Reports: Comcast's Burke picks new NBC U team

[November 13, 2010]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Comcast's Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke has picked a new executive team that will help him run NBC Universal when Comcast takes over the media giant in the coming months, according to published reports Friday.

Burke, who is set to replace outgoing chief executive Jeff Zucker when Comcast takes over, plans to keep many current executives but is bringing in former Showtime programming chief Bob Greenblatt to oversee entertainment programming at fourth-place broadcaster NBC, according to the reports.

Comcast and NBC representatives would not comment on the line-up change. It was reported earlier by the website TheWrap, The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times.

Greenblatt stepped down from Showtime this summer at the end of his contract and is known for bringing it such hit shows as "Weeds" and "Dexter."

[Associated Press]

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