That "colonic" remark by NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly is back to haunt us, courtesy of a reporter who this morning attempted to extend the metaphor in a question to Reilly's ABC counterpart, Steve McPherson.

Referring at first to the possiblity that there's "blood in the water" at fourth-ranked NBC, the reporter then suggested that given Reilly's comment, it might be more like "blood in the stool."

No, I don't like where this is going.