"' American Idol 'is clearly a phenomenon," said Randy Falco, President of the NBC Universal Television Group. "But we expected it and are tracking right where we planned to be at this point."

NBC国际电视公司总裁兰迪·法尔科说：“《美国偶像》真是个奇迹，但是我也预计到了，我们现在正在按照计划进行。”

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Disney, Fox and Universal used to rake in profits from their local television stations; the slump in car advertising has put an end to that.

迪士尼、福克斯和环球过去凭借各自的本地电视台赚得盆满钵满；但如今汽车广告的大量减少使这种状况无以为继。

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"It was working at acceptable levels financially, " NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin told reporters on Sunday.

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Silverman will join NBC Universal television president Marc Graboff as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio in an attempt to revive the struggling network.

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Update: Several days after reports surfaced, Jeff Gaspin officially resigned Monday as chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment, a role he has held since July of 2009.

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