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EARL & MEDIUM Dumped!! HEROES & CHUCK To Share Slot!! LAW & ORDER & SOUTHLAND To Fridays!! Lotsa LENO!! NBC Schedule!!
I am – Hercules!!
Low-rated "My Name Is Earl" (from the creator of "Yes, Dear") is cancelled and will replaced by "SNL Thursdays" and, eventually, "Community" (from a creator behind Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program").
"Medium" may be moving to CBS.
"Friday Night Lights" season four arrives on NBC more than a year from now. (DirecTV's Channel 101 will satcast it much earlier.)
Look! Press release!
NBC ANNOUNCES 2009-2010 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE BOLSTERED BY MORE ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING THAN EVER BEFORE
Shared Time Period Strategy Around NBC's Broadcast of 2010 Winter Olympics Along with Jay Leno at 10 p.m. Enables Network to Broadcast Original Programming Year-Round
Network Renews Returning Series "Law & Order" and "Chuck"
NEW YORK CITY -- May 19, 2009 – NBC announced today its 2009-2010 schedule featuring more original programming than ever before and a shared time-period strategy around NBC's Olympics platform that, along with "The Jay Leno Show" (Mondays-Fridays 10-11 p.m. ET), allows the network to broadcast all-new content year-round.
In addition, NBC issued renewals to "Law & Order" and "Chuck" (see accompanying release) as part of its strong slate of new and returning shows announced recently at the network's highly successful Infront.
"NBC has picked up more scripted shows than last season even with "The Jay Leno Show" at 10 p.m.," said Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. "We're incredibly excited about our new and returning series and have more comedy programming than anyone else, as well as two of the most buzzed about new shows, 'Community' and 'Parenthood.' We can't wait for the fall."
"We are extremely proud to introduce these strong new series to NBC's schedule next season in strategic timeslots that position them for success," said Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios. "They join some of the highest quality returning shows on television, which will serve as a strong foundation to the new schedule. I think viewers are going to be happy to see this lineup of great new shows that will truly fit the NBC legacy of quality, culturally defining shows."
NBC's shared time period strategy will kick off this fall on Mondays with the premiere of "Heroes" (8-9 p.m. ET) continuing with all originals before "Chuck" assumes the time period after the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, which will be a powerful launching platform with its broad, female appeal and strong ratings as the most-watched event of the year. Using "NBC Sunday Night Football's" potent promotional platform, the new high-octane drama "Trauma" will debut Mondays (9-10 p.m. ET) with the epic event series "Day One" taking over the time period following the Olympics.
NBC's successful "The Biggest Loser" series continues Tuesdays (8-10 p.m.) and will help launch the new Wednesday lineup this fall, with the new family drama "Parenthood" debuting (8-9 p.m. ET) and the new hospital drama "Mercy" assuming the time period post-Olympics. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" will air 9-10 p.m. ET following "Parenthood."
NBC's Thursday marquee comedy night will begin with the only live comedy between 8-10 p.m. on any network, "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday" (8-8:30 p.m. ET), followed by "Parks and Recreation" (8:30-9 p.m. ET), "The Office" (9-9:30 p.m. ET) and the new comedy "Community" (9:30-10 p.m. ET). After "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday" completes its multi-week run, "Community" will move to 8 p.m. and "30 Rock" will debut at 9:30 p.m., enabling NBC to feature more original comedy than ever before.
On Fridays in the fall, the enduring drama "Law & Order" will return for its record 20th season (tying "Gunsmoke" as the longest running drama series in primetime) and will lead off at 8-9 p.m. (ET) while "Southland" follows at 9-10 p.m. (ET), building a great crime block.
Saturdays will be a showcase for "Dateline NBC" (8-9 p.m. ET) and encore episodes of "Trauma" (9-10 p.m. ET) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (10-11 p.m. ET).
"Football Night in America" (7-8:20 p.m. ET) and " NBC Sunday Night Football" (8:20-11 p.m. ET) – the number one show of the fall -- will return on Sundays in the fall with a fan-pleasing schedule of games to round out the fall season.
Utilizing the compatible demographics provided by the Olympics, NBC will launch the premieres of "The Marriage Ref" from executive producers Jerry Seinfeld and Ellen Rakieten ("Oprah") on Sundays (8-9 p.m. ET) and the third season premiere of "The Celebrity Apprentice" on Sundays with two-hour editions (9-11 p.m. ET). In addition, the new comedy "100 Questions" will debut on Tuesdays (9:30-10 p.m. ET) following a 90-minute edition of "The Biggest Loser" (8-9:30 p.m. ET).
And coming in the summer 2010, NBC will telecast all original episodes of "The Jay Leno Show," "Friday Night Lights," "America's Got Talent," "Breakthrough with Tony Robbins," "Dateline NBC," with additional programs to be announced later.
For detailed series descriptions and for photography, please log on to www.nbcumv.com.
To catch up on season finales, watch new "Heroes" and "The Office" web series, and more, please log onto NBC.com.
NBC FALL 2009 SCHEDULE
*New programs in UPPER CASE
MONDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Heroes"
9-10 p.m.-"TRAUMA"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
TUESDAY
8-10 p.m. – "The Biggest Loser" (two-hour edition)
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – "PARENTHOOD"
9-10 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
THURSDAY
8- 8:30 p.m. – "SNL WEEKEND UPDATE THURSDAY" (multi-episode run)
8:30-9 p.m. – "Parks and Recreation"
9- 9:30 p.m. – "The Office"
9:30-10 p.m. – "COMMUNITY" (moves to Thursdays 8-8:30 p.m. after multi-episode run "30 Rock" returns)
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Law & Order"
9-10 p.m. – "Southland"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
SATURDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Dateline NBC"
9-10 p.m. – "TRAUMA" (encore broadcast)
10-11 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (encore broadcast)
SUNDAY
7- 8:20 p.m. "Football Night in America"
8:20-11 p.m. "NBC Sunday Night Football"
NBC MID-SEASON 2010 SCHEDULE
(2010 WINTER OLYMPICS preempt regularly scheduled programming from February 12-28, 2010)
*New programs in UPPER CASE
MONDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Chuck" (season premiere)
9-10 p.m.-"DAY ONE"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
TUESDAY
8-9:30 p.m. – "The Biggest Loser" (90-minute edition)
9:30-10 p.m. – "100 QUESTIONS"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – "MERCY"
9-10 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
THURSDAY
8- 8:30 p.m. – "COMMUNITY"
8:30-9 p.m. – "Parks and Recreation"
9- 9:30 p.m. – "The Office"
9:30-10 p.m. – "30 Rock"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Law & Order"
9-10 p.m. – "Southland"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
SATURDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Dateline NBC"
9-10 p.m. – "Southland" (encore broadcast)
10-11 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (encore broadcast)
SUNDAY
7-8 p.m. – "Dateline NBC"
8-9 p.m. – THE MARRIAGE REF
9-11 p.m. – "The Celebrity Apprentice" (season premiere; two-hour edition)
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Shared Time Period Strategy Around NBC's Broadcast of 2010 Winter Olympics Along with Jay Leno at 10 p.m. Enables Network to Broadcast Original Programming Year-Round
Network Renews Returning Series "Law & Order" and "Chuck"
NEW YORK CITY -- May 19, 2009 – NBC announced today its 2009-2010 schedule featuring more original programming than ever before and a shared time-period strategy around NBC's Olympics platform that, along with "The Jay Leno Show" (Mondays-Fridays 10-11 p.m. ET), allows the network to broadcast all-new content year-round.
In addition, NBC issued renewals to "Law & Order" and "Chuck" (see accompanying release) as part of its strong slate of new and returning shows announced recently at the network's highly successful Infront.
"NBC has picked up more scripted shows than last season even with "The Jay Leno Show" at 10 p.m.," said Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. "We're incredibly excited about our new and returning series and have more comedy programming than anyone else, as well as two of the most buzzed about new shows, 'Community' and 'Parenthood.' We can't wait for the fall."
"We are extremely proud to introduce these strong new series to NBC's schedule next season in strategic timeslots that position them for success," said Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios. "They join some of the highest quality returning shows on television, which will serve as a strong foundation to the new schedule. I think viewers are going to be happy to see this lineup of great new shows that will truly fit the NBC legacy of quality, culturally defining shows."
NBC's shared time period strategy will kick off this fall on Mondays with the premiere of "Heroes" (8-9 p.m. ET) continuing with all originals before "Chuck" assumes the time period after the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, which will be a powerful launching platform with its broad, female appeal and strong ratings as the most-watched event of the year. Using "NBC Sunday Night Football's" potent promotional platform, the new high-octane drama "Trauma" will debut Mondays (9-10 p.m. ET) with the epic event series "Day One" taking over the time period following the Olympics.
NBC's successful "The Biggest Loser" series continues Tuesdays (8-10 p.m.) and will help launch the new Wednesday lineup this fall, with the new family drama "Parenthood" debuting (8-9 p.m. ET) and the new hospital drama "Mercy" assuming the time period post-Olympics. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" will air 9-10 p.m. ET following "Parenthood."
NBC's Thursday marquee comedy night will begin with the only live comedy between 8-10 p.m. on any network, "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday" (8-8:30 p.m. ET), followed by "Parks and Recreation" (8:30-9 p.m. ET), "The Office" (9-9:30 p.m. ET) and the new comedy "Community" (9:30-10 p.m. ET). After "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday" completes its multi-week run, "Community" will move to 8 p.m. and "30 Rock" will debut at 9:30 p.m., enabling NBC to feature more original comedy than ever before.
On Fridays in the fall, the enduring drama "Law & Order" will return for its record 20th season (tying "Gunsmoke" as the longest running drama series in primetime) and will lead off at 8-9 p.m. (ET) while "Southland" follows at 9-10 p.m. (ET), building a great crime block.
Saturdays will be a showcase for "Dateline NBC" (8-9 p.m. ET) and encore episodes of "Trauma" (9-10 p.m. ET) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (10-11 p.m. ET).
"Football Night in America" (7-8:20 p.m. ET) and " NBC Sunday Night Football" (8:20-11 p.m. ET) – the number one show of the fall -- will return on Sundays in the fall with a fan-pleasing schedule of games to round out the fall season.
Utilizing the compatible demographics provided by the Olympics, NBC will launch the premieres of "The Marriage Ref" from executive producers Jerry Seinfeld and Ellen Rakieten ("Oprah") on Sundays (8-9 p.m. ET) and the third season premiere of "The Celebrity Apprentice" on Sundays with two-hour editions (9-11 p.m. ET). In addition, the new comedy "100 Questions" will debut on Tuesdays (9:30-10 p.m. ET) following a 90-minute edition of "The Biggest Loser" (8-9:30 p.m. ET).
And coming in the summer 2010, NBC will telecast all original episodes of "The Jay Leno Show," "Friday Night Lights," "America's Got Talent," "Breakthrough with Tony Robbins," "Dateline NBC," with additional programs to be announced later.
For detailed series descriptions and for photography, please log on to www.nbcumv.com.
To catch up on season finales, watch new "Heroes" and "The Office" web series, and more, please log onto NBC.com.
NBC FALL 2009 SCHEDULE
*New programs in UPPER CASE
MONDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Heroes"
9-10 p.m.-"TRAUMA"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
TUESDAY
8-10 p.m. – "The Biggest Loser" (two-hour edition)
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – "PARENTHOOD"
9-10 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
THURSDAY
8- 8:30 p.m. – "SNL WEEKEND UPDATE THURSDAY" (multi-episode run)
8:30-9 p.m. – "Parks and Recreation"
9- 9:30 p.m. – "The Office"
9:30-10 p.m. – "COMMUNITY" (moves to Thursdays 8-8:30 p.m. after multi-episode run "30 Rock" returns)
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Law & Order"
9-10 p.m. – "Southland"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
SATURDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Dateline NBC"
9-10 p.m. – "TRAUMA" (encore broadcast)
10-11 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (encore broadcast)
SUNDAY
7- 8:20 p.m. "Football Night in America"
8:20-11 p.m. "NBC Sunday Night Football"
NBC MID-SEASON 2010 SCHEDULE
(2010 WINTER OLYMPICS preempt regularly scheduled programming from February 12-28, 2010)
*New programs in UPPER CASE
MONDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Chuck" (season premiere)
9-10 p.m.-"DAY ONE"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
TUESDAY
8-9:30 p.m. – "The Biggest Loser" (90-minute edition)
9:30-10 p.m. – "100 QUESTIONS"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – "MERCY"
9-10 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
THURSDAY
8- 8:30 p.m. – "COMMUNITY"
8:30-9 p.m. – "Parks and Recreation"
9- 9:30 p.m. – "The Office"
9:30-10 p.m. – "30 Rock"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Law & Order"
9-10 p.m. – "Southland"
10-11 p.m. – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"
SATURDAY
8-9 p.m. – "Dateline NBC"
9-10 p.m. – "Southland" (encore broadcast)
10-11 p.m. – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (encore broadcast)
SUNDAY
7-8 p.m. – "Dateline NBC"
8-9 p.m. – THE MARRIAGE REF
9-11 p.m. – "The Celebrity Apprentice" (season premiere; two-hour edition)
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Seriously.
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wasting an hour of prime time EVERY night has got to be one of the dumbest ideas I've heard
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Earl got to the end of his list.
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Leno=Twat
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According to Ausiello at EW
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Seriously, how did this manage to make it to the Fall schedule? Who made a pact with Satan?
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I would have preferred to seeing reruns of shows past. Give me Seinfeld or Cheers reruns. Anything but him.
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MBC thinks it's going to grow their audience share with this? Rotating new shows in timeslots? Completely giving up on the 10pm hour? Adding only one new 1/2 hour comedy and two hour dramas to fall? How embarassing.
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and Catalina is crazy hot
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Glad Chuck will still be on Mondays.
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If so GOOD. Would rather have a full season of Chuck and no Heroes, but I'll take what I can get. Also, SNL Thursdays will be a disaster. The Presidential race drove those ratings. What will they put in it's place? More Wiig doing stupid voices?
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Am I crazy, or does that 'shared time-slot' idea make a hell of a lot of sense? Give more shows a chance, but pare it back to 13 episodes. This could save mucho money and yet give a higher production value to eps that get made. I'm down for it.
But yeah, eff Leno in his giant chin cleft. With a metal stick. -
May 19, 2009 1:58:55 PM CDT
There's nothing that would make me want to watch NBC this fall
by pennsydeux
Even Day One.
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That's kind of like substituting two day-old bread in place of one day-old bread... about the same quality, just a little moldier...
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Earl was really good Season 1. Really. But, then again, so was Heroes.
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So they can technically start as late as October 12 and run straight through until the Monday before the Winter Games. Which would be 2/8/10. Then Chuck picks things up on 3/1 and goes nonstop until May 24, which would be a 13-week stint.
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Switch Heroes and Chuck--Heroes NEEDS the extra time to get its act together.Down With Leno!
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Before the end of the first season, NBC will do one of the following to the Jay Leno show: 1.) Cancel Jay Leno and go back to 3 hours of programming a night. 2.) shorten it to 3 or 4 nights a week. 3.) Allow affiliates to move local news to 10PM and show Leno at 10:30. 4.) Announce NBC will program only two hours a night, and offer Jay Leno as a syndicated show.
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with only the Office being worth a shot.90 minutes a week next spring, with Office and Chuck.NBC pissed away 5 potential hours a week with this Leno Debacle
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Per TV Guide.
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For anyone that hasn't checked out Southland yet, I highly recommend it. It kind of reminds me of a less plot driven The Wire. Not nearly as good, but an interesting take on the cop show and for how serial it is, it really doesn't feel it.
That said, Southland and the gradually weakening the Office are the only things I'll be watching on NBC.
I'll probably give Day One a chance as well. It can't possibly be any worse than Jericho. -
I agree. Weird that NBC will probably be the network I watch the least of next season. I'll give Parenthood a try because of the cast. Trauma = ER outdoors - as much as I liked ER I'm not too keen on yet ANOTHER show about the medical profession.Day One I'll check out but it is a DVR show as it will be on opposite 24.Jay Leno's show is called The Jay Leno Show? Wow! I hope they put more effort into the content of the show than they did in coming up with the title.
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The Local Newscast is better than that crap. Way to give up NBC.
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How in the world does it remind you of The Wire? I'll spot you The Shield, and even thats a little iffy?
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Do you think, that you, the nerds of AICN, are the target audience for this move? people are talking about a public outcry and out it will tank cuz people are so mad, but the only outcry exists on the internet....and the fact of the matter is, Leno's target audience doesn't go on AICN or IMDB or moviepoopshoot.net. Leno will get the exact kind of ratings they expect him to get. Old people love all of lenos goofy little games like Jaywalking and whatnot, and now they are all psyched they won't have to stay up until 11:45 to get it. Leno won't thrive, but he wont be a flop. NBC is basically saying, they couldn't lock down enough good programming to fill, and rather than throw good money after bad, they will take the sure fire mediocrity of Leno. and i'll be the show's budet is 90% Leno's salary....so it's gonna be profitable.
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Sad.
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Well that sucks...Chuckless...snigger, snigger
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but it jumped the shark. With Earl gone and King of the Hill with it, how will we Brits get a balanced caricature of texans from our tellies? There's too much new york on the box. Earl went to MEXICO dadgummit!
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A show struggling as much as FNL couldn't last that long of a hiatus.
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So without Earl and Medium I'm down to Office this fall, and Chuck after the winter Olympics? I think this puts NBC as my number 4 network.
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Should've ended 15 years ago.
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great no chuck until basically march.....nbc sucks ass
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Like last season.FUCK YEAH medium is toast fucking finally.Nice job NBC I don't think you could have done a worst job making a schedule if you turned the job over to dart throwing monkeys jazzed on meth. No, wait isn't that a description of NBC managment?
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I look forward to another season of convoluted plots, zero character development, and Syler's flip flopping. For the love of God, just put Heroes out of it's misery. I can crap out better story lines than the garbage Heroes puts on the table. Horrible, horrible show.
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Numbers was picked up because it was cheaper to produce than WAT. Here's the latest: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/05/exclusive-witho.html
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and give chuck a full season....
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SNL Thursday was big because it was election seasons.
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You're right, we're all not their target demographic. And that's why there's outcry from us. Because we'd rather see more television shows, specifically surrounding a more eccentric or genre bent; interesting concepts, not another talk show, variety show or reality TV show.
Some people are claiming it'll fail, and I'm with you on that. It won't. That's like saying, "Geh, [Insert Reality TV Show Here] is CRAP! It won't last a season!". Much as we would all LIKE it to happen, it won't.
We are the minority, folks. But if we can't express our thoughts on AICN, where could we? 'Cause nobody listens.
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"Shared Time Period Strategy Around NBC's Broadcast of 2010 Winter Olympics Along with Jay Leno at 10 p.m. Enables Network to Broadcast Original Programming Year-Round" -- Yes, but don't expect any of their "Original" Programming to be Scripted.
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Who is watching thi... oh... Hello, stupid masses.
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So you have Jay Leno leave the Tonight Show so he can have a show that comes on at 10 p.m. 5 night a week??? So in essence, NBC will have three hours of late night starting at 10, taking a 30 minute break for the news. This has got failure written all over it. As for Chuck, which I really like, they are setting it up to fail yet again. The 8 p.m. timeslot on Mondays cannot be competed against by NBC. Don't they get that? I'm coming to terms that next year's 13 episode run of Chuck will be the last. NBC is all about the public suicide. Their lineup is a stinker.
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Let's just change NBC to LENO TV right now. Too much Leno. So basically I will watch The Office and Chuck. Life, gone, Earl, gone... nice.
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Seriously. Epic fail forthcoming. 4 nightly talk shows back to back to back to back. Just Conan for me, thanks. I agree with the person above who said we're not the target demo for Leno, but he'll be competing against what those old fogies usually watch in the 10pm slot. And as any of us with grandparents know, they don't change their viewing habits easily. They'll just watch Conan and be like "I liked that Jay Leno better. Wonder what happened to him? Oh look, Abe Vigoda's on! I know him. What was I talking about again?" Also, SNLWU Thursdays will blow w/o (a) a presidential election and (b) TIna Fey. Good luck with that, NBC.
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Not that I care but it appears Howie Mandell is out of a job. Wow, that was a pop culuture phenomenon just two years ago.
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Ok so not only are they putting Jay Leno in to kill their 10p.m. hours but they're going to put half of their new series out with only 1/2 season orders as numerous returning shows.
As an audience who's going to be happy with 13 episodes of a series a YEAR??? If they stick with this concept of 13 episodes a "season" they're going to need to adopt Sci-Fi Channel's philosophy and show new 'seasons' every six months. 3 months of new episodes, 3 months off, otherwise people will forget about the shows and simply not care about them. Lets face it we're creatures of habit, break that habit and it could be hard to get back into, even when we love it.
I'll watch Chuck, I'll check out Day One but that's ALL NBC has to offer my household.
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Maybe NBC really does have a deathwish. I hope this Leno thing crashes and burns.
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The thing I always see about Leno is how he's not funny but he seems like such a nice guy. I guess that's true. But what I can't forget is how much Jay acted like a whiny little bitch when Carson left. Letterman deserved that job and Jay weaseled his way in. Now he acted like a bitch again when the more than generous five year moratorium on his snooze fest was about to expire and he weaseled his way back into another show. I liked Earl. It was unique. But now Leno ties up 25 percent of the prime time schedule so unique shows get the boot. I hope Leno fails and Earl gets to finish his list on anothet network.
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Christ, there is nothing any single day has to hang itself on. Monday is a complete mess now, Tuesday is thrown completely out, coupling a family comedy with The Rape Show is the type of stupidity they used to write grand poetry about, Thursday is a jumble, and Friday is a total mismatch. But hey, at least Leno is cheap as dirt, and everybody loves the Winter Olympics, right? Oh wait, the Winter Olympics are a snore and Leno just had to be treated for exhaustion. Great job NBC, way to run at top speed towards becoming another Dumont Network on us!
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They have sucked since they merged with Universal, maybe a little while before that.
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May 19, 2009 6:12:25 PM CDT
I love the way Herc always puts "from the creator of Yes Dear"
by sifodyasjr.
Someone has it in for the guy. I guess we'll never know who Earl Jr.'s real daddy is.
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Why all the hating on Leno? Is he the best comedian in history? No, but he is damn sure better than the other NBC late night hosts, including Conan, Fallon or Daly, which are all terrible. His writers have the best monologue of the 4 and he's an overall nice guy (met him a few times). The show itself is lame, including the easy guest interviews and horrible shorts, but the monologue is solid. What they should've done is canned Conan, Fallon or Daly, and let Leno keep his show.
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The camera work on COPS is better than on this show.
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Deal or No Deal is on in a half-hour version earlier in the evening and starts on The Game Show Network June 1st.
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With fat people, and Conan next!
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May 19, 2009 6:44:05 PM CDT
CBS already has Ghost Whisperer. Can't see them wanting...
by hollywoodhellraiser
another slice of shit! And NBC schedule looks like a schedule of a late-night cable access show; dull and void!
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with either EARL & MEDIUM
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although neither could hold a candle to Carson
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Does NBC realize they are killing Chuck by not bringing it back until March!!! If they want a show to perform better give it a chance. Random viewers of the show will forget about it by that time. That is almost a year away!
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Someone save NBC, please?
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Since it's in a 9pm time slot and precious, precious, children might still be up watching tv?
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Parks and Recreation is horrible, it sucks more than Randy on Lehey
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I thought I'd never have to see his ass on TV again, but not only is he on TV, but every frakking night of the damn work week. What. The. Hell?
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There's nothing on NBC that I'll be watching. Except Sunday Night Football. But not the pregame show. Because I fucking hate Keith Olbeman. I want to throw something at my screen every time I see his stupid face.
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AND ESPECIALLY FUCK YOU JAY LENO!!!!! WAITING 10 MONTHS FOR A NEW CHUCK EPISODE???IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER IF YOU JUST CANCELLED IT. BETTER YET, YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD JAY LENO TO GO FUCK HIMSELF AND RETIRE. HE'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE (AND LETTERMAN TOO)!!!
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I can go back to watching movies or cable serializations instead of watered down crap on Network tv. Reality tv is awful and Leno isn't getting a second of my viewing time. NBC had a great show with Life but chose Leno instead? Never again will I invest in a network show. After Lost it's all Tudors, Dexter, EastBound & Down, True Blood, and whatever else has boobs, bush, blood & BALLS!!!
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4 if you include Carson Daly. That means these shows will be booking, in total, about 50 guests per week; 60 if they all do 3 a night. Not to mention the 40 or so appearing on Letterman, Ferguson, Kimmel each week. There's only so much promoting the A-listers are going to do - it's going to be slim pickings for the later night crowd. Good thing Ferguson's interviews are often better with those guests that make people say "who?".
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Just wondering if Jonathan Rhys Meyers is going to start putting on weight. By this time in the series Henry is about 45 years old and around 10 years away from his death.P.S. Anyone have any idea why Herc's DVD column is locked? I've seen him do it for 24 hour sales but never for his weekly one.
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man, we have to stand a cut in budget, a cast member and a lot of bla bla new fucking problems, and THEN 10 months to have a new episode airing??? i mean, PEOPLE WILL FUCKING FORGET!! HEROES IS PURE SHIT!!
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May 19, 2009 9:55:42 PM CDT
chromedome, Heroes had the length of time a woman gives birth
by pennsydeux
to get their season 3 act together, and didn't. It's a dead show walking, and it guts me to say it because the veterans here know I was part and parcel of the Heroes talkbacks. Not anymore.
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Fucking Jay Leno? Splitting a time-slot between two shows? Multiple hours of 'The Biggest Loser?' Bringing back 'Friday Night Lights?' Dumping 'Earl' and 'Medium?' 'Trauma?' 'Mercy?' 'Parenthood?' Starting the Thursday comedy block with a half hour of 'SNL?' The show has the word "Saturday" in the fucking title...But it'll be on Thursday? And in a "Weekend Update" edition no less? Really? C'mon NBC, what the fuck?
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May 19, 2009 10:10:46 PM CDT
Get a load of this re: tomorrow's American Idiot Karaoke finale
by pennsydeux
The show, not content with running 2 hours for a one-second announcement of who's the winner of his 15 minutes, they need SEVEN EXTRA MINUTES TOMORROW NIGHT OF AIRTIME TO DO IT. Robert Blanco, USA Today TV critic, says thusly: "be sure to pad any recording device you set, because you can't count on the producers ending the show on time **even when given extra time**. And no, I can't explain why it should take more than two hours (or, for that matter, more than one hour) to announce the winner of a singing contest."
FUCK REALITY TV, ALL OF IT, UP THE ANUS. -
Show is alright. They aren't reinventing the wheel or anything but it's okay. It and FNL are the only shows on NBC I give a shit about.
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we can't do another last ditch approach next season. We need to show support all season. We should make Monday nights Subway with Chuck. Back to the old days of sponsored shows. Show Subway we'll buy dinner on Monday nights with every new Chuck episode!
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NBC has basically ceded Tuesday nights completely, hasn't it?
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The show was on for 4 years and they can't even bother to give the show a proper ending? This is exactly the problem with the networks these days. No respect for the shows, and especially no respect for the fans. As soon as the ratings slip below some magic number the program is pulled with no regard for the creators or viewers.
There really needs to be a rule, code, whatever, that if a series makes it to at least a second season the networks are obligated to provide some kind of closure if the series is cancelled.
There isn't one network that is consistently showing anything worth a shit. ABC has Lost, FOX has 24 and Fringe, NBC has the Thursday night block and Chuck. And in between a whole MESS of reality shows. And people wonder why I'm always watching movies instead of TV. -
I want Chuck in september!
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And so will whatever ends up in the 9PM slot.
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The show was ok the 1st year, so so the 2nd year, and just plain terrible after the 3rd year. I still record the show but haven't watch it in months. The humor tends to be at the level of 10 year olds and the story's are real lame. The show jumped the shark when Earl went to jail.
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To put it on Friday nights in the Death Slot. I know that is really FOX's territory to do terribly, and that Southland isnt Sci-fi, but still, doesnt seem like a good move, no one is home on Friday nights.
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I know, people like Herc hates on Earl, but I for one enjoyed it, and many people here did too even though a lot of you are hating on it, Jaime Pressley as Joy is one of my favorite things on TV! But for anyone interested in trying to save the show, to get Fox to pick it up, check out the link -
The 9:00 hour (I live in Texas) is usually pretty boring- I usually watch a cable channel because Fox programming is over for the day. An old rerun of Law and Order, etc. I CERTAINLY wouldn't be watching NBC at that hour, but I'm sure if he has a good guest, I might give it a watch. Who knows, maybe NBC knows something we don't.
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I actually used to watch it semi-regularly, but I lost track of it after awhile. When I found it again, there was this dumb story arc where the brother went to Mexico to marry the maid, or something, and Earl was in jail. It was then that I had a revelation- do I really want to invest time in a dumb story arc like this? The answer was no and I never watched it again. As soon as it started the story arc thing, it jumped the shark.
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NOTHINGBUTCRAP
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And the Mentalist in the post-CSI slot on Thursdays. Bye Bye Chinface. ;)
Monday
8 - How I Met Your Mother
8:30 – Accidentally on Purpose (new comedy)
9 – Two and a Half Men
9:30 – The Big Bang Theory
10 – CSI: Miami
Tuesday
8 – NCIS
9 – NCIS: Los Angeles
10 – The Good Wife (new drama)
Wednesday
8 – New Adventures of Old Christine
8:30 – Gary Unmarried
9 – Criminal Minds
10 – CSI: NY
Thursday
8 – Survivor
9 – CSI
10 – The Mentalist
Friday
8 – Ghost Whisperer
9 – Medium
10 – Numbers
Saturday
8-10 – Drama repeats
10 – 48 Hours Investigates
Sunday
7 – 60 Minutes
8 – Amazing Race
9 – Three Rivers (new drama)
10 – Cold Case
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I have no problem with the cancellation. The REAL problem is that many of these shows end on a cliff hanger knowing they are on the bubble to the tv show graveyard. Hate that crap. Could have had a nice finale and just wait to see if they get renewed. They hurt the fans more than anything.
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series three of Earl was pretty weak but four had picked things up, i'm pretty miffed for The Unit, i liked it and to go without warning leaving a cliffhanger = poop :(
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I'm wondering if I should invest any time in it. It's just nice seeing Ryan Atwood in a show again--he was pretty top tier in OC season 1. And the early parts of season 2.
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Not a big fan of his work but Yes, Dear was on for 6 years and Earl was on for 4. The guy obviously knows on some level how to deliver a show that gets enough ratings to stay on the air. See I stated that I'm not a fan of the work while acknowledging his achievements in the business. If I just spat venom at him for no other reason that I didn't like his shows I would be a huge dick. Good thing we don't know anyone like that.... oh, wait...
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I watched the past season of Earl in the hopes that it would wash away the embarrassment of having invested any time in season 3. Well, it did not, but I think it got better. So I am at peace with letting it go now.
But I have to agree, why all the vitriol? It did have its innings early on. So the producers did something right. I have little love for sit-coms and comedies, but there was enough heart in Earl to draw me back.
Oh, well, RIP Early, Randy, Joy, & Crab Man. You guys were on perhaps a tad too long, but at least you had your moments.
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I loved this series to pieces in the first year. But it has collapsed under its own weight.
So it got another 18 episodes? I wish it would follow the UK or HBO model and run just a dozen per year. Perhaps with fewer episodes the producers will deliver a more focused product. -
Hey it's a guilty pleasure. I'm allowed guilty pleasures.
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' Asked for his take on NBC's unceremonious cancellation of his single-camera comedy today, Garcia didn't miss a beat: "It’s hard to be too upset about being thrown off the Titanic." '' During a conference call with reporters today, Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, said the network opted to cancel "Earl" and "Medium" because neither the fans nor the advertisers had waged a campaign to save them the way viewers and the Subway restaurant chain did for "Chuck."' "If that’s how they’re running their network, good luck to them," Garcia said." I don’t believe that for one second, but if that’s true, if that’s how they’re deciding what shows to pick up, wow." 'The entire article can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/qvnekm
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Shakes his head, and walks out again.
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since our lord 2for2true has spoken....
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NBC is fucking doomed.
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Corny show, the first few episodes were OK but it really lost its flavor after a while. It will be sad to see Jason Lee not rocking the mustache anymore.
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Looking at its schedule, it really hits you how NBC is shutting down. Giving up the 10:00 drama hour 5 days a week to Jay Leno? Giving up Saturdays to "encores"? Giving up another prized time slot to Dateline? Running a bunch of feel-good reality shows like Biggest Loser, or quiz shows like Deal or No Deal, instead of scripted shows? What does NBC have now, other than The Office and 30 Rock? (and to a lesser extent, the revamped Law & Order?) NBC used to be fucking great (as far as broadcast TV went.) It's like watching a brilliant, brittle young poetess turning tricks now for crack. What happened?
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May 22, 2009 2:06:32 AM CDT
NBC forgot that it has to let it good shows build an audience!
by hollywoodhellraiser
I believe Journeyman could've been a prize in NBC hat if they had given it a 2nd season.Also NBC need to get rid of dreck like Heroes and bring in 2 good shows; 2 comedies or 2(13 eps)dramas. Heroes is money being wasted, IMO.Remember this isn't the first time NBC was in last place behind the big networks. With a smart network Exec(The late great Brandon) they were able to regained thier footing and started ruling the #1 spot for years!Of course it took some time but they let the audience find the shows and it worked!So yeah their stupid for just throwing in the towel when they could be trying harder!Thats why I don't pity them.
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Dump a 20-year show, which is still fantastic by the way, on Fridays were it can linger and then get cancelled without a proper finale. NBC = class.
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What a wasteland of schedule. Monday's would be ok if it was 10 o'clock and didn't go up against 24 so I could actually watch the thing. As for the rest of the weeks schedule all I have to say is bring back me some giant madagascar hissing cockroach action.
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