NBC Struggles for Its Footing
New York Times, November 6, 2011
By Bill Carter and Brian Stelter
Coming into a new television season, about the only solace for the new management regime at NBC was that the network's prime-time fortunes had been so bad for so long, things could not get much worse. Oh yes they could -- and they have. In a year in which NBC's new corporate owner, Comcast, significantly increased the budget for fall shows, the ratings have continued to slide even as competitors have had success.
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