The TV Zone

("Ari? Yeah, Ben. Lunch? Gotta talk about Vince...Drama too.")

Everybody has been, will be, should be talking about this incredible post on Deadlinehollywood.com this morning, via Nikki Finke who - I submit - really really doesn't like Ben Silverman, NBCU entertainment boss. It's amazing for what it says about stuff that everyone in this business always seems to be talking about but rarely seems to write because (perhaps) they don't want to pay a libel lawyer a thousand per hour. (Unless, of course, it's accurate, in which case, nothing to worry about.) Amazing...and this post predicts that Ben's remaining days at NBC can now be counted in double-digits, if not single-digits.

Coincidentally....Ben has a reasonably amusing cameo on this season's "Entourage." It's one of those blink-and-you'll-miss-it deals, where he utters just this one line - "A &*%$#@ waste of time." It's appropriate to the moment, and involves Drama's refusal to get photographed from his right side for a poster shot for "Five Towns" (and how he later stages a quick escape from his trailer before Silverman forces him to get photographed from the right side.) I don't know if Silverman can act, but if this NBC thing doesn't work out, as Nikki predicts, then why not a full-fledged role on "Entourage." Rather than FIRE Drama, he can PARTY with Drama. Per Nikki, he's already well-practiced in this role.