MARK MY WORDS – ONMEDEA-PHILES! It’s going to happen.
Send me an email on Monday morning that says:
“Jill,
You were right!”
Jill Kennedy – OnMedea
On Monday, Disney Will Announce They Are Buying Marvel
Angela Bromstad and Paul Telegdy Meet The Press
Angela Bromstad, President of Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios and Paul Telegdy, EVP, Alternative Programming and Production, NBC and Universal Medea Studios spoke to reporters at the Television Critics Assocation summer press tour in Pasadena on Wednesday and I think we got a pretty good idea of where NBC is headed.
It’s going to be quite a challenge for the duo to top Ben Silverman’s amazing run as programming head (in which NBC solidified it’s position as the #4 network). Now Ben is off to try to bring down Barry Diller’s media empire (maybe that wouldn’t be the end of the world).
The main take-away from Wednesday’s meeting with the press was Ms. Bromstad and Mr. Telegdy’s commitment to quality. They…ahem… definitely seemed to be on the same page.
Angela Bromstad: “Our goal is to bring back high-quality, sophisticated dramas and comedy and a brand of alternative that falls into that.“
Paul Telegdy: “[Paula Abdul] is an exceptional piece of talent… as a viewer, I’d miss her on the show [American Idol].” In regards to possibly pursuing her for a show on NBC… “I wouldn’t rule anything out.”
Paula Abdul (from 2007): “I don’t understand how this man [some radio host] can call me a whining bitch. I’ve never in my life been called a whining bitch and a loser.”
I think if NBC could somehow get Paula Abdul in her own show saying things like the above, it would be amazing and a perfect fit for the new commitment to quality.
Hey, maybe they could even get that guy Screech from Saved By The Bell (the one that had to have a garage sale in Kansas to try to save his house). That would really put NBC on the road to recovery.
Another approach may be just to expand Jay Leno to three hours every night (sort of like Sabado Gigante on Univision).
Jill Kennedy – OnMedea
All The President’s Men – Washington Post Budget Meeting Scene
Here is a companion to “All The Facebook’s Men” – the actual scene from the original screenplay of “All The President’s Men”
INT. WASHINGTON POST – CONFERENCE ROOM
NATIONAL EDITOR: –let me tell what happened when I was having lunch today at the Sans Souci–
ROSENFLED: –correction–when you were drinking your lunch at the bar of the Sans Souci–
NATIONAL EDITOR: –this White House guy, a good one, a pro, came up and asked what is this Watergate compulsion with you guys and I said, well, we think it’s important and he said, if it’s so goddamn important, who the hell are Woodward and Bernstein?
ROSENFELD: Ask him what he’s really saying– he means take the story away from Woodstein and give it to his people at the National Desk–
NATIONAL EDITOR: –well, I’ve got some pretty experienced fellas sitting around, wouldn’t you say so?
ROSENFELD: Absolutely. And that’s all they do, sit sit sit – every once in a while, they call up a Senator, some reporting–
NATIONAL EDITOR: –well, what if your boys get it wrong?
BRADLEE: (after a beat) Then it’s our asses, isn’t it?
SIMONS: (indicates the meeting is over) And we’ll all have to go to work for a living.
As the men rise and head for the door, the FOREIGN EDITOR moves toward BRADLEE and SIMONS who remain seated as before.
FOREIGN EDITOR: I don’t think either Metropolitan or National should cover the story.
Bradlee and Simons look at him.
FOREIGN EDITOR (CONT’D): I don’t think we should cover the story, period.
BRADLEE: Go on.
FOREIGN EDITOR: It’s not that we’re using unnamed sources that bothers me, or that everything we print the White House denies, or that almost no other papers are reprinting our stuff.
SIMONS: What then?
FOREIGN EDITOR: I don’t believe the goddamn story, Howard, it doesn’t make sense.
BRADLEE: It will, it just hasn’t bottomed out yet, give it time.
FOREIGN EDITOR: Ben, Jesus, there are over two thousand reporters in this town, are there five on Watergate? Where did we suddenly get all this wisdom?
Bradlee and Simons say nothing. They respect this guy.
FOREIGN EDITOR: Look – why would the Republicans do it? My God, McGovern is self-destructing before our eyes — just like Muskie did, Humphrey, the bunch of ’em. Why would the burglars have put the tape around the door instead of up and down unless they wanted to get caught? Why did they take a walkie-talkie and then turn it off, unless they wanted to get caught? Why would they use McCord–the only direct contact to the Republicans?
BRADLEE: You saying the Democrats bugged themselves?
FOREIGN EDITOR: The FBI thinks it’s possible–the Democrats need a campaign issue, corruption’s always a good one. Get off the story, Ben — or put some people on McGovern’s finances; fair is fair, even if our business.
He leaves.
Jill Kennedy – OnMedea