NBCUniversal Communications Vet Curt King Departing After More Than 25 Years

variety.com:

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“End of an era” is a term that’s thrown around a lot in this business, but this time it’s more than appropriate: Curt King is exiting Universal Studio Group at the end of March, marking the end of a more than 25 year career in various positions at the Peacock (the company, not the streamer).King has most recently served as head of corporate communications and marketing at Universal Studio Group, the shingle that comprises Universal Television, UCP (aka Universal Content Productions, formerly Universal Cable Productions), Universal TV Alternative Studio and Universal International Studios.

King plans to take some time off before revealing what’s coming next.King began his NBCUniversal tour at NBC Entertainment, where he oversaw primetime series publicity, before shifting to head Universal Television publicity and marketing.

It’s at the studio where he’s spent the bulk of his career at the company. The exec was part of the team that was there during NBC’s “Must-See TV” era, overseeing campaigns for iconic series “ER,” “The West Wing,” “Law & Order” (and its spinoffs), “Seinfeld,” “Frasier,” “Will & Grace,” “Mad About You” and “Friends,” which earned him a Publicists Guild Award.Additional programs he helped tubthump included “Scrubs,” “3rd Rock from the Sun,” “Freaks & Geeks,” and “Homicide: Life on the Streets,” among numerous others.

At Universal TV, he oversaw the campaigns for hits like “House,” “The Office,” “30 Rock,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Good Place,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Heroes,” “Monk,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Hacks” and Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” and “FBI”-branded dramas.