A few words about Larry & Moe…
George – CBS should be called the Cheeks Broadcasting System. Ever notice when the network is broadcasting major tentpole events (Grammys, GG, Tony’s, etc.) there is always two to three lingering shots of George in the audience? Every.single.broadcast. CBS News was on the upswing, but his disastrous management decisions and obsession with budget cutting has once again pushed it into the basement.
Brian – this dude should be nowhere near this company much less running the movie studio given his ties to the scandal involving DS on the Nick side. His attempts to ensure he didn’t show up in the documentary speaks volumes. He doesn’t know how to handle a movie studio and the fact some of the best IP (e.g. Star Trek) languishes in he-l shows an utter lack of leadership.
The fact the three of them have the ba--s to sit there and talk about cutting costs due to duplicative work etc. ki-led irony.
As for Curly and MTVE –
Can’t speak to the Francesca/Tim situation, but the fact Nina and Elena are both high level executives reporting into Chris and have their jobs because of Daddy would raise major alarm bells anywhere else. But not here. Nepotism rules the day.
As for favorites, there’s the aforementioned Diaz sisters, the already discussed marketing/PR sycophants – so glad someone finally called out Fabs. Going from Director to SVP in record time and getting accolades for others’ work, not surprised at all. Speaking of record position climbing, we have Emanuel Z who one day is suddenly a VP for no other professional reason than kissing up to CmC and who contributes, zero, zilch, nada to any meeting or project. The man literally has no genuine ideas and has made work worse for several teams with his nonsensical input. He is nothing but a wannabe, but hey like Fabs, he gets the shoutouts from Chris.
Finally, we mustn’t forget those special MTVE producers who seem to have special dispensation to pi$$ away the company’s money and put it in legal jeopardy to meet their super-special creative visions – Nina’s pet Adam G., 495 Productions, Superjacket and 101 Studios. If our leadership had any courage, they would at least attempt to reign this $h!t in. But nah, they cower in fear because they lack any true business skills.
While I will acknowledge Nina’s earlier hits in her career, nothing she has done as a senior executive has translated to success. I’m not even sure what her job currently entails aside from protecting Chris and massaging his ego. I do know she’s extremely racist having personally witnessed three(!) separate incidents and having a colleague who witnessed several others. (I would love to share details but doing so would reveal our identities as I reported this anonymously and did discuss the with people who read this site.)
The number of times in recent years where work has been held up because “we have to run by Nina/waiting to hear from Nina…” is legendary. Thumb twiddling until she deems it necessary to provide feedback – usually at the very last minute, then we’re all scrambling to implement her ideas.
Why Chris chose her over Pam Post is indefensible. But, I do know why – Pam is a creative, smart, great leader who treats people well and doesn’t put up with b.s. She was a major threat to Chris and his sycophants, so of course she had to go. The same would apply to Kent A and several others who are no longer with us. Let us not forget him running off talent – Trevor Noah, heck even RuPaul took his non-DR shows elsewhere because of this man.
I co-sign the other comments about Chris not being fired after the TRL debacle. He has no original ideas aside from “resurrecting” old IP. A reminder – he stated in several interviews he was a numbers guy and not a creative one (a big red flag if ever there was one). He inherited Drag Race, Yellowstone, South Park from other executives and it’s amazing – despite his best efforts – they weren’t destroyed.
He did destroy TVLAND, LOGO and CMT by financially starving them and transforming each into networks showing reruns of sitcoms from over 40 years ago. He took a crown jewel in the Smithsonian Channel and turned it into trash – reruns of airplane crashes. Finally, the pièce de resistance, the utter destruction of MTV, turning it into the Ridiculousness Channel. I look forward to the disaster of the upcoming VMA’s where the only people showing up are those thirsty enough to appear for free or cents on the dollar.
Then there are the legendary stories of weekend/holiday calls, working on Christmas, the fussing over drapery colors and pillows on sets as well as the last minute changes to logos and other key artwork.
We can’t forget his attempted coup to takeover BET which he thankfully lost.
It has been internally discussed that part of his longevity here is due to protection from Bob and more importantly, Shari Redstone liking him.
As for HR, the fact Nancy P has a guaranteed contract with guaranteed bonus while we’re cost cutting speaks volumes as to the craziness we currently face.
Finally, part of me believes some of this wouldn’t have happened had Sumner relinquished control earlier on and/or Shari had maybe some decent therapy to deal with her daddy issues.