During the past decade of upheaval in the television business, there was at least one tradition on which the industry could count: NBC crowing at the end of May about another big finish. The network's
primetime dominance was a dynasty begun during President Ronald Reagan's first term, but the house that Grant Tinker and Brandon Tartikoff built now needs top-to-bottom refurbishing. NBC's fall from
No. 1 to No. 4 among the Big Four networks during the 2004-05 season -- the beginning of the post-"Friends" era -- was swift and severe, NBC executives concede.
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