June 29, 2012

Personality Quiz: What Kind of TV Studio Exec Would You Be?

Imagine yourself in the hotseat at NBC programming. Are you the Industry Leader? The Runaway Train? Or the Sniveling Quail? Take our psychometrically untested personality quiz and find out!

Jason Gots

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Imagine yourself in the hotseat at NBC programming. Are you the Industry Leader? The Runaway Train? Or the Sniveling Quail?

Take our psychometrically untested personality quiz and find out!

The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free.

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