NBC: 2012-13 Primetime Schedule

May 13th, 2012 | Posted by James K in News | Television - (0 Comments)

 

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The upfronts are underway, with NBC first to announce its 2012-13 schedule.

Highlights: Comedy on four nights, “The Voice” starts in fall, “Smash” held for mid-season.

MONDAY: 8-The Voice, 10-Revolution (new).

TUESDAY: 8-The Voice, 9-Go On (new), 9:30-The New Normal (new),  10-Parenthood.

WEDNESDAY: 8-Animal Practice (new), 8:30-Guys With Kids (new), 9-Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 10-Chicago Fire (new).

THURSDAY: 8-30 Rock, 8:30-Up All Night, 9-The Office, 9:30-Parks and Recreation, 10-Rock Center with Brian Williams.

FRIDAY: 8-Whitney, 8:30-Community, 9-Grimm, 10-Dateline NBC.

SATURDAY: Encore programming.

SUNDAY (Fall 2012): 7-Football Night in America, 8:15-Sunday Night Football.

SUNDAY (Post-football/Winter 2013): 7-Dateline NBC,  8-Fashion Star, 9-The Celebrity Apprentice, 10-Do No Harm (new).

NBC new show descriptions and Robert Greenblatt comments from The Futon Critic after the jump.

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CBS Adds 7 Shows, Ices ‘CSI: Miami,’ ‘Unforgettable’

May 13th, 2012 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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No. 1 network CBS unveiled its 2012-13 TV lineup on Sunday. The schedule will be announced on Wednesday.

Gone — CSI: Miami (more costly than CSI: New York), Unforgettable, A Gifted Man, NYC 22 and Rob.

New — Four dramas, two comedies and a midseason reality show from Survivor’s Mark Burnett.

Pilots ordered to series

Friend Me –Twentysomething best friends (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Nicholas Braun) move from Indiana to L.A. to begin their new lives working at Groupon.

Partners — Comedy about architects (David Krumholtz, Michael Urie) whose friendship has lasted longer than either of their romantic relationships and almost seems like a weird marriage.

Made in Jersey — Legal drama that centers on a working-class woman (Janet Montgomery) who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm.

Elementary – A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, set in New York City. Jonny Lee Miller plays the famous detective with Lucy Liu as Watson.

Golden Boy — Cop drama centering on the meteoric rise of one cop (Theo James) from officer to detective to police commissioner.

Vegas – The 1960s-set period piece centers on the true story of Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid), a rodeo cowboy-turned-longtime sheriff of Las Vegas.

The Job –Contestants compete for their dream job.

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TV Season Finales (May 14-20)

May 13th, 2012 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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Choices and confrontations.

Monday, May 14

*Smash (NBC) – Who will play Marilyn when the curtain rises?

*Gossip Girl (CW) — Blair makes her choice between Dan and Chuck.

*How I Met Your Mother (CBS) — The identity of Barney’s bride is revealed.

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) – The team pursues a shooter who guns down one of its own, while another member is forced to choose which of his kidnapped loved ones will live.

Bones (Fox) — Brennan becomes a suspect in a murder investigation.

Two And A Half Men (CBS) — Jake graduates.

Mike and Molly (CBS) — It’s Mike and Molly’s wedding day.

Hart of Dixie (CW) – With a storm about to hit Bluebell, George and Lemon prepare for their wedding day.

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First Look: NBC’s 2012/13 Line Up

May 13th, 2012 | Posted by JoyHog in News - (0 Comments)

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NBC Renews ‘Parks,’ ‘Up All Night,’ ‘Whitney’

May 11th, 2012 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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First the bad news: NBC canceled Harry’s Law and Awake — two of our favorite shows — along with Bent, Are You There, Chelsea? and Best Friends Forever.

The network renewed comedies Parks and Recreation, Up All Night and Whitney. In addition, NBC picked up its seventh comedy for 2012-13, ordering six episodes of Dane Cook’s Next Caller starring Dane Cook, described as a gender comedy that revolves around a brash alpha-male DJ (Cook) and his feminist co-host (Collette Wolfe) set in the office of a satellite radio station.

 

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ABC Hopes To Hit A High Note In ‘Nashville’

May 11th, 2012 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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ABC revealed its hand for next season, announcing nine new shows. Do you see any hits in the bunch?

New shows

Malibu Country — Reba McEntire moves her mother (Lily Tomlin) and three kids from Nashville to Malibu after her rock star husband cheats on her and burns through most of their money. Once there, she tries to restart her singing career.

Last Resort — A U.S. nuclear submarine ignores an order to fire nuclear missiles, winds up being hunted and escapes to a NATO outpost where it declare themselves to be the world’s smallest nuclear nation. From Shawn Ryan.

666 Park Ave. — A young couple (Dave Annabele, Rachael Taylor) manage a historic New York City apartment building that experiences supernatural occurrences.

How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life — Sarah Chalke plays a recently divorced single mom who moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins) and Max (Brad Garrett).

Nashville — A family soap set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene revolving around one star at her peak (Connie Britton) and another on the rise (Hayden Panettiere).

Red Widow — The widow (Radha Mitchell) of an assassinated criminal adopts her husband’s role in a crime syndicate to protect her family. Based on a Dutch show.

Family Tools — Kyle Bornheimer is a man who puts his dreams on hold in order to take over the family handyman business from his father (J.K. Simmons). Based on a British show.

Zero Hour — Anthony Edwards (ER) plays the editor of a skeptics magazine who is launched into one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history.

Neighbors — A family moves into a coveted New Jersey gated community only to discover that the entire neighborhood is comprised of aliens disguised as humans.

Mistresses — Previously picked up.

Renewals

Private Practice, Body of Proof, Scandal, Don’t Trust The B—- In Apt. 23, Happy Endings.

Cancellations

GCB, Pan Am, The River, Missing.

To Be Determined

Last Man Standing

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CW Loads Up; ‘Nikita,’ ‘Dixie’ Renewed

May 11th, 2012 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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The CW, promising more original shows and less repeats next season, picked up five new dramas and added three renewals on Friday.

The new shows

Arrow — Modern retelling of the legendary DC Comics character Green Arrow from Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim. Stephen Amell stars in the title role.

The Carrie Diaries — Sex and the City prequel centering on a young, Manhattan-based Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) who comes of age in the 1980s.

Cult — A production assistant (Jessica Lucas) on a popular TV series joins a journalist blogger (Matt Davis) in investigating the show’s rabid fans, who might be re-creating crime scenes from the show in their real lives.

Beauty and the Beast – Loosely based on the 1980s CBS series. Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk is the Beauty to Jay Ryan’s Beast.

First Cut -- Medical drama that centers on new doctor (Mamie Gummer), who discovers that life at the hospital where she works is no different than high school.

Renewed

Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie and Nikita. Joining previously renewed The Vampire Diaries, 90210 and Supernatural.

Canceled

Ringer, The Secret Circle.

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