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NBC is an American television network. Founded in 1926 as the Radio Corporation of America, it was the first major US broadcast network and obtained the FCC's first commercial TV station license in 1941.

Through more than 200 independently owned affiliate stations and 10 NBC owned and  operated stations, the network currently broadcasts about 5,000 hours of programming annually to 99% of all homes in the country with television sets. The home to popular and acclaimed 1990s series such as Seinfeld, Friends, and ER, NBC found itself fall from the number one network in terms of ratings to number four by 2004.

The network is part of the NBC Universal company, which is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% by Vivendi. Under the leadership of Jeff Zucker, President and CEO of NBC Universal, Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff direct the television operations as co-chairmen of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “nbc”

• in Entertainment
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  by borlandcountry / on Jan 16, 2012
• in Technology
  SuperBowl Will Be Streamed Live Online By NFL, NBC and Verizon Mobile
  The Superbowl in Indianapolis will be streamed online and to Verizon mobile users for the first time in February 2012.
  by jbinc / on Dec 21, 2011
• in Celebrity
  Chelsea Clinton Lacks Gravitas on TV Debut
  Even a local troll on one's favorite forum has more charisma than Chelsea Clinton.
  by stephengfm / on Dec 13, 2011

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• NBC Knows Fear Factor Is Crossing The Line ... But Say Okay Anyway

  
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  "Fear Factor" producers plans to serve fresh glasses of donkey semen to contestants on the next episode had NBC execs so concerned ... they gave serious thought to killing the stunt , TMZ has learned. Sources involved in the production tell us the stomach-churning stunt was shot last summer -- but NBC honchos were ...
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• TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. Sarah”

  
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  TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. Sarah” [Editors Note: Since the two-hour season finale of CHUCK is essentially two separate episodes strung together, AX decided it was best to review them individually] Stars :  Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, V ik Sahay,  Scott ...
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• BH Interview: Adam Baldwin On Saying Farewell to ‘Chuck,’ Being Openly Conservative in Hollywood

  
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  Tonight marks the end of a tumultuous five-season run for the NBC action-comedy/spy-drama series Chuck, from creators Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The story of “Chuck” revolves around computer service technician Chuck Bartowski, played by Zachary Levi, who inadvertently becomes a CIA/NSA asset when his former ...
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• Chuck’s Joshua Gomez Talks about the Final Season with EM!

  
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  Morgan Grimes has to be one of the coolest characters on television, he manages a group of misfits at The Buy More and he gets to be a super spy with his best friend Chuck Bartowski. The final season of the show finds Morgan getting some super powers of his own and learning how to [...]
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• Katharine McPhee and the World Premiere of NBC’s ‘Smash’ in New York!

  
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  The world Premiere of the new NBC TV series ‘Smash’ was held last night in New York in association with NBC Entertainment & The Cinema Society With Volvo. Names that attended included Katharine McPhee (pictured), Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston who star in this TV musical. Full guest list at foot of this ...
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• 30 Rock 6.04 "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" Review

  
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  30 Rock 6.04 "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" Review 30 Rock season 6 serves up the second of two new episodes with with its overall fourth episode "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell," where Liz and Jenna question their friendship in the wake of her newfound stardom, and Jack cuts the NBC page program .   "The ...
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• Secret Service to probe bullet-ridden Obama image

  
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  A photograph showing a group of men with guns posing with a bullet-ridden image of Barack Obamas face is to be investigated by the Secret Service, a spokesman told NBC News. read more
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• Lizbianisms: Sh*t Liz Lemon Says—YES! You CAN go to there!

  
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  "And there aint no party, / Like a Liz Lemon party, / cuz a Liz Lemon party / is MANDATORY." read more
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• The Firm Official Trailer 2

  
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• Hindus upset with NBC for calling their gods weird

  
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  Hindus have strongly objected to NBC Chicago television station labeling their deities as “weird”. A commentary on its website titled “Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn’t So Bad” dated January 25, detailing ice hockey team Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1in Chicago on Tuesday night, said that ...
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• HEROES COMPUTER GAMES ONLINE

  
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  Heroes The supplement to a 2005 World War II moody fight diversion Heroes of a Pacific, Heroes over Europe takes determined fight pilots in to a bullet-ridden heart of vital World War II air battles in stately tall definition. Developed by Transmission Games in Melbourne, Australia, as well as powered by an all-new ...
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• Roseanne Barr: Beyonce, Jay-Z Arrogant, Fans Are Stupid – The …

  
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  Now Roseanne Barr is the hottest topic in the world, everyone talk about this. Just look for the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Zyz8njQb8 Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Soul/RandB, RandB News, What’s Beef?, Say What!Getty ImagesAs reported by AOL Music, when Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby daughter Blue ...
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• Most-Watched Conference Championship Sunday in 30 Years

  
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  Football fans across America continue to tune in to NFL games, resulting in the most-watched conference championship Sunday in 30 years. An average of 53.7 million viewers watched NFL games last weekend, the most for an NFL conference championship Sunday since January 1982 (game-by-game comparison below). The New ...
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• Breeders’ Cup And NBC Sports Group Sign Multi-Year Media Rights Agreement

  
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  The Breeders’ Cup and the NBC Sports Group have signed a multi-year media rights partnership beginning with the 2012 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, November 2-3, from Santa Anita Park, featuring the first-ever running of the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in primetime. The agreement was announced by Craig ...
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• Florida GOP Debate: Gingrichs Military Dream and Romneys Self-Deportation

  
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  By Kim Geiger It took NBC debate moderator Brian Williams about 15 minutes to turn to Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, and when he did, he hinted at the question on the minds of most observers of the Republican presidential race: When will Paul drop out? WaPo reports that “the debate at the University of South Florida in ...
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• Rick Santorum Appearing on Morning Joe says it’s not his job to defend the president

  
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  Rick Santorum appeared on Morning Joe today and was asked why did he not correct a woman at one of his rallies yesterday who said President Obama was an “avowed Muslim”. His first defense was she was elderly and he was not going to beat up an elderly woman, and his second defense was “it was not his job to ...
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• NBC FL 2012 Debate Winner: Santorum and Paul Steady, Gingrich Calm, Romney 2008 Redux, – NBC’s Mitchell: RNC will Not Allow Gingrich Win

  
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  The 2012 GOP Candidates - image the Daily Beast The NBC 2012 Florida Debate was billed as a shootout between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich – however, Gingrich did not shoot back – leaving those looking for “red meat” out of luck – the former Speaker, who to some appeared flustered by the Romney attacks ...
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• Paper Mate Launches 'Most Stolen Pen'

  
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  The Paper Mate division of Newell Rubbermaid is launching a global campaign for a new line of InkJoy pens as game changers in the mass-market pen category. like rollerball-style instruments, InkJoy pens are designed to offer a butter-like writing experience compared to the cold-liverwurst experience of writing with ...
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• LOL report #10 [2/2]

  
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• NBC News grows a digital publishing arm, plans 30 titles for 2012

  
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  Because you can never have your fingers in too many media pies, the powers that be at NBC News are now extending their reach into the eReader space. Under the companys newly minted NBC Publishing imprint, coverage related to current events, docs and bios, in addition to content culled from other NBC Universal ...
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