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I am – Hercules!!

Lucky “Scrubs”! NBC finally puts it on "must see" Thursday nights, just in time to get crushed by America’s number-one show, “Grey’s Anatomy.”

NBC’s new Thursday line-up, effective Nov. 30:

8:00 p.m. My Name Is Earl
8:30 p.m. The Office
9:00 p.m. Scrubs
9:30 p.m. 30 Rock
10:00 p.m. ER

I gather the shitty sitcom with Tambor and Lithgow is done.

Look! A press release!

NBC RE-MAKES TWO-HOUR COMEDY BLOCK ON THURSDAYS WITH RETURN OF ‘SCRUBS’ AND MOVE OF ‘30 ROCK’ TO JOIN ‘MY NAME IS EARL’ AND ‘THE OFFICE’ BEGINNING NOVEMBER 30

MOVE IS PRECEDED BY SPECIAL 'SUPER-SIZED' NIGHT OF COMEDY FEATURING 40-MINUTE EPISODES OF 'EARL,' 'THE OFFICE' AND '30 ROCK' ON NOVEMBER 16

BURBANK – October 25, 2006 – NBC will return the Emmy Award-nominated "Scrubs" and move freshman comedy "30 Rock" to Thursday nights beginning November 30 to form a new two-hour 8-10 p.m. (ET) comedy block with "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office." The change will follow a special super-sized night of comedy two weeks earlier on Thursday, November 16, with three 40-minute episodes of "My Name Is Earl," "The Office" and "30 Rock."

The announcements were made by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment.

"We are excited about the prospect of two-hours of top-notch comedy on Thursday nights, which includes the return of 'Scrubs,'" said Reilly. "We will stay on-brand with the best comedy block on television, which will position us for the future on the night."

Beginning November 30, NBC's Thursday-night lineup will be "My Name Is Earl" (8-8:30 p.m. ET); "The Office" (8:30-9 p.m. ET); "Scrubs" (9-9:30 p.m. ET); and "30 Rock" (9:30-10 p.m. ET). "ER" will continue at 10-11 p.m. (ET).

Starting November 22, NBC will feature various specials on Wednesdays (8-9 p.m. ET), which will soon be announced.

Winner of a prestigious Humanitas Prize and a People's Choice Award, and nominated for a Producer's Guild and two consecutive Outstanding Comedy Series Awards, "Scrubs" (now entering its sixth season) focuses on the strange experiences of J.D. (Zach Braff, "Last Kiss," "Garden State"), a medical resident, as he continues on his healing career in a surreal hospital, crammed full of unpredictable staffers and patients -
where humor and tragedy can collide at any time.

Joining the rumpled J.D. at Sacred Heart Hospital are fellow residents Chris Turk (Donald Faison, "Remember the Titans," "Felicity") -- J.D.'s college buddy who is part of the elite surgical group -- and the beautiful, but socially awkward, Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke, "Roseanne").

Keeping a watchful eye over these young doctors are the caustic chief of medicine, Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins, "Courage Under Fire"), the abrasive, but caring, Dr. Perry Cox (John C. McGinley, "Wall Street," "Platoon"), and Turk's wife and no-nonsense nurse, Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes, "Oz"). Neil Flynn ("Magnolia"), the hospital janitor, portrays J.D.'s nemesis, who never seems to miss an opportunity to arass his target.

"Scrubs" is produced by Touchstone Television. Bill Lawrence ("Spin City") is the executive producer and creator.

"30 Rock" is told through the comedic voice of Emmy winner Tina Fey (NBC's "Saturday Night Live") as Liz Lemon and features Alec Baldwin as the brash new network executive who has turned her show upside down with his meddling ways. Single Lemon is living every comedy writer's dream – head writer on a demanding, live TV program in New York City. Her life is jolted when executive Donaghy (Baldwin, "The Aviator") interferes with her show, and bullies Lemon into convincing Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan, NBC's "Saturday Night Live," "The Longest Yard"), a wild and unpredictable movie star, to join the cast. Tony winner Jane Krakowski also is featured as the star of "The Girlie Show."

Also rounding out the cast in the half-hour comedy are Scott Adsit, Jack McBrayer and Rachel Dratch ("Saturday Night Live").

"30 Rock" is from Broadway Video and NBC Universal Television Studio. Executive producers are Lorne Michaels ("Saturday Night Live"), Tina Fey ("Saturday Night Live"), JoAnn Alfano ("Sons & Daughters"), Marci Klein ("Saturday Night Live") and David Miner ("The Tracy Morgan Show").

Created and written by Emmy-winning Greg Garcia ("Yes, Dear), "My Name Is Earl" is executive-produced by Garcia and Emmy-winning Marc Buckland ("Medical Investigation," "Ed") and Bobby Bowman ("Yes, Dear"). The series is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television and Amigos de Garcia. Jason Lee stars in the title role.

"The Office" – which earned the Emmy as Outstanding Comedy Series earlier this year -- is executive-produced by Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Howard Klein. Golden Globe winner Steve Carell stars.








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THE OFFICE is the best and most beautiful show on TV
by JohnGalt06
Oct 25th, 2006
05:07:40 PM
Good...
by Wungolioth
Oct 25th, 2006
05:08:17 PM
SWEET
by Logo Lou
Oct 25th, 2006
05:11:33 PM
Best. Sitcom. Lineup. Ever.
by waggy
Oct 25th, 2006
05:15:25 PM
Looks good, but...
by theBigE
Oct 25th, 2006
05:19:42 PM
Shoulda tentpoled the Office...
by howstone
Oct 25th, 2006
05:22:32 PM
Wow
by Eaglet1138
Oct 25th, 2006
05:24:48 PM
"We will stay on-brand with the best comedy block...
by Childe Roland
Oct 25th, 2006
05:34:39 PM
This may be the first time...
by SifoDyasJr.
Oct 25th, 2006
05:35:47 PM
30 Rock cancelled
by Cletus Van Damme
Oct 25th, 2006
05:36:22 PM
Excellent
by Lando Griffin
Oct 25th, 2006
05:47:43 PM
I worked for the Humanitas Prize.
by Lenny Nero
Oct 25th, 2006
06:00:21 PM
The two best sitcoms back to back!
by Prior Walter
Oct 25th, 2006
06:05:15 PM
Don't worry about Grey's. That will implode in
by modlight
Oct 25th, 2006
06:06:23 PM
Who cares if "Scrubs" gets killed in the ratings?
by ZakChase
Oct 25th, 2006
06:09:09 PM
Scrubs
by BadMrWonka
Oct 25th, 2006
06:09:24 PM
haha Cletus
by wash
Oct 25th, 2006
06:16:19 PM
Anyone else think The Office is getting too wacky?
by Lance Rock
Oct 25th, 2006
06:26:58 PM
Lando, you're right about Grey's Anatomy
by Shivv
Oct 25th, 2006
06:31:12 PM
i'd actually all but given up on 30 rock...
by waggy
Oct 25th, 2006
06:31:59 PM
shivv
by waggy
Oct 25th, 2006
06:34:31 PM
Arested Development
by Duty
Oct 25th, 2006
06:34:32 PM
At last...
by 100Proof
Oct 25th, 2006
06:47:08 PM
I was waiting for 30 Rock to get paired with The Office
by DanielKurland
Oct 25th, 2006
06:57:53 PM
Waggy, I watch Grey's without any female help.
by Lenny Nero
Oct 25th, 2006
07:13:47 PM
NBC!
by Duty
Oct 25th, 2006
07:16:39 PM
Waggy
by Shivv
Oct 25th, 2006
07:21:29 PM
Sorry. 30 Rock is fucking funny.
by Dr. Sid Schaefer
Oct 25th, 2006
07:42:00 PM
30 Rock is awesome
by mthrndr
Oct 25th, 2006
07:44:29 PM
Tonight's 30 Rock
by tylrdrdn
Oct 25th, 2006
07:48:17 PM
Best lineup on TV!
by LeFlambeur
Oct 25th, 2006
07:59:36 PM
I wanted to hate 30 Rock
by INWOsuxRED
Oct 25th, 2006
08:27:15 PM
I like 30 rock
by zekmoe
Oct 25th, 2006
09:14:08 PM
Too bad this'll be Scrubs last season anyway
by Freakemovie
Oct 25th, 2006
09:18:56 PM
Good. No More TiVo-ing 30 ROCK...
by Leto III
Oct 25th, 2006
09:25:22 PM
Thank God, My girl was trying to get me to watch Greys
by Big Bad Clone
Oct 25th, 2006
09:56:42 PM
Holy Shit. Nice Line Up!
by DrTobiasFunke
Oct 25th, 2006
10:17:06 PM
Best line up ever!
by ChorleyFM
Oct 25th, 2006
11:59:43 PM
"I'll let you do stuff to me"
by Flim Springfield
Oct 26th, 2006
12:19:03 AM
Hey if you love Grey's thats fine
by Lando Griffin
Oct 26th, 2006
12:58:22 AM
The Next Person..
by zabbadoo
Oct 26th, 2006
01:43:25 AM
Tonights 30 Roch
by Droogie Alex
Oct 26th, 2006
03:06:47 AM
Katherine Heigl is indeed... absurdly hot.
by Cool_Breeze
Oct 26th, 2006
04:41:00 AM
Iron Chef America is still better than all that crap.
by Uncle Stan
Oct 26th, 2006
05:52:30 AM
Scrubs is gonna get slaughtered
by ahdvd
Oct 26th, 2006
07:34:25 AM
Hospital night
by supertoyslast
Oct 26th, 2006
07:41:20 AM
Comedy of 30 Rock
by DaNewf
Oct 26th, 2006
08:23:48 AM
Great night
by godzillasushi
Oct 26th, 2006
09:05:20 AM
It's a win - win - win
by fabfive
Oct 26th, 2006
10:25:09 AM
If this is actually Scrubs' last year...
by GenericGeek
Oct 26th, 2006
10:46:44 AM
Why does NBC hate SCRUBS?
by Plum
Oct 26th, 2006
11:05:20 AM
Great lineup for NBC...but I actually watch Grey's.
by minderbinder
Oct 26th, 2006
11:13:53 AM
30 Rock Rocks
by Saluki
Oct 26th, 2006
12:49:17 PM
Weighing in on Gray's and men...
by elkylos
Oct 26th, 2006
03:57:39 PM
... and furthermore...
by elkylos
Oct 26th, 2006
04:01:28 PM
Albuquerque Freak Out!
by RosieLaRose
Oct 26th, 2006
05:03:00 PM
Best Thursday Night NBC Sitcom Lineup...
by Jonas Grumpy
Oct 26th, 2006
05:44:59 PM
Grumpy, you went to the most uncool art school ever
by Uncle Stan
Oct 26th, 2006
06:31:40 PM
Boo Grey Yay Office
by Homer Sexual
Oct 26th, 2006
08:47:44 PM
30 Rock
by Acerbic Norseman
Oct 27th, 2006
01:41:21 AM
Scrubs=Best show on television
by TheWacoKid
Oct 27th, 2006
07:24:29 PM
I have a question for the class
by emeraldboy
Oct 28th, 2006
08:06:50 AM
nbc stupidity
by slkboxrman
Oct 28th, 2006
09:43:47 AM
Uncle Stan
by Jonas Grumpy
Oct 28th, 2006
11:02:02 PM
The actors on Grey's are
by veritasses
Oct 29th, 2006
01:01:59 AM
US Office is OTT
by barnaby jones
Oct 29th, 2006
04:30:10 AM
I have to agree about earl
by emeraldboy
Oct 29th, 2006
01:23:33 PM
There are too many
by emeraldboy
Oct 29th, 2006
01:25:42 PM
My Name is Earl is great
by symphy
Oct 29th, 2006
03:19:06 PM
Greys and Scrubs
by rivvorz
Oct 29th, 2006
04:18:48 PM
Symphy
by Jonas Grumpy
Oct 29th, 2006
08:23:10 PM
Grey's jumped the shark...
by symphy
Oct 30th, 2006
12:14:18 AM
Grey's jumped the shark...
by symphy
Oct 30th, 2006
12:14:21 AM
In the UK last night
by emeraldboy
Oct 30th, 2006
03:44:41 AM
Eh
by Itchy
Oct 30th, 2006
01:01:42 PM

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