Remember when NBC announced that they were going to cut the 10 pm hour out of their primetime schedule and fill it with a cheaply-produced talk show hosted by Jay Leno? We all scratched our heads.Flash forward about seven months to the present as NBC has announced that it's pulling Jay Leno out of the 10 pm hour and now filling it back up with a mix of scripted and unscripted offerings. Yes, you might be scratching your head as to how everyone but the Peacock seemed to see that this was a doomed strategy from the first place.
NBC yesterday lifted the curtain on its primetime midseason schedule, which includes reality series The Marriage Ref, The Celebrity Apprentice, and Minute to Win It (formerly known as Perfect 10) and drama series Parenthood, Friday Night Lights, and Trauma.
The full NBC midseason schedule can be found below.
Monday
8-9 pm: Chuck
9-10 pm: Trauma
10-11 pm: Law & Order
Tuesday
8-10 pm: The Biggest Loser
10-11 pm: Parenthood
Wednesday
8-9 pm: Mercy
9-10 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (repeat)
10-11 pm: Law & Order Special Victims Unit
Thursday
8-8:30 pm: Community
8:30-9 pm: Parks and Recreation
9-9:30 pm: The Office
9:30-10 pm: 30 Rock
10-11 pm: The Marriage Ref
Friday
8-9 pm: Who Do You Think You Are?
9-11 pm: Dateline NBC
**Note: Friday Night Lights will take over at 10 pm ET/PT beginning Friday, April 30th.**
Saturday
8-9 pm: The Biggest Loser (repeat)
9-10 pm: Law & Order (repeat)
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (repeat)
Sunday
7-8 pm: Dateline NBC
8-9 pm: Minute to Win It (formerly known as Perfect 10)
9-11 pm: The Celebrity Apprentice
What do you make of the Peacock's new lineup? Does it work for you? Or would you have rather they just kept Southland this season instead of sending it off to TNT? Discuss.
Comments
I hate to say it, but Chuck and FNL remain my two reasons for watching NBC. And out of loyalty to the long-lost Gilmore Girls, I'll give Parenthood a shot.
I agree with "joy" I will give Parenthood a chance because I love Lauren Graham so much.
And....what about David Tennant's "Rex is Not Your Lawyer?" Are they going to give it a chance? I was hoping to see it on the NBC line up once they finally scrapped Leno.
They have six episodes unaired of Trauma, in fact.
It would have allowed him to make his show feel more like a special event and just have the top celebs and would target his (face it Jay) aging audience who are home on the weekend and can't stay up past 11:30 anymore!
Now NBC will lose Conan, someone who has proven he can build an audience before, and have guaranteed through all of their mishandling of this who mess that no one will watch Jay if they put him back, some people are even saying they will boycott NBC altogether. Not hard to do with this line-up!