NBC

==History==
{{Main|History of NBC|NBC Radio Network}}
The first and oldest major broadcast network in the United States, NBC was formed in 1926 by the [[Radio Corporation of America]] (RCA), then owned by [[General Electric]] (GE), [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]], [[AT&T Corporation]] and [[United Fruit Company]]. In 1932, the US Government forced GE to sell RCA and NBC due to [[antitrust]] violations. In late 1986, GE regained control of RCA through its $6.4 billion purchase of the company. Although it retained NBC, GE immediately closed or sold off most of RCA's other divisions and assets.

In 2003, French media company [[Vivendi]] merged its entertainment assets with GE, forming [[NBCUniversal]]. [[Comcast]] [[Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast|purchased]] a controlling interest in the company in 2011 and acquired General Electric's remaining stake in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lieberman|first=David|date=March 19, 2013|title=Comcast Completes Acquisition Of GE's 49% Stake In NBCUniversal|url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/03/comcast-completes-acquisition-nbcuniversal/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707154122/http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/comcast-completes-acquisition-nbcuniversal/|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:GE Building Oct 2005.jpg|thumb|right|[[30 Rockefeller Plaza]], the headquarters of NBC at [[Rockefeller Center]] in New York City]]

NBC is the home broadcaster of some of the [[List of longest-running American television series|longest continuously running American television series]], including the news program ''[[Meet the Press]]'' (debuted 1947); ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' (debuted 1952); ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (debuted nationally 1954); and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (debuted 1975). The drama series ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', which debuted in 1999, began its 25th season in January 2024 and is currently [[List of longest-running scripted American primetime television series|the longest-running live-action series]] in American prime-time television history.