‘Enemy’ Failure Hurts NBC on Multiple Levels

My Own Worst Enemy wasn’t just a heavily-hyped poor performing show for NBC, it is a microcosm of some strategies the network had hoped would pull it out of last place. Sadly for NBC, it’s also a snapshot of how those strategies are working about as well as Doctor Who’s sonic screwdriver on a deadlock seal.
Big Stars Do Not Equal Big Viewers: Admittedly, this first asks us to accept NBC execs’ contention that Christian Slater is a big movie star. But that’s exactly the stance NBC was trying to sell critics on while talking about the steps the network …read more