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NBC News booker Matt Zimmerman has been fired after the division received reports of inappropriate behavior from two women. "We have recently learned that Matt Zimmerman engaged in inappropriate conduct with more than one woman at NBCU, which violated company policy,” the news division said in a statement. “As a result he has been dismissed." Zimmerman had been with NBC News since 2004, and in ’14 was named senior vp of the division’s streamlined guest booking…...

NBC Universal fired Senior Vice President for Booking, News & Entertainment Matt Zimmerman, following accusations of sexual misconduct, the company announced Tuesday. “We have recently learned that Matt Zimmerman engaged in inappropriate conduct with more than one woman at NBCU, which violated company policy,” a company spokesperson told TheWrap. “As a result he has been dismissed.” The network declined to comment on the number of accusers or the nature of their accusations; Zimmerman could not be reached for comment. Zimmerman, who joined the company in 2004, began overseeing guest booking for the network’s “Today” show in 2012. Also Read: DC Comics Fires Editor After.

Gerry Anderson's 'lost' series Firestorm has reached its initial target on Kickstarter.

Fans have raised the minimum of £49,000 - in less than 96 hours - in support of the project, based on concepts from the Thunderbirds creator.

The Firestorm campaign is now intent on reaching its 'stretch goal' of £135,000 over the next 27 days, in order to produce a 22-minute pilot.

The next target would be £342,000 to fund a full 45-minute feature episode, made with a new filming technique called 'Ultramarionation' - a combination of puppetry, practical effects, physical props and sets, and model miniatures.

Jamie Anderson - Managing Director of Anderson Entertainment and son of Gerry Anderson - said: "The worldwide support for Firestorm from Gerry Anderson fans has been fantastic. With a fair wind and a bit more luck, Firestorm will be on your TV screen in the very near future!"

Firestorm will follow Storm Force, an organisation formed to combat terrorist threats,...

NBC News chief Deborah Turness today officially announced that streamlined booking has come to the division. NBC has been working for months to streamline guest booking across its various programs — news and entertainment. Here’s Turness’ memo about the new unit: Dear All, Being the home of newsmakers and exclusives is a top priority for NBC News, and given that we live in an increasingly competitive environment, it is crucial that we leverage our scale and mount a highly coordinated effort to get the big prizes. Therefore I am pleased to announce our new approach to guest booking: Starting next week, the bookers across the division will form one collaborative booking unit led by Matt Zimmerman. As Vice President of Booking, reporting to me, Matt will coordinate all booking across NBC News, leveraging the many assets of the News division as well as the larger offerings of NBCUniversal. In this new role,...

The Young and the Restless tallied 23 nominations as honors were announced this morning for the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Restless’ impressive take helped CBS lead all networks with 50 overall nominations. PBS and ABC followed, with 44 and 38 nods, respectively.

General Hospital, which earned 19 nominations, joined Restless in the race for Outstanding Drama Series, and Sesame Street received 17 nods, including three for Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo who faces allegations of sexual misconduct.

Good Morning America and Today will bring their ratings rivalry to the Emmys, where they’ll be joined by CBS Sunday Morning in the Outstanding Morning Program category.

The nominations are in! Ellen DeGeneres, The View and General Hospital lead the pack in the 2013 Daytime Emmy nominations.

Sam Champion read the 2013 Daytime Emmy Nominations on Good Morning America on May 1, and it’s a great list! General Hospital and The Young & The Restless were some of the many shows nominated, while Ellen DeGeneres, Katie Couric and the lovely ladies of The View are some of the hosts nominated. Read on for the full list.

Daytime Emmys 2013 — Full List Of Nominations

Outstanding Drama Series

The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Bradley P. Bell, Executive Producer

Rhonda Friedman, Edward J. Scott, SupervisingProducers

Ronald W. Weaver, Senior Producer

Mark Pinciotti, Coordinating Producer

Cynthia J. Popp, Colleen Bell, Casey Kasprzyk, Producers

Days of Our Lives, NBC

Ken Corday, Executive Producer

Lisa de Cazotte, Greg Meng, Co-Executive Producers

Janet Drucker, Tim Stevens, Coordinating Producers

Albert Alarr, Producer

General Hospital , ABC

Frank Valentini, Executive Producer

Mary-Kelly Weir,...

Today Senior Producer Marc Victor is leaving the NBC morning show after 7 years. He is staying at NBC News and close to Today as the head of Tomorrow Prods., a new division of NBC News’ Peacock Prods. that will utilize Today’s content and talent to develop new programming for broadcast, cable and syndication. As Svp, Victor will report to Peacock Prods. Evp Sharon Scott and Today executive producer Jim Bell. An Emmy Award-winning producer, Victor has been senior producer of Today since 2005, overseeing all aspects of the show’s third hour. In addition, Victor has served as Today‘s head booking producer, running the program’s booking unit. During Victor’s tenure at Today, the third hour topped, for the first time ever, both Live with Regis and Kelly and The View during the 2010-2011 season. Most recently, Victor created two successful Today segments, Today’s Professionals and Steals & Deals.