RIP Turner Sports

David Levy leaving is bad news. Jeff Zucker being put in charge of sports is terrible. Let the clown circus begin at Techwood.

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Jeff Zucker being put in charge of anything is terrible.

 

Zucker will find some way to screw up TNT's NBA team and also damage the Final Four. He's like Urkle, who finds a way to screw up something that just needs not to be messed with - the proverbial manager who is hell bent on showing his superiors the difference he makes.
I always figured NBC kept promoting him because they were worried he'd jump to CBS or ABC and put a dent in Today's ratings.

 

I had an editor like that.

 

I mean - Zucker had six years of Friends and Seinfeld and was never find a show that would keep people tuned into that half-hour between them. How lousy do you have to be at your job if you can't do that?

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Does this mean the NCAAT won't be on TruTV much longer? Because it's a damn pain to find that channel every March.

 

My guess is zucker will liquidate all of Turner's broadcasts except the NBA and NCAA tourney as soon as he can. And I wouldn't feel certain he wouldn't get out of the NCAA, too.

 

From what I know, Turner still has the rights to NBA.com, NCAA.com, PGA.com, in addition to some coverage of the PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. That's not including NBA, NCAA Tournament and baseball post-season. And Bleacher Report is its own animal. I could see Zucker flipping every valuable asset and eliminating sports entirely. That's probably why Levy jumped ship -- since he was point man for keeping a sports presence.

Glad I'm not wondering about my future anymore. But know a lot of folks who are facing an uncertainty right now -- and hope for the best.