Sources say they have seen NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy engage in racist, sexist and homophobic behavior
Current and former employees allege that NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy engaged in racist, sexist and homophobic behavior:"It was par for the course."judge Gabrielle Union filed a complaint with the state of California’s fair employment office alleging racism, sexism and a toxic work environment on the show.
According to multiple sources, Telegdy — who has had an oversight role with respect to scripted programming since September 2018 — also has a sour relationship with two of NBC's most powerful mega-producers: Dick Wolf and Lorne Michaels. In 2011, Telegdy was given control of late night. But several sources say he started pushing Michaels to make changes and book NBC talent on late night shows, alienating the producer.
A former exec at the BBC, Telegdy is known as a hit-maker and a strong salesman. Even some executives who have issues with the culture at NBC say he can be charming and entertaining. But several current and former network employees as well as individuals who have worked on some of the network’s biggest unscripted shows tellthat working in the division was a terrible, even traumatizing experience.
The son of a Hungary-born chemical engineer and a British actress turned teacher, Telegdy was hired in 2008 by his longtime friend Ben Silverman during Silverman’s rocky two-year run as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. Through various companies over the course of years, Silverman has produced a number of NBC shows, and the two men remain close.America’s Got Talent
”They have a club and you’re in or you’re out,” says one former staffer. “You fall out very easily. If you choose to challenge [Ahr], you get iced out.” One longtime producer on a top NBC show says, “It’s like a cult inside there.”
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