NBC's good health on Thursdays still needs plenty of 'ER' treatment

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: March 6, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

By BRIAN LAMBERT St. Paul Pioneer Press

Wednesday, March 6, 2002

NBC is operating on "ER," removing unneeded characters and stitching up plot holes, trying to save a very profitable patient.

You don't have to be a Beverly Hills accountant to understand why NBC agreed, four years ago, to pay the producers of "ER" $13 million per episode.

With its eight-year run as king of the prime-time hill, "ER" remains an enormously productive TV landmark. Moreover, its impact in the heavily fragmented media environment of 2002 is as strong ...

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