The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr.NEW YORK – NBC is changing the backstage leadership at its struggling “Today” show, which has consistently been behind ABC’s “Good Morning America” in the ratings since replacing Ann Curry as an anchor this summer.
An NBC executive who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the plan is not finalized said Monday that Jim Bell will be replaced as the show’s executive producer.
Veteran NBC News executive Alexandra Wallace will oversee management of “Today” and a search is under way for Bell’s successor.
NBC Sports said Bell will become executive producer of NBC’s Olympics coverage, a role he took on this summer for the network’s successful coverage of the London Olympics.
Bell came forward several weeks ago to say that removing Curry was his decision.
Wallace, top deputy to NBC News president Steve Capus and a former “NBC Nightly News” executive producer, only recently was picked to replace the executive producer of Brian Williams’ low-rated newsmagazine, “Rock Center.”
