Ben Silverman
  • 'Fashion Star': A clothing store with a story line?

    "You're voting with your pocketbook and you can wear the winner," EP Ben Silverman says....

  • Joe Manganiello, Ryan Phillippe take time out for Joseph Abboud watch launch

    ...be expanding his television presence on Bravo. Among the evening's hosts who were on hand: former NBC honcho Ben Silverman, "Entourage" executive producer Rob Weiss, photog Randall Slavin and PR guys Brad Zeifman and Shawn Sachs. ......

  • NBC summer: 'Philanthropist,' 'Listener,' 'I'm a Celebrity'

    ...unscripted shows. "This summer will feature more original scripted programming than ever before," NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman says. "In addition, we'll give Conan the best launch possible during his premiere week by slotting the season......

  • 'Eastwick' Casts Spell on Lindsay Price

    ...1 million viewers a week this season, although its ratings among women were somewhat better. NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman said last month that the network was looking into a possible cost-sharing deal similar to the one it engineered with......

  • Nick Cannon's 'Got Talent'

    ...for NBC. "His popularity and appeal are sure to take the series to a new level of success." NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman adds that the hosting job is one of "multiple projects" the network hopes to do with Cannon, either in front of......

  • NBC Shakes Up Executive Suites

    ...company is also restructuring to bring the studio and the network under the same management. NBC co-chairmen Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff will stay put in their jobs. However, Teri Weinberg, Silverman's former producing partner and......

  • NBC Makes Post-Super Bowl Plans

    ...platform as we launch some of the most eagerly anticipated new and returning shows on any schedule," NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman says. "The Office" will get the usually ratings-boosting post-Super Bowl spot on Sunday, Feb. 1. NBC......

  • 'Lipstick Jungle' Isn't Dead Yet

    ...boon to the show's overall audience. The New York Times is reporting that NBC Entertainment Co-Chairman Ben Silverman has promised that the show will complete production on its 13 episode order -- nine are completed -- with the possibility......

  • 'Samantha Who?,' 'Kath & Kim' Get Full Seasons

    ...meanwhile, received the standard back-nine order from NBC. The show -- which was developed by current network execs Ben Silverman and Teri Weinberg when they were running production company Reveille -- hasn't done much in the ratings so far this......

  • Ice Cube Chills with NBC

    ...guy like Ice Cube, who's multitalented, is someone we really wanted to be in business with," NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman tells Variety. "He's had an amazing career, to have gone from NWA to this." Ice Cube will exec produce the......

  • Jennifer Lopez Joins Forces with NBC

    ... 's sister studio and the network's primary supplier of scripted shows. The deal has NBC and UMS co-chairman Ben Silverman excited. "Jennifer Lopez is a multi-faceted superstar and we are thrilled to be in business with her," Silverman......

  • NBC Gets 'Law & Order' Back on the Case

    ...These moves will play to the shows' mutual strengths and will help us to reinforce our lineup," NBC co-chairmen Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff say in a statement. "A Wednesday night with wall-to-wall satisfying mysteries and great dramas......

  • Jay Leno Bows Out in May

    ...cap on) and commandeered a microphone at the Television Critics Association press tour to pepper NBC co-chairmen Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff with questions. "Is it true you offered Leno a fifth hour of the 'Today' show?" fake......

  • NBC Formally Crowns 'Kings'

    ...the proverbial i's and made the series pickup official "We've always loved this concept," NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman says. "After watching the production that's currently under way ... we want to continue telling the story with......

  • Dear Oprah: Please Call '30 Rock's' Tina Fey

    ...involves physical challenges and that's about all that we know. ... But when I sell it to [real-life NBC boss] Ben Silverman, we'll know more." With only five episodes to do this season, Fey says coming back post-strike hasn't......

  • NBC Ushers in the Year of the Remake

    ...they'll be any good. So that leaves only the programming philosophy to judge. And based on what NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman told us yesterday, I'd have to give it a qualified "Eh." The point Silverman and Teri Weinberg, the No......

  • 'Scrubs' Is Done at NBC

    ...is near completion; ABC will announce its schedule in mid-May, during the traditional upfront week. NBC boss Ben Silverman managed to get in a diss of ABC in noting that following its season finale in May, "Scrubs" will be a free agent......

  • NBC Works Deal to Keep 'Friday Night Lights'

    Clear-eyed, full-hearted fans of "Friday Night Lights," Ben Silverman has heard your pleas. The NBC co-chairman says that "every single person who sat next to me on a plane," along with......

  • 'The Office' Opens a New Branch

    ...executive producer. "What better lead-in for the 'Office' spinoff than 'The Office' itself?" NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman said Wednesday at NBC's schedule presentation. "The entire creative team behind 'The Office'" -- including......

  • NBC Makes Big Plans for '08-'09

    ...like ABC ). "These are shows I've been waiting my entire career to put on air," NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman said at a news conference at the network's headquarters in New York . The fall schedule won't look that......