Of course, almost anything would be an improvement from Jeff Zucker's awkward--and long--digital spiel last year.
Among the flops under Zucker's watch: the critically scorned Friends spin-off Joey and the costly animated misfire Father of the Pride.
Among Zucker's cost-saving proposals: cutting back on prime-time programming hours.
But while NBC chief Jeff Zucker's decision to recruit a flashy outsider to help resuscitate the network, rather than someone from within, raised some eyebrows, few can argue with Ben Silverman's knack for picking hits--including Silverman.
His inexpensive show--a nod to NBC Universal Chief Jeff Zucker's heavily criticized "managing for margins" philosophy--has also been blamed for dragging down ratings for the rest of the network's lineup, both in prime time and beyond.
The success story--and the majority of revenue--is NBC Universal's collection of cable assets, which have grown tremendously with Zucker at the company's helm.
Perry wasn't in uniform for the Ducks on Monday night while he served the third game of a four-game suspension for an illegal hit on Minnesota's Jason Zucker.
The big strategic problem facing media companies these days is how to move their products online while preserving margins without swapping analogue dollars for digital pennies, as Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal's boss, once put it.
Before the economy took a recessionary turn, Zucker aggressively expanded his company's cable portfolio still more.
The network's dismal showing led Zucker to replace five weekly hours of costly scripted drama with The Jay Leno Show, a financially minded decision that's been blasted by many in the creative community.
The next one should be a terrific short video produced late last year by one of Hollywood's most successful directors, David Zucker, and his partner, Myrna Sokoloff.
Assuming there would be room at the top with Comcast's Steve Burke, the likely candidate to run the combined company (See "Casting Hollywood's New Power Player"), Zucker will have to hope that his cable successes outweigh his broadcast flops in the eyes of his prospective new bosses.
"It's all part of the game, " Jeff Zucker, "Today" executive producer, tells the Associated Press.
The difference: Ostroff seemed genuinely comfortable talking about "the Internets" (Perhaps Jeff Zucker could have used a run-through with Ostroff before taking to the stage Monday at NBC's event).
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