NBC rethinks its fall schedule
It looks like someone at NBC was thinking along the same lines as when we warned this week that with all of the networks putting such an emphasis on Thursday nights this fall that "there's a real risk - indeed, a near certainty - that some shows that could have been winners on less competitive nights will go down in flames" (5/22/06 TVBR #100). NBC has high hopes for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," but rather than put it up against both ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and CBS' "CSI," NBC has now shifted it to Monday night. Instead, it will counter-program dramas with "Deal or No Deal." Those changes, of course, have created a chain reaction of program shifting. Here is the revised NBC schedule for this fall.
NBC REVISED PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2006-07
*New programs in CAPS (with the exception of "ER"); all times are Eastern.
MONDAY
8-9 p.m. "Deal or No Deal"
9-10 p.m. "HEROES"
10-11 p.m. "STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP" (new day and time)
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS"
9-10 p.m. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (new day and time)
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
WEDNESDAY
8-8:30 p.m. "20 GOOD YEARS" (new time)
8:30-9 p.m. "30 ROCK" (new time)
9-10 p.m. "The Biggest Loser" (new time);
10-11 p.m. "KIDNAPPED" (new day and time)
THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. "My Name Is Earl"
8:30-9 p.m. "The Office"
9-10 p.m. "Deal or No Deal" (new day and time)
10-11 p.m. "ER"/("THE BLACK DONNELLYS" in January 2007)
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. "Crossing Jordan" (new day and time)
9-10 p.m. "Las Vegas"
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order" (new day)
SATURDAY
8-9 p.m. "Dateline Saturday"
9-11 p.m. Drama Series Encores
SUNDAY
7-8 p.m. "FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA"
8-11 p.m. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
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