Posts with tag nbc upfronts
Posted May 22nd 2007 2:41PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Apprentice, Celebrities
Are we going to see a Donald Trump/Rosie-like feud between Trump and NBC?
After NBC refused to say during the upfronts whether or not they're going to renew the show or not (probably keeping it in reserve for midseason if they need another edition to fill in a time slot), the Donald decided to quit, to pre-empt any sort of "firing" that NBC could do. But not so fast...
NBC says that Trump is still under contract to do another season of the show, and that "no decision on an additional cycle [of the series] at this time."
Trump says he's moving on to a bigger project, perhaps with the new Fox Business Channel. My guess is that he'll do another season of the show instead of fighting, if only for the reason it will make sure he's on TV every week in some way.
Posted May 14th 2007 11:35AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts
NBC released its fall 2007 schedule today. Here's a rundown on what new shows we'll see, when they'll air, and what old shows won't be coming back.
Returning: Friday Night Lights, Law & Order, Law & Order: CI, Law & Order: SVU, Deal or No Deal, 30 Rock, The Office, Heroes, Scrubs, ER, The Biggest Loser, Las Vegas, My Name Is Earl, 1 vs. 100, Dateline, Football Night In America, Medium, and Saturday Night Live.
New: The Bionic Woman, The IT Crowd, Chuck, Journeyman, Life, Lipstick Jungle, The Singing Bee, World Moves, and Heroes: Origins.
Out: Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, Crossing Jordan, The Black Donnellys, Kidnapped, Andy Barker, P.I., Identity, Raines, 20 Good Years, Grease: You're The One That I Want, The Real Wedding Crashers, Thank God You're Here.
Moving: Friday Night Lights moves to Friday nights at 10pm. On Thursdays, 30 Rock moves to 8:30, The Office to 9, and Scrubs to 9:30. Law & Order will move to Sundays at 8pm (in 2008). Law & Order: CI will be on USA Network first, then NBC will air the repeats.
After the jump, a rundown on the new shows and a look at the schedule.
Continue reading The Upfronts: NBC
Posted May 11th 2007 2:38PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Scrubs, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, The Black Donnellys, Upfronts
News about NBC's fall schedule continues to trickle out, this time from Bill Carter over at the New York Times.
Looks like the network is going to pick up five dramas: Lipstick Jungle (from Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell), Chuck, Life, Journeyman, and The Bionic Woman. The network has not made a decision on Law and Order or Law and Order: CI yet, but it looks like Friday Night Lights is coming back for a full season.
The shows being canceled? No surprise that Studio 60, The Black Donnellys, and Crossing Jordan are gone, but it's a little bit of a surprise that Scrubs isn't coming back. There's been talk that ABC might take the show, but no official word on that yet.
NBC's upfront announcement is this Monday.
Update: Nikki Finke is reporting that Scrubs has been picked up by NBC, but no other info is available about it.