Showing posts with label NBC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NBC. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2009

NBC Fall, Spring 2009 Schedule

Staff Writer: Samuntha MacKenzie

Following is NBC's Fall 2009-10 premiere schedule (uppercase indicates new shows):

Sunday, September 13
7-8:15 pm. – "Football Night in America"
8:15-11 pm – "NBC Sunday Night Football"

Monday, September 14
10-11 pm – "THE JAY LENO SHOW" (Series Premiere)

Tuesday, September 15
8-10 pm – "The Biggest Loser"
10-11 pm – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"

Thursday, September 17
8-8:30 pm - "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday"
8:30-9 pm - "Parks and Recreation"
9-9:30 pm – "The Office"
9:30-10 pm – "COMMUNITY" (series premiere – moves to Thursdays 8-8:30 pm on October 8; "30 Rock" returns October 15, 9:30-10 pm)
10-11 pm – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"

Monday, September 21
8-10 pm – "Heroes" (two hour premiere, then TRAUMA premieres 9-10 pm Monday, September 28)
10-11 pm – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"

Wednesday, September 23
8-9 pm – "PARENTHOOD" (Series Premiere)
9-10 pm – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
10-11 pm – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"

Friday, September 25
8-9 pm – "Law & Order"
9-10 pm – "Southland"
10-11 pm – "THE JAY LENO SHOW"

Saturday, September 26
8-9 pm – "Dateline NBC"
9-10 pm – "TRAUMA" (encore broadcast)
10-11 pm – "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (encore broadcast)
11:30 pm - 1:00 a.m. - "Saturday Night Live"

Source: THR

Monday, June 22, 2009

Same old Scifi; New Logo

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

July 7th and the Scifi Channel will become SyFy. What's the difference? Same old contempt for the genre, all new way of screwing up our favorite shows, novels, and movies.

Why the switch? According to the network, Scifi is so generic the name cannot be trademarked. Syfy however is unusual and can be trademarked.

To viewers the switch is a waste of money and the new logo with "Imagine Greater" is defunct. I have imagined greater, sent an email, and within six months those changes are employed. (Twice. Why am I not employed by Scifi?) Another reason why Universal, NBC, and their executives don't get the genre or the fans.

We're lucky the pencil pushers renew Ghost Hunters. Has anyone else seen Destination Truth? Neither have we. One more show disappears into the chasm known soon as the Syfy Channel.

Logo changes:







Source: The New York Times and Syfy

Saturday, May 23, 2009

No Medium Love Lost

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

In a move that has fueled the feud between the peacock and the eye, NBC canceled its five year mid-season replacement: Medium.

In a related story, CBS has decided to keep Medium going (it's a CBS TV studio production) and place the show between Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs.

CBS has floundered to find a show besides Moonlight to fill the chasm on Friday nights.

NBC let go not only Medium but My Name is Earl. Where's NBC going besides bankrupt?

The lineup is already streamlined. I hope the peacock doesn't believe Jay Leno in the last prime time slot five nights a week will save a captain-less ship.

Source: THR