Network unveils details of upcoming season
NBC has greenlit a spinoff of “The Office” that will debut after the Super Bowl, and will put “Saturday Night Live” in primetime next fall.Those are some of the headlines to emerge from the Peacock’s meeting with advertisers in Gotham Wednesday morning. Programming chief Ben Silverman unveiled a 65-week sked–this summer, plus all of next year–that emphasizes family-targeted fare at 8, broad appeal or “blockbuster” event programming at 9 and adult-themed dramas at 10.
Just four new shows are slated for the fourth quarter. Christian Slater starrer “My Own Worst Enemy” is set to air Mondays at 10, laffer “Kath & Kim” will bow Tuesdays at 9:30 (following “The Biggest Loser: Family Edition”, “Knight Rider” will bow Wednesdays at 8, and “Crusoe” is set for Fridays at 8.
“Friday Night Lights” will be back–but not until the winter. “30 Rock” and “Law & Order” have also been renewed, as has “Lipstick Jungle.” Matthew Broderick has been booked for the season finale of “30 Rock.”
NBC will use the post-Super Bowl berth to air a special episode of “The Office,” followed by the previously reported “Office” spinoff.
Peacock will once again air hourlong “Office” episodes in September. In October, “The Office” will be followed by “SNL Thursday Night Live,” a live half-hour of politically-themed sketches geared to the election. Primetime “SNL” will air for four weeks.
Here’s a first look at NBC’s fall, winter and summer 2009 skeds:
*New programs in UPPER CASE (with the exception of “ER”)
8 - 9 p.m.: “Chuck”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Heroes”
10 - 11 p.m.: “MY OWN WORST ENEMY”
8 - 9:30 p.m. “The Biggest Loser: Families”
9:30 - 10 p.m. “KATH & KIM”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
8 - 9 p.m.: “KNIGHT RIDER”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Deal or No Deal”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Lipstick Jungle”
8 - 8:30 p.m. “My Name Is Earl”
8:30 - 9 p.m. “30 Rock”
9 - 9:30 p.m. “The Office”
9:30 - 10 p.m. “The Office”/ “SNL THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE”
10 - 11 p.m.: “ER”
8 - 9 p.m.: “CRUSOE”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Deal or No Deal”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Life”
8 - 9 p.m.: “Dateline NBC”
9 - 10 p.m.: “KNIGHT RIDER” (Encores)
10 - 11 p.m.: “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (Encores)
7 - 8:20 p.m.: “Football Night in America”
8:20 - 11 p.m.: “NBC Sunday Night Football”
(*New programs in UPPER CASE (with the exception of “ER”)
8 - 9 p.m . “Chuck”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Heroes”
10 - 11 p.m.: “THE PHILANTHROPIST”
8 - 9:30 p.m. “The Biggest Loser: Couples”
9:30 - 10 p.m. “KATH & KIM”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
8 - 9 p.m.: “KNIGHT RIDER”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Deal or No Deal”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Law & Order”
8 - 8:30 p.m. “My Name Is Earl”
8:30 - 9 p.m. “30 Rock”
9 - 9:30 p.m. “The Office”
9:30 - 10 p.m. “THE OFFICE SPINOFF”
10 - 11 p.m.: “ER”/”The Celebrity Apprentice”
8 - 9 p.m.: “Deal or No Deal”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Friday Night Lights”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Life”
8 - 9 p.m.: “Dateline NBC”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (Encores)
10 - 11 p.m.: “Law & Order” (Encores)
7 - 8 p.m. Specials/”Dateline NBC”
8 - 9 p.m.: Specials/”MERLIN”
9 - 10 p.m.: Specials/”Medium”
10 - 11 p.m.: Specials/”KINGS”
(*New programs in UPPER CASE)
8 - 9 p.m.: “American Gladiators”
9 - 10 p.m.: “AMERICA’S TOUGHEST JOBS”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Dateline NBC”
8 - 9 p.m.: Most Outrageous Moments
9 - 10 p.m.: “America’s Got Talent”
10 - 11 p.m.: “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (Encores)
8 - 9 p.m.: “SHARK TAGGERS”
9 - 10 p.m.: “America’s Got Talent” (Results Show)
10 - 11 p.m.: “Law & Order” (Encores)
8 - 8:30 p.m. “The Office”
8:30 - 9 p.m. “THE OFFICE SPINOFF”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Last Comic Standing”
10 - 11 p.m.: “THE LISTENER”
8 - 9 p.m.: “CHOPPING BLOCK”
9 - 11 p.m.: “Dateline NBC”
8 - 9 p.m.: Drama Encores
9 - 10 p.m.: Drama Encores
10 - 11 p.m.: Drama Encores
7 - 8 p.m.: “Dateline NBC”
8 - 9 p.m.: “Monk”
9 - 10 p.m.: “Nashville Star”
10 - 11 p.m.: “KINGS” (Encores)
