NBC adds six new series for Fall sked
In NYC yesterday, NBC announced its 2005-06 Fall primetime schedule with a lineup of three new dramas, one new comedy and two unscripted series. The new dramas include "E-Ring" (Wednesdays, 9-10 p.m. ET), "Inconceivable" (Fridays, 10-11 p.m. ET) and "Fathom." New comedies being include "My Name Is Earl" (Tuesdays, 9-9:30 p.m. ET), "Four Kings," and "Thick and Thin."
The annual program announcement was made by Jeff Zucker, President, NBC Universal Television Group and Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment, before the advertising community, affiliates and press at Radio City Music Hall.
"NBC viewers will see fresh talent and bold, original concepts in our new series next year," said Reilly, "Our goal is to create real excitement, especially at 8 p.m., which will pay dividends throughout each night. We're eager to be number one again, and this freshman class, combined with NBC's powerful core schedule and recent successes like "Medium," "The Biggest Loser" and "The Office," represent a major step toward getting there."
Highlights of the 2005-06 season include the new dramas: "E-Ring" (Wednesdays, 9-10 p.m. ET), a suspenseful drama from producer Jerry Bruckheimer set inside the Pentagon that stars Benjamin Bratt ("Law & Order") and Dennis Hopper ("Speed"); "Fathom" (Mondays, 8-9 p.m. ET), an action-adventure about a mysterious new form of sea life that begins to appear in oceans all over the earth; and "Inconceivable" (Fridays, 10-11 p.m. ET), a serialized ensemble drama set inside a fertility clinic, starring Jonathan Cake ("Fallen") and Ming-Na ("ER").
New comedies being added in the fall include "My Name Is Earl" (Tuesdays, 9-9:30 p.m. ET), starring Jason Lee ("Almost Famous"), as a young man who has taken one too many wrong turns on the highway of life but is now determined to make amends. Additional new comedies for next season include "Four Kings," from Emmy Award winners David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the creators of "Will & Grace," and "Thick and Thin," from producer Lorne Michaels, and starring Jessica Capshaw ("The Practice") as a once overweight woman who embarks on a new journey as a fit and newly single woman.
The fall lineup also includes two new unscripted series, "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart") on Wednesdays (8-9 p.m. ET) and "Three Wishes" on Fridays (8-9 p.m. ET), hosted by popular recording artist Amy Grant.
Fan favorites "Scrubs" and "Fear Factor" will also return to the NBC sked at some point next season. Additional Fall schedule changes include the move of "The West Wing" to Sundays (8-9 p.m. ET); and the return of freshman comedy "The Office" on Tuesdays (9:30-10 p.m. ET). "Dateline NBC" moves up an hour on Fridays (to 9-10 p.m. ET).
Here's the full lineup:
New programs in CAPS (with the exception of "ER")
MONDAY
8-9 p.m. "FATHOM"
9-10 p.m. "Las Vegas"
10-11 p.m. "Medium"
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. "The Biggest Loser"
9-9:30 p.m. "MY NAME IS EARL"
9:30-10 p.m. "The Office"
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. "THE APPRENTICE: MARTHA STEWART"
9-10 p.m. "E-RING"
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order"
THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. "Joey"
8:30-9 p.m. "Will & Grace"
9-10 p.m. "The Apprentice"
10-11 p.m. "ER"
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. "THREE WISHES"
9-10 p.m. "Dateline NBC" (new time period)
10-11 p.m. "INCONCEIVABLE"
SATURDAY
8-11 p.m. "NBC SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE"
SUNDAY
7-8 p.m. "Dateline NBC"
8-9 p.m. "The West Wing" (new day and time)
9-10 p.m. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
10-11 p.m. "Crossing Jordan"
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