Reality shows, he maintained, are likely to be a fad that will come and go. Heck, Regis is already starting to cool down, he says, while a strong drama like The West Wing is picking up steam. A week later, Ancier was off to New York, where his boss, NBC Chairman Bob Wright, was hosting his annual Christmas party for the top network brass. It's a good sign that Ancier was still on the guest list. I'm sure that Wright, who has headed NBC since the '80s, knows all too well that Ancier helped create the WB out of virtually nothing with a few good hits.
Networks rise, and networks fall.
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