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5-14-2007 @ 9:12AM
Porchland said...
Most of the pickups and renewals have already been announced. The big drama this week will be time slots.
NBC blinked on the Thursday schedule last fall, starting "Studio 60" there and then moving it to Monday after ABC announced it was moving "Grey's Anatomy" to the same slot.
I'm curious to see if NBC tries again by -- as rumored -- moving "Heroes" to the Thursday 10 p.m. slot. I sort of doubt they will, but it would make Thursday a little more interesting than way-past-its-prime "ER."
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5-14-2007 @ 9:31AM
Steve said...
Porchland,
They will if they're smart. Hard to remember now, but ER started this season on borrowed time and heading for a midseason "hiatus." I'm not sure what reinvigorated it (I started watching again this season for the first time in years), but they let it run through uninterrupted. Hopefully, they'll use the bump as a way to get a quality, talked-about goodbye in the near future, instead of seeing it as a mandate for 5 more years.
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5-14-2007 @ 10:23AM
Porchland said...
I hope the nets realize by now that shows don't bounce back well from month-long blocks of reruns. "Heroes," "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" all took hits this spring after long blocks of reruns.
Shows don't produce in the summer. Seasons are 22 episodes from September to May. New episodes don't air in November, December, January and April.
I mean, what? The old rules don't work anymore.
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5-14-2007 @ 10:28AM
Darren said...
I hope these guys do remember the TV season is from September to May - and not start the new season in January - IE what LOST might be doing this up coming season. That is 8 months with out LOST - totally stupid!
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5-14-2007 @ 10:29AM
Porchland said...
NBC sked is up.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i855b5bfe231a16e0d361ffd0a78e63e5
"Heroes" stays on Monday, followed by "Journeyman."
"Bionic Woman" on Wednesday.
"Scrubs" moves down 30 minutes to 9. (Smart move. The one-hour eps can start on the hour.)
"Friday Night Lights" to Friday night. Finally! (Of course, the core audience will be at high school football games during that time!)
The biggest news looks like Sundays in the spring: "Law & Order," "Medium" and "Lipstick Jungle" start after football wraps up. I'm guessing all will be WITHOUT RERUNS!!
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5-14-2007 @ 10:33AM
Roxie said...
My only worry is for how i met your mother!
If thats the only thing renewed id be fine
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