May 19th, 2009 | 9 Comments
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 10:00-11:00 PM/ET), allows the network to broadcast all-new content year-round.
In addition, NBC issued renewals to Law and Order and Chuck as part of its strong slate of new and returning shows announced recently at the network’s highly successful Infront.
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January 16th, 2009 | 0 Comments
NBC announced early renewals for three returning shows while providing reassurance that Heroes has a “very secure” future. The Office, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser will be back for another season, while the final verdict on underperformer Lipstick Jungle still isn’t in.
NBC also set premiere dates for its untitled Amy Poehler comedy (8:30 pm Thursday, April 9) and confirmed John Wells’ new police drama Southland will take over for ER at Thursdays at 10 pm April 9, while Kings will air at 8 pm Sundays starting March 15. New cooking competition series The Chopping Block will premiere at 8 pm Wednesday, March 11, filling the Knight Rider slot. Primetime entertainment president Angela Bromstad said the previously announced additional three ER episodes were ordered to ensure Wells had enough time to get Southland ready before taking over the Thursday slot and that Kings showrunner Michael Green was fine with the switch.
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November 19th, 2008 | 0 Comments
Breaking down the new episodes of your favorite network shows, Channel Surfing will give you an hour by hour view of whats on television tonight. Channel Surfing helps you decide what shows to watch, what shows to record and what shows you have to pass on this week.
Setting the DVR for: Pushing Daisies, Bones, Life, Ghost Huntes and Sons of Anarchy.
8:00 PM/ET
Pushing Daisies (ABC)
A magician (Fred Willard) who has been a surrogate father to Ned’s half brothers needs the pie maker’s help with his act when his animal assistants are mysteriously dying. Meanwhile, Lily is wary of Dwight’s intentions.
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November 12th, 2008 | 0 Comments
Breaking down the new episodes of your favorite network shows, Channel Surfing will give you an hour by hour view of whats on television tonight. Channel Surfing helps you decide what shows to watch, what shows to record and what shows you have to pass on this week.
Setting the DVR for: Life, Ghost Hunters and Sons of Anarchy.
8:00 PM/ET
42nd Annual CMA Awards (ABC)
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host the 42nd annual event from Nashville’s Sommet Center. Slated performers include hosts Paisley and Underwood, Trace Adkins, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney and the Wailers, the Eagles, Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.
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November 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment
NBC’s freshman drama Knight Rider is undergoing a major retooling, bringing it closer to the original 1980s series. Among the changes, the options of three regulars on the show – Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davison – were not picked up beyond the initial 13-episode order. “It’s a reboot,” executive producer/showrunner Gary Scott Thompson said. “We’re moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people, everymen.”
Such a change would make the show a better fit into NBC’s newly rebranded crime drama Wednesday lineup alongside Life and Law & Order. The revamped Knight Rider will kick off with a two-part arc in episodes 10 and 11. NBC is planning a major push, including possibly airing Episode 10 on Sunday after an NFL football game in January, with the conclusion airing the following Wednesday.
The retooling had been put in motion long before the full-season order for the show three weeks ago. The show is now filming Episode 15. There are no immediate plans to add new regulars to the show, which will focus on the five remaining characters: Mike (Justin Bruening), Sarah (Deanna Russo), Billy (Paul Campbell), Zoe (Smith Cho) and KITT. The producers also are looking to do stunt guest castings. Thompson stressed that the decision to let the castmembers go was a difficult one tied to the show’s change in direction and had nothing to do with the actors.
October 26th, 2008 | 0 Comments
NBC has reshuffled its lineup to present a new Wednesday crime night block of Knight Rider, Life and the return of Law & Order. The new crime night Wednesday lineup premieres on November 5. Lipstick Jungle, which has been under-performing on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m., is moving to Friday night starting October 31 essentially changing time slots with Life.
