The 20 Biggest Mess-Ups/Mistakes in NBC History

TMC1982

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What most immediately comes to my mind:
*The entire Jeff Zucker era/regime, which saw NBC go from first to worst by the end of the 2000s. This includes giving five nights a week to Jay Leno in prime time.

*"The Heidi Game"

*Canceling shows like Star Trek, Baywatch and JAG, which went on to become even bigger hits elsewhere.

*Just about the entire 1979-80 season (the "Fred Silverman Years" to be more exact or direct).

*Letting NBC Sports deteriorate by the early part of the 2000s w/ the loss of the NFL in 1997 (which naturally, lead to the XFL debacle), MLB in 2000, and NBA in 2002.

*Cutting away from the closing ceremonies for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics in favor of The Marriage Ref and Animal Practice.

*Replacing Jane Pauley w/ Deborah Norville as the female host of Today. Plus, there was the more recent fiasco involving Ann Curry being forced out as female anchor for Today.

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Cancelling Grizzly Adams,losing the NFL,and the NBA.Way too much Leno,way too many Friends clones.
 
Yea but,Leno was on at 10pm Mon-Fri,that killed the 10pm time slot for nbc,not to mention the Conan tonight show debacle.

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The whole Tonight Show fiasco was probably their biggest blunder. You would have thought they wouldn't repeat history from when Leno first took over.
 
The NBA on NBC theme was actually Roundball Rock, composed by John Tesh.

What do people actually watch on NBC these days? The Sunday night NFL game, The Voice, NBC Nightly News and...?
 
The NBA on NBC theme was actually Roundball Rock, composed by John Tesh.

What do people actually watch on NBC these days? The Sunday night NFL game, The Voice, NBC Nightly News and...?

SNF and Revolution,that's it.Wife watches Parenthood.Both will probably be cancelled come spring.
 

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