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I am – Hercules!!
It’s “upfront week,” that time of year when the nets announce their fall schedules to advertisers and the rest of the world. First out of the box is NBC, which announced its slate Monday afternoon.
Looks like the only NBC “on the bubble” show not returning is “Leap of Faith” (the terrible, sanitized “Sex in the City” clone the net was airing after “Friends”). “Watching Ellie,” the Julia Louis-Dreyfuss vehicle created by hushand Brad Hall, is said to return at midseason
The rundown:
- Monday
- 8:00 Fear Factor
- 9:00 Third Watch
- 10:00 Crossing Jordan
- Tuesday
- 8:00 In-Laws
- 8:30 Just Shoot Me
- 9:00 Frasier
- 9:30 Hidden Hills
- 10:00 Dateline NBC
- Wednesday
- 8:00 Ed
- 9:00 The West Wing
- 10:00 Law & Order
- Thursday
- 8:00 Friends
- 8:30 Scrubs
- 9:00 Will & Grace
- 9:30 Good Morning, Miami
- 10:00 ER
- Friday
- 8:00 Providence
- 9:00 Dateline NBC
- 10:00 Law & Order:SVU
- Sunday
- 7:00 Dateline NBC
- 8:00 American Dreams
- 9:00 Law & Order: CI
- 10:00 Boomtown
The new hourlongs:
AMERICAN DREAMS. (Sundays 8 p.m.) Hourlong, set in 1960s Philadelphia, about two female dancers on “American Bandstand,” from Dick Clark (“TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes”). With Brittany Snow (“Guding Light”), Vanessa Lengies, Gail O'Grady (“NYPD Blue”), Tom Verica (“Providence”), Will Estes (U-571”) and Joseph Lawrence (“Blossom,” “Brotherly Love”)..
BOOMTOWN. (Sundays 10 p.m.) An L.A.-based lawyer-and-cop-and-paramedic-and-politician-and-newsman drama from writer-producer Graham Yost (“Speed,” “Borken Arrow,” “Hard Rain, “ “The Last Castle”). Jason Gedrick (“Falcone,” “The Beast”), Donnie Wahlberg (“Band of Brothers”) and Mykelti Williamson (“The Fugitive”), Neal McDonough (“Minority Report”), Gary Basaraba (“Brooklyn South”), Nina Garbiras (“The $treet,” “Leap Years” and Lana Parrilla (“Spin City”) star. “Princess X” reviews the pilot script here.
The new sitcoms:
IN LAWS (Tuedays 8:00 p.m.) Comedy about a an aspiring chef who regrets moving in with his new wife’s parents, from writer-producer Mark Reisman (“Wings,” “Frasier”). Stars Elon Gold (“The Dana Carvey Show”), Bonnie Somerville (“Grosse Pointe”), Jean Smart (“Style & Substance”) and Dennis Farina (“Buddy Faro”) .
HIDDEN HILLS (Tuedays 9:30 p.m.) Comedy about two suburban couples starring Paula Marshall (“Cupid,” “Snoops”), Justin Lewis (“The Contender”), Dondre T. Whitfield (“Girlfriends,” “Inside Schwartz”), Tamara Taylor (“Party of Five”) and Kristin Bauer (“That’s Life”) from director Peter Segal (“Tommy Boy,” “Nutty Professor II”) and writer Ric Swartzlander (“Daddio,” “The Ellen Show”).
GOOD MORNING MIAMI (Thursdays 9:30 p.m.) Comedy about a producer who signs on to the nation’s lowest-rated morning show to be close to the woman with whom he is smitten, from David Kohan & Max Mutchnick (“Boston Common, “ “Will & Grace”). Mark Feuerstein (“Conrad Bloom”), Ashley Williams (“As the World Turns”),. Suzanne Pleshette (“Nightengales,” “The Boys Are Back”), Jere Burns (“Something So Right”) and Tessie Santiago (“Queen of Swords”) star.
Ordered for midseason:
IT’S NOT ABOUT ME. Comedy about an exec who quits to take a teaching position, from Jonathan Groff (“Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” “Ed”). Jason Bateman (“Some of My Best Friends”), Greg Grunberg (“Alias”), Nikki Cox (“Nikki”), Patricia Belcher (“The Trouble With Normal”), Kyle Gass (“Tenacious D”) and Leslie Grossman (“Popular”) star.
KINGPIN. Hourlong about a Mexican drug cartel from David Mills (“Homicide,” “NYPD Blue,” “ER,” “The Corner”) and Aaron Spelling & E. Duke Vincent (“Charmed,” “Safe Harbor,” “Titans”). Steven Bauer (“UC: Undercover”), Sheryl Lee (“Twin Peaks, “L.A. Doctors”) and Brian Benben (“The Brian Benben Show”) star.
MISTER STERLING. Hourlong about a young idealist from a political family who’s elected to the Senate, from Lawrence O'Donnell (“The West Wing,” “First Monday”) Josh Brolin (“The Young Riders,” “Winnetka Road”) stars.
I am – Hercules!!
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