosby married a Muslim. That they had a Muslim as a sportscaster for their football.

That Alison Williams has no talent for musical theater.

[quote] That Alison Williams has no talent for musical theater.

There aren't enough earplugs in the world to cover that up.

My sure-to-be Emmy winning and critically acclaimed sitcom, SUSE!!!!!! Why did they pass on SUSE!!!!!?????

Meredith Baxter's lesbian affairs with crew members from Family Ties

Jessica Savitch's drug problem. Well documented.

Jenna Fischer is a robot and not an actual person

[quote]There aren't enough earplugs in the world to cover that up.

I meant before we all sat down expecting a watchable performance.

Bump for the Pee-Cock.

Taylor Kitsch's homosexuality

Will Arnett and Christina Applegate's affair

Joe Scarborough's murder of an intern.

R 45, I agree with you

Matt Lauer is an overrated diva hack

Al Roker is not that funny and a mean person

Matt Lauer possibly had an affair with Jenna Wolfe and Amy Robach

Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad had an affair and that she got pregnant while the show was on the air but aborted the baby

David Gregory secretly wanted Matt Lauer's job

Jenna Wolfe dated the crazy news anchor Heidi Jones who faked being rape to get her girlfriend back. It was rumored that Jenna Wolfe was that girlfriend who broke up with Heidi.

Katie Couric and Ann Curry never got along

Savannah Guthrie had an affair with a married man and the affair tarnished her reputation

jimmy Fallon's finger fiasco

Are people still watching that stupid Today show, talk about jumping the shark that show is really bad and stinks with phony hosts.

The fact that sometimes, there is in fact hope with dope.

Shelley Long's drug addiction during her Cheers years

[quote] Jenna Fischer is a robot and not an actual person

Hollywood's not big enough for the both of us.

Punky Brewster was actually colorblind and refused to tell anybody but Glomer, and he blabbed to everyone in Chaundoon, so the little shit just had to die. He just [italic]had[/italic] to! On the other hand, she still managed to afford to get me a really chic-looking stole for Christmas, but I don't know why she thinks people, especially [italic]moi[/italic], will believe her when she keeps insisting it's mink soaked in Born Blonde.

[quote] Bill Cosby's still unproven rapes

Wrong, R11. Those rapes have been proven to my satisfaction and to most reasonably intelligent people's satisfaction.

[quote] and you assholes are starting to piss me off.

And we're supposed to give a flying fuck about what pisses you off because... ?

[quote] And, no, no admission of ludes counts as proof.

Wrong. Actually, it does count as proof. By admitting that he drugged his victims, Cosby admits that he removed their ability to consent to any sexual activity. Then he admits that he had sex with them. That's rape in any jurisdiction in this country.

[quote] Sex, yes, rape... need far far more proof.

No, you're quite wrong. He confessed to it and I do not require any more proof, nor do most sensible people. If you do, that's your problem.

Gary Coleman got Dixie Carter fired from Diff'rent Strokes

Dana Plato was a stoner and managed to hide weed from everybody, even Nancy Reagan and her Secret Service agents.

R68, It's ok Amy, most of us haven't been doing well after The Office.

Kirstie Alley's unsuccessful Scientology recruitment

The chemicals that held Markie Post's mullet in place are now illegal in 15 countries.

[quote] Why the Tartikoff era had so many shows about guys in their 20s playing teenage boys.

Casting couch.

Joe Penny's homosexuality.

The contents of John Krasinski's nose

William Conrad's fat rolls. And what r77 said.

Johnny Carson wasn't the mischievous good-natured kidder he projected on TV but a dark, paranoid, spiteful drunk.

Lin Bolen, daytime head of programming in the mid-1970s, wanted to sue over the movie [italic]Network[/italic] because she thought Faye Dunaway's character was based on her.

Bob Hope (an NBC idol) was as much of a womanizer as Bill Cosby (another NBC idol).

Paul Lynde and all the other Hollywood Squares celebs were given the questions ahead of time and their jokes were scripted by writers.

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts were edited, cut and pasted together like no other show.

Bob Hope used to tape his specials in the same NBC Burbank studio where Johnny Carson did his Tonight Show. Bob would take the audio of the laughs from Johnny's monologue and edit them into his own monologue laugh track.

R85: There used to be a great discussion on some game show message board about the machine NBC used to generate fake audience reactions; they called it "Mother Mackenzie." Almost every sitcom and variety show taped in Beautiful Downtown Burbank used it at least once for something.

Lin, you bitch. It was based on me.

r83 - they announced it during each show.

Justine Bateman calling Michael J. Fox a faggot near his Family Ties dressing room.

[quote] Justine Bateman calling Michael J. Fox a faggot near his Family Ties dressing room.

Stupid bimbo. It's pronounced "fagabeefe."

Debutante Ellie Kemper's connection, to the racist Veiled Prophet ball in St. Louis.

[quote] NBC is run by really bad executives. A terrible network.

I have been turning over in my grave.

What Ludwig Von Drake was up to during WWII.

The duck, R43???

Yes, R94, I have it on good authority that a certain turncoat mallard was quacking codes for the enemy in WWII.

NBC covered up my undying love for Jessica Savitch.

President of RCA and NBC, David Sarnoff, stole television from its main inventor, Philo Farnsworth, and FM radio from Dr. Armstrong:

[quote]Financially broken and mentally beaten after years of legal tussles with RCA and others, Armstrong lashed out at his wife one day with a fireplace poker, striking her on the arm.[24][25] MacInnis left their apartment to stay with her sister, Marjorie Tuttle, in Granby, Connecticut.[4] On January 31, 1954, Armstrong removed the air conditioner from the window and jumped to his death from the thirteenth floor of his New York City apartment. His body was found fully clothed, with a hat, overcoat and gloves, the next morning by a River House employee on a third-floor balcony. The New York Times described the contents of his two-page suicide note to his wife: "he was heartbroken at being unable to see her once again, and expressing deep regret at having hurt her, the dearest thing in his life." The note concluded, "God keep you and Lord have mercy on my Soul."[4][26] After his death, a friend of Armstrong estimated that 90 percent of his time was spent on litigation against RCA.[4] Upon hearing the news, David Sarnoff supposedly remarked, "I did not kill Armstrong."

Mario Lopez date raping an extra during Saved by the Bell

Luckily, R97, Farnsworth thrived on his own genius even after the fucking-over David Sarnoff did to him.

It's a shame that Sarnoff refused to work in partnership with Farnsworth. They could have accomplished greater things that way. Farnsworth was willing to do that but the greedy Sarnoff was determined to steal for himself all that which he did not already own.

Everything about Jimmy Fallon's life off screen

As teenager, I used to watch the Today periodically and even at that age couldn't figure out why Bryant Gumble was such an arrogant personality and used to belittle Jane Pauley. I really got to dislike him. As an adult, I saw him recently receiving accolades from his "friend" Matt Lauer and then and there the pieces began to fit. Gumble was a nasty piece of work in the 70s.

Katie Couric's out-of-control narcissism near the end of her Today Show run. A former 30 Rock employee told me that employees would literally hide when they heard the staccato click of her expensive Manolo high heels. An assistant to a well-known on-air news personality told me that she had permission to ignore Katie Couric's calls when her name came up on Caller ID.

Tom Brokaw's overwhelming sense of self-importance. He could not lower himself to make eye contact with any other NBC employee and he became completely humorless.

Matt Lauer's insatiable ambition, which he hid for many years behind his fake likeable persona. But he's as cutthroat and ruthless as his buddy Bryant Gumble.

Jane Pauley's coldness and remoteness. In all her years at NBC, she never really got close to anyone. She was professional but very distant.

Lester Holt's easy-going likeability and lack of ego for an on-air talent. A 30 Rock employee told me that Lester Holt stopped by her going-away party even though she didn't feel she knew him that well. He was a normal guy doing a solid job in a sea of sharks. I can only hope that he stays as grounded now that's the Nightly News Anchor. But given that this big break came to him relatively late in his career - I'm hopeful that it won't change him.

Oh yeah, and the Widow Katie Couric, who boosted her Q rating immeasurably by playing the brave-but-grief-stricken wife of her late husband Jay Monahan. and who further boosted her career by making a spectacle of Colon Cancer screenings during each subsequent ratings sweeps period, was very close to filing for divorce from Monahan when he was diagnosed with Cancer.

Granted, she stayed with him and supported Monahan until the end. But few TV personalities have benefitted from playing the grieving widow as much as Couric did.

Ted Danson's bald spot on Cheers

Luke Russert. Oh, sorry, I thought this was "Things NBC [italic]Should[/italic] Cover Up."

The fact that crack was the secret ingredient in gummi berry juice.

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Rona Barrett's role in the dismissal of Tom Snyder.

Stephen Moyer's lack of musical theater talent

[quote] Stephen Moyer's lack of musical theater talent

Sucks for him I wasn't around to bail him out like 20th had me do with Chris Plummer.

R101, she talked briefly about him in an interview. She said he used to melt down because she didn't keep her drawer in the area where they read the news as neat as his. If he carried on about that, I'm sure he made her life hell with all kinds of other silliness.

Bea Arthur's lesbian pool parties during the early 90s. All women under 30 at the network were expected to attend.

[quote] Bea Arthur's lesbian pool parties during the early 90s. All women under 30 at the network were expected to attend.

Did you finally get to meet Danny Thomas?

R112 Were there any men there?

Yes, Rose, they came to fish the dead beaver out of the pool filter.

"Matt Lauer possibly had an affair with Jenna Wolfe and Amy Robach"

Lauer has been rumored to have had affairs with multiple co-anchors, including Guthrie and Morales. Only one has issued a statement angrily denying a relationship, and that was Wolfe. I tend to believe her. I think she would have broken him like a twig.

Jimmy Fallon got hurt again. Is NBC going to continue covering up his addiction issues?

Bea's colostomy bag, which hung even lower than her penis.

R118 It's good to see you posting here Betty. I'll haunt you tonight.

K.I.T.T. still has the lingering chemical aroma of David Hasselhoff's hairspray.

We got tired of covering up for Jimmy Fallon.

Systematic republican election fraud

The fixing of the stock exchanges by insiders

Foreign ownership of corporate America. There's a reason Wal-Mart doesn't know where their products come from. They are no longer American owned.

Banking malfeasance

R38

I believe that Trayvon's fat friend Rachel teasing him that the white cracker "might want yo ass" is why Trayvon did confront Zimmerman to show that he was no punkass and that's what lead to the shooting. Both were stupid. Zimmerman should've stayed in his vehicle and Trayvon should've just continued to the home rented by his father's girlfriend.

Why is George Zimmerman still alive?

R 102, I can believe that about Matt Lauer behind his "likable" person people who know him has said he is not the nice guy as portrayed on television. He is not respected among staffers, and ruthless as well and made enemies with people in the business. It was well known that Ann Curry and Matt did not get along, Katie and Matt would tease Ann Curry.

Al Roker though seem charming has a mean streak from what I heard.

The most respected is Lester Holt, he is very popular among staffers, people are always happy to give him assignments and positions cause people enjoy working with him. Quiet guy, very professional and they rallied to have him replace Matt Lauer. Of course staffers don't have much interaction upper management.

The smell of Matt Lauer's entitled asshole is overwhelming...NBC can't cover it up for much longer.

Matt Lauer will be out of NBC hopefully within the next year or so.

The cuntiness of Julianna Marguelis

'e' vIchel vuDmey'e' ra'bogh real meq qatlh muHlu'nIS be vuDmey'e' DoH ghorgh.

Jane Pauley had bipolar disorder.Chris Hansen lost his job caused he an affair with a reporter in Florida.

Kristen Wiig's mental illnesses

Milton Berle's VPL.

[quote]Jane Pauley had bipolar disorder.

I remember she was everyone's favorite bluestocking back in the 70s. In the 00s, she tried to be everyone's favorite Mom on her talk show, and I don't think it lasted very long.

Lorne Michaels and the Canadian take over of the US

Rachel Cory's bug eyes.

That Victoria Wyndham is really Beth Howland.

Brian Williams lying is the most obvious and that he was cold towards his staffers. He went to work late in the afternoon. Chuck Todd and his agent played a role in getting David Gregory fired.

A lot of SNL drug stories, I'm sure (not the funny, oral history type ones, either.)

Some SNL writers were also into drugs and that was covered up too. Bob Odenkirk also covered up for Chris Farley.

r140 everyone covered for Farley, except maybe Norm. I think he distanced himself a bit while others enabled him toward the end.

Tapes of Whitney Cummings giving blow jobs to NBC execs

She must be able to suck an ice cube through a straw r142 because both shows were horrible.

The systemic torture of humans by the Bush administration, facilitated by NBC Nightly News and Meet The Press, in exchange for "access" to key players in this war crime.

Tim Russert, David Gregory, and now Chuck Goatee - a rogue's gallery of complicit criminals.

Erica Hill and Jenna Wolfe never got along and that Jenna was still bitter after Erica Hill took her spot as main anchor on Weekend Today. Brian Williams and Matt Lauer did not like each other, it was a war of big egos as they both fought each other for exclusive interviews and turf wars. That a tv movie was supposed to come out about surrounding the infamous Ann Curry ouster from Today show.

Mark Paul Gosselaar's incredible buttocks.

I wonder if NBC ever hid details about James Franco's sexual orientation during the original run of Freaks and Geeks.

R136 /R137, I love you.

That [italic]L.A. Law[/italic] actually was pronounced "La Law."

MM: Are there other examples of self-censorship at NBC related to GE?

Cohen: An egregious one at the Today Show involved a segment on consumer boycotts in the early 1990s. In preparation for the segment, they interviewed for a period of months the expert on the subject — Todd Putnam, the editor of National Boycott News.

Two different producers of the segment both communicated to Putnam that when they had him on the air they did not want him to mention General Electric. Putnam had explained to the producers that the biggest boycott in the country at the time was a boycott against General Electric over its profiteering from nuclear weapons production. He was told that it might be safer to avoid the whole story.

After months of discussion, Putnam was flown to New York. They did the segment. There were visual aids on the Today Show set, all sorts of products from companies that were being boycotted, including Hormel Spam — boycotted because of a labor dispute; a sneaker — boycotted over a black community issue; and tuna fish — boycotted over the dolphin issue. They couldn’t find any room on the table for a GE light bulb, and they never brought up GE.

After the segment, Todd was walking out to the elevator when a janitor came up to him and said, “Hey, how’s that boycott against GE going?” So the first employee of NBC that wanted him to tell the whole story about boycotts was the janitor. The journalists were too afraid.

One of them explicitly told Todd Putnam that if Todd mentioned the GE boycott on Monday, “I’ll be looking for a new job on Tuesday.” So out of fear, they self-censor. It’s very likely that if GE had been mentioned in that segment, heads would not have rolled.

But the fact that NBC journalists are afraid to tell the whole story and will surgically remove GE from a story in which it is a major player gives you an idea of how much of a problem it is for the consumer when TV stations and networks are owned by giant conglomerates that have such sprawling political and economic interests.

It doesn’t just happen to the news. It extends to other programming content. There was an incident in 1998 at NBC’s Saturday Night Live where a cartoonist poked fun at General Electric in an animated cartoon. It was pretty funny. It was called “Conspiracy Theory Rock.” Later in the summer when it reran, they cut out that segment.

There was the famous incident in 1989 when a reporter at NBC in Chicago had done a solid story on defective bolts that were used by General Electric. They were supposed to be certified and were not. It was believed that these bolts had been used in airplanes, bridges and nuclear power plants. The NBC reporter sent the story off to the Today Show. Before it aired, they surgically removed all references to General Electric from the story.

And you really think these lying assholes are telling you the truth about 9/11?

I don't think they tell us the truth about ANYTHING, r152.

Corporate media will never tell you things like this:

"What the big banks did during the housing bubble of the mid-2000s was in essence straightforward counterfeiting. The difference between what they did and regular counterfeiting was simply the kind of fake paper; regular counterfeiters print fake, valueless cash, while the banks were printing fake, valueless bonds."

The fact that Lester Holt's son was handed a coveted anchor gig.

I don't see anything wrong with this R155

Neither do I!

NBC has hidden their support of gay rights in the late 50's early 60's with the introduction of NBC Peacock.

Ah come on people nothing about the shows Bosom Buddies, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Blossom, Father Knows Best, I Dream of Jeannie, Harper Valley PTA, Frasier, Night Court, Taxi, Will & Grace, The A-Team, B. J. and the Bear, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Bonanza, CHiPs, Dr. Kildare, Emergency!, Fame, McMillan & Wife, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, L.A. Law, JAG, Star Trek, St. Elsewhere, Police Woman, Jeopardy!, Deal or No Deal, The David Letterman Show, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and The More You Know.

JAG wasn't on NBC.

Hyuk! I'm still here doing my darndest to not reference any of my high fallutin' err...investigative reporting so as not to undermine Rachel's own (ahem) extensive experience in the field.

Note to Self:

Do NOT ever comment on-air about Maddow's ugly streaked las vegas hooker-style black eyeshadow and frenetic stream-of-consciousness delivery making her look like the Alice Cooper of evening news.

That both John Mahoney & David Hyde Pierce, Frasier's Dad & brother, were both tremendous kaweens.

Neither of them was out til the show ended. NBC wouldn't allow it.

R155, Lester Holt is extremely well liked and I am sure NBC will do whatever they can to help him and keep him happy. Nepotism is nothing new. Time Russert's son is at NBC. I heard that Stephen is actually really good anchor and is paying his dues.

R163=NBC publicist.

Danitra Vance's lesbianism was covered up.

You can believe it or not - but based on a report from friends and acquaintances who worked at NBC, Lester Holt is one of the most down-to-earth, decent men ever to be the host of a network news show.

I can't say how the move to the anchor chair may have change or will change Lester, but up to this point, Lester has paid his dues and has treated his co-workers remarkably well.

I win.

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R166, there are a lot of wonderful, down to earth people out there who paid their dues to become successful. That doesn't mean that their hard work entitles their children to a job that they did not earn. After all, it's not like Lester Holt isn't already being paid a boatload of money to do his job.

And don't try to argue that Stephan "paid his dues" and is ready to anchor a major newscast. He's 29 years old, for chrissake. Next thing you know, you'll be telling us that Alison Williams' performance as Peter Pan rivaled that of Mary Martin. Or that Luke Russert is the next Edward R. Murrow.

NBC = Nothing But Children

Robert Kelker Kelly manhandling actresses on the set of Days of Our Lives. He got randy with a bunch of actresses until one of the lead actresses complained. Oddly enough,he's gotten work again. He even worked for another NBC broadcasted show after his misconduct.

R169, his son does not work for NBC News , he is working for the affilate NBC station. Compared to most children, Stephen is actually working his way up and working at the affilates. Just because he is the son of Lester Holt does not mean he will follow the same path as Lester Holt. Same thing with Luke Russert just because he is Tim Russert's son, he does not automatically qualify for become a host for Meet The Press.

That little earth symbol spun the wrong way before the news updates.

LOL, R171! That little "affiliate" just happens to be one of the biggest media markets in the world, located at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City.

And please tell us how little Stefan paid his "dues"? Was he in the trenches in Afghanistan or Iraq? Did he score an interview with Castro? Unearth corruption at the highest levels of government? Or did he just read a TelePrompTer in Florida for a while until an appropriately prestigious position appeared at daddy's workplace?

I'm glad that you consider Lester a nice guy, but please do not insult our intelligence by suggesting that Stefan "earned" his anchor seat all on his own. Or that a more senior, more qualified reporter didn't get screwed over in this deal.

R173, Stefan has not paid his dues, he has long way to go before he even gets in the same level as his father. We are in a era of nepotistic spoiled kids in news business. Look at Willie Geist, what credibilty does he have, never reported from frontlines, never went to middle east and he had everything handed to him on a silver platter. It is all because of who his dad is. Stefan is taking a smarter approach then most kids who are related to people in the news business. I still think, he has to work as a reporter to build up credibility. Just because his father is Lester Holt, it does not mean he will be like his father or follow the same path. Stefan at best in my opinion, will be good for cable news or morning news fluffy pillow television. He will have to spend another 10-15 years of being a hard news reporter if he wants to be in the same level as his father. His father is well rounded but he was basically qualified to do whatever format of television news he wanted. Evening news anchor is more selective because the position is more distiniguished and important then being a morning television host.

R169, it's time to unhook your enema nozzle.

You are waging your pathetic war on people that you don't even know.

How is everything else in your world?

Aww, that's too bad....I hear they may be making caftans in some kind of stretchy lycra material one day if that makes you feel any better.

R175, how are you enjoying your internship at NBC? And btw, whose kid are you? Are you a Lauer?

But R174, that's exactly my point. Stefan is being given the opportunity to "hone his craft" in an anchor role. He should be paying his dues as an actual reporter, in the trenches, not as the star of the show.

Stefan seems like a perfectly nice guy. He is not the problem. The problem is the NBC executives who have reduced their news division to a celebrity offspring farm team. Luke Russert, Jenna Bush Hager, Chelsea Clinton, Stefan Holt...NBC is the embodiment of the "society of patronage." It is impossible to take NBC news seriously.

R177 People born on third base who think they just hit a grand slam. What a shame and sham. I wonder if Faux News will make Shep Smith's boyfriend head fluffer for all the closeted queens at Faux News. Now that would be nepotism personified.

The costumer on The Golden Girls covered up 9 inches of Bea Arthur's anatomy every week.

It was 12 inches darling Betty. If you are going to assail Ms Arthur's anatomy get the length right.

R177, that is why I think at best he will be a cable news host or morning television host. Nowadays not much importance in having those roles nowadays. I can't see him being an evening news anchor like his father. Evening news anchor is still the cream of the crop in that business, unless he puts in hard reporter experience and report about foregin affairs. Evening news anchor generally have all around experience and indepth reporting experiences. He is only 29 years old, he has a lot of time left to build up his craft, but part of being a journalist is not setting behind the desk and looking important. This is why, people take credibilty so important in journalism.

The indoor train on [italic]Silver Spoons[/italic] was used to smuggle cocaine from over the border.

The "smoking gun" videos of Trump that could've (perhaps) sunk him... why can nobody leak those?

[quote] NBC has hidden their support of gay rights

That's not all they hid. They cancelled my show right around the time I managed to take a tiny baby step out of the closet.

That Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are cousins. The real biggie is if Natalie Morales has Matt's love child. If so, what the HELL was she thinking?

Meredith Baxter-Lesbian

Tamron Hall and Natalie Morales despised one another and had several verbal cat fights

Speaking of the Nothing But Children network...here's Allison Williams (who owes her entire career to old white daddy Brian Williams and the old white men who run NBC) telling us all what's wrong with Hollywood (HINT: it's not nepotism, nor is it the casting of untalented celebrity spawn in lead roles in major televised musicals):

"'Girls' star Allison Williams blasted Hollywood at Refinery29’s International Women’s Day celebration, saying 'one of the biggest problems . . . is that the people making decisions are disproportionately old, disproportionately white and disproportionately men. When they leave we have to make sure the people who replace them more accurately reflect the way the world actually looks.'”

Well, it looks like we can now add Matt Lauer to the NBC compost pile.

Are there any other pervs waiting to be outed at NBC?

Someone remind Alison Williams that the lack of diversity in entertainment decision making is WHAT GOT HER HIRED!!

Alison Williams has a very manly face. I'm surprised she didn't get plastic surgery done when she was younger.

Bea Arthur taking dumps in other people's dressing rooms

⌛ getto 🛋

I’d add this to the list!

Tootie's crack addiction

And Natalie Green (Mindy Cohn's) flatulence

[QUOTE]NBC is run by really bad executives. A terrible network.

NBC is owned by Comcast.

Enough said.

The Apprentice behind the scenes footage. All of Ronan F’s reporting on Weinstein. Simon Cowell’s racism and sexism.

A nasty stain on the floor of the green room floor.

Mrs Garret's nymphomania

Mrs Garret's nymphomania