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        <title><![CDATA[NBCUniversal quietly looking to replace TV exec amid toxic workplace probe]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span >NBCUniversal is quietly looking to replace top reality-TV exec who was accused of cultivating a toxic workplace in a</span><strong> <span >bombshell report</span></strong><span > in late July, The Post has learned.</span></p><p><span >The</span><strong> <span >takedown penned by The Hollywood Reporter</span></strong><span >&nbsp;called out NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy and his right hand, Meredith Ahr, for bullying employees and talent.</span></p><p><span >Telegdy, who was the focus of the July 31 report,</span> <strong><span >was ousted days later</span></strong><span >, and the company has since launched a probe into the workplace culture. Ahr remains at the company and is “fulfilling her role as normal,&#8221; an insider said.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >Since Telegdy’s exit, NBCU promoted longtime exec Frances Berwick to lead the entertainment business </span><strong><span >amid a broader reorganization</span></strong><span > at NBCU, which has been</span><strong><span > financially crushed by the coronavirus pandemic</span></strong><span >. As part of those shifts, NBC is poised to announce that it lured away Susan Rovner, a Warner Bros. TV exec to oversee all programming for NBCU, according to multiple sources.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >An insider told The Post that once the programming hire is made, the rest of the team will be determined by the new boss.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >But those talks are already happening, according to a source, who said that Rovner’s Warner Bros. colleague Michael Darnell, who runs unscripted &amp; alternative TV, is in talks for Ahr’s job.</span></p><p><span >NBC declined to comment.&nbsp;</span><span >Darnell did not return requests seeking comment.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >Darnell, who has been dubbed in the press as “the king of reality TV,&#8221; brought “American Idol,” “So You Think You Can Dance?” and “Family Guy”&nbsp; to the small screen while working at Fox in the early aughts.</span></p><p><span >Warner Bros. denied that Darnell is in talks to leave the company.</span></p><p><span >According to multiple insiders, a group of execs on Ahr’s team canceled drinks with people outside the company on Monday, giving the excuse of “an HR issue.” The eyebrow-raising move may suggest a bigger shake up at the top of the reality TV division, a source said.</span></p><p><span >While NBCU’s investigation is ongoing, THR’s report, which cited anonymous testimonial from over 30 current and former employees, suggested that Telgdy and Ahr ran a “mean girls” club, with Telegdy setting the tone by mocking gay staffers, telling sexually explicit personal stories during meetings and making racially insensitive remarks.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >Last November, actress Gabrielle Union, a former judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” filed a harassment lawsuit that accused the network of being “a snake pit of racial offenses,” and claimed she was</span><strong> <span >axed from the show</span></strong><span > when she complained.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >Although NBC denied the claims, THR’s report painted a different picture, which included Ahr’s staff telling Union that her hair was “too wild” and needed to be “toned down” — notes that she alleges implied “that her hair was ‘too black.’”&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >Ahr also pulled a prank that struck several NBC execs as deeply offensive, which included putting a framed photo of a black actress whom Ahr apparently considered “very unattractive” on Telegdy’s desk, the report said.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span >“She played it off as if Paul could refer to that as his wife and make fun of it,” an exec said. NBC denied the incident.</span></p>]]></content:encoded>
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