Not long ago, Jeff Gaspin was known inside NBC Universal as a “man without a country.” The executive floated from job to job, collecting clunky titles such as executive vice president for alternative series, longform, specials and program strategy.

No one can say that now. Last week, the man without a country gained an empire as the reserved 48-year-old executive was thrust into the No. 2 job at NBC Universal, directly under Chief Executive Jeff Zucker. Gaspin now manages all of NBC’s TV entertainment operations, including the NBC network, NBC’s Spanish-language networks and cable channels including USA Network and Bravo.

He also won a streamlined title: chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment. Gaspin now must stem NBC’s more than five-year slide in ratings and profits as well as stabilize the network’s West Coast division after two years with Ben Silverman at the programming controls, a tumultuous period that produced lots of gossip but no hit shows.

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