article_snippet: But a source close to NBC says Pippa’s screen trial, which can be watched online, was a flop.
article_snippet: NBC apparently agreed.
article_snippet: Ultimately NBC, it is said, was keen not to repeat the expensive mistake it made a couple of years back with Chelsea Clinton.
article_snippet: Ultimately NBC were concerned that by spending a lot of money on a famous-by-association personality with no apparent aptitude for TV presenting, Ultimately NBC would look gullible when that person failed to produce ratings.