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Monday, May 12, 2008
Upfronts: NBC’s new fall schedule
This is television’s Big Week — the Upfronts, when broadcast networks trumpet their fall schedules to advertisers.
First up is NBC, but because the Peacock Network jumped out early with an April 2 announcement, today’s press conference in New York will mostly serve as confirmation that Jimmy Fallon will take over “Late Night” when Conan O’Brien moves to Jay Leno’s desk on “Tonight Show” next year.
With Leno still beating David Letterman’s “Late Show” on CBS, NBC’s decision to remove Leno in 2009 seems like a foot-shooting venture, but we’ll see.
In case you forgot (and, really, who hasn’t?), NBC’s April announcement included renewals of “Chuck,” “Heroes,” “Lipstick Jungle,” “Life” and “Friday Night Lights” (but not arriving on the network until January, months after its prenegotiated debut on DirectTV).
NBC’s new fall series include:
“Kath & Kim,” a sitcom starring Molly Shannon as a dysfunctional suburban divorced woman and Selma Blair as her self-absorbed daughter.
“My Own Worst Enemy,” a drama starring Christian Slater as a man living two lives: one as a normal family guy, the other as a secret agent.
“Knight Rider,” an update of the old TV series about a talking car named KITT and its hunky driver (Justin Bruening.)
“Crusoe,” a drama about a shipwrecked guy trying to survive and somehow return to his wife and kids. Sounds like “Lost,” doesn’t it? No star announced, which seems odd.
Here’s NBC’s fall schedule (for now, anyway):
SUNDAY
6-10 p.m. “NFL Football”
MONDAY
7 p.m. “Chuck”
8 p.m. “Heroes”
9 p.m. “My Own Worst Enemy” (NEW)
TUESDAY
7 p.m. “The Biggest Loser”
8:30 p.m. “Kath & Kim” (NEW)
9 p.m. “Law & Order: SVU”
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m. “Knight Rider” (NEW)
8 p.m. “Deal or No Deal”
9 p.m. “Lipstick Jungle”
THURSDAY
7 p.m. “My Name Is Earl”
7:30 p.m. “30 Rock”
8 p.m. “The Office” (hour-longs in early fall)
9 p.m. “ER”
FRIDAY
7 p.m. “Crusoe” (NEW)
8 p.m. “Deal or No Deal”
9 p.m. “Life”
SATURDAY
7 p.m. “Dateline NBC”
8 p.m. “Knight Rider” reruns
9 p.m. “Law & Order: SVU” reruns
COMING TUESDAY: ABC’s fall schedule
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