Shock of the New

摘要

How do you program risk into NBC's DNA? Hire Kevin Reilly. He refuses to play it safe. The man who aired breakthrough series like The Shield when he ran FX has created NBC's edgiest development slate in years. How did he manage that? He looked beyond the usual suspects, tapping some talented rookies and even a novelist from India. Sound insane? Doomed to fail? That's what some voices among the old guard in Hollywood have muttered. But the freshman NBC Entertainment president begs to differ. Loudly. He won't censor talent or cave to ad-friendly concerns. "That's where a lot of shows fall short," he says. "They go for the trite, safe way out. How are we going to take on American Idol with a milquetoast show?"