# Comcast official purchase NBC. Sheinhardt Wig Company makes no comment. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-official-purchase-nbc-sheinhardt-wig-company-makes-no-comment/519874 "2009-12-03T18:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-official-purchase-nbc-sheinhardt-wig-company-makes-no-comment/519874/1 "2009-12-03T18:16:32Z")
[http://gizmodo.com/5417897/comcast-eats-ge-nbc-owned-by-cable-provider](http://gizmodo.com/5417897/comcast-eats-ge-nbc-owned-by-cable-provider) I can’t imagine that any good can come out of this. Comcast also now owns Hulu as well. Of course, it will be awhile before the deal completely goes through. I’m mostly worried about what will happen to the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-official-purchase-nbc-sheinhardt-wig-company-makes-no-comment/519874/2 "2009-12-03T18:33:20Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I can’t imagine that any good can come out of this. Comcast also now owns Hulu as well. No, they don’t. They own 30% of its shares, with the rest split between Fox and Disney. That aside, this deal is concerning. However, Comcast’s COO did say that “We love Hulu and have no intent to crush it like a bug.” Reassuring, but actions speak louder than words, so we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-official-purchase-nbc-sheinhardt-wig-company-makes-no-comment/519874/3 "2009-12-03T20:17:03Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I’m mostly worried about what will happen to the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. Jack Donaghy will be fine. Don’t forget that he managed to rise from mailroom peon to the top in just two days. If anybody’s taking over his job though, it’ll be Kenneth. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-official-purchase-nbc-sheinhardt-wig-company-makes-no-comment/519874/4 "2009-12-03T20:34:13Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > No, they don’t. They own 30% of its shares, with the rest split between Fox and Disney. > > That aside, this deal is concerning. However, Comcast’s COO did say that “We love Hulu and have no intent to crush it like a bug.” Reassuring, but actions speak louder than words, so we’ll see. The following was spoken silently, “But if it happens, well, who are we to stand in the way of progress.” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-official-purchase-nbc-sheinhardt-wig-company-makes-no-comment/519874/5 "2009-12-03T20:47:14Z")
It’ll be interesting to see how they work the company, especially if they plan to sell the O&O stations in markets like Chicago and San Francisco where the cable systems are largely all Comcast. It could serve as a model for the TV industry to change from being affilate oriented and OTA (over the air) to just another cable network. Hmmm ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-official-purchase-nbc-sheinhardt-wig-company-makes-no-comment/519874/6 "2009-12-03T21:01:16Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Comcast also now owns Hulu as well. Comcast already owns the similar [fancast.com](http://fancast.com). If they wanted to get rid of Hulu, why would they start a website that does the exact same thing?