NBC 2008 Fall Schedule

NBC released it fall schedule today. The network is desperate for a turnaround after ratings have continued to slide and a true hit hasn't been seen since the first season of Heroes. The goal is an attempt to rebuild and hopefully generate new hits for the show. Basically what they hoped would happen last year with Bionic Woman and didn't.

Cancellations
"1 vs. 100," "The Bionic Woman (good idea, bad execution)," "Clash of the Choirs," "Journeyman (dang, good show)," "Las Vegas (didn't get a proper finale, common for NBC)," "My Dad is Better Than Your Dad," "Quarterlife," "Scrubs" (moved to ABC), "The Singing Bee"

Renewals
"30 Rock," "American Gladiators," "America's Got Talent," "The Biggest Loser", "Dateline NBC," "Deal or No Deal", "E.R.," "Friday Night Lights," "Heroes," "Last Comic Standing," "Law and Order", "Law and Order: SVU," "Life," "Lipstick Jungle," "Medium," "Most Outrageous Moments," "My Name is Earl," "The Office," "Sunday Night Football."

New Shows
Crusoe - The Robinson Crusoe story as a television show. Can't decide if I am interested or not.

Kath and Kim - Comedy with Molly Shannon as Kath and Selma Blair as Kim, a mother and daughter combo trying to learn to live together. Like both actresses so maybe try it.

Kings - Drama set during the David vs. Goliath era involving political intrigue and violence in a city that just finished a war. It almost seems like HBO's Rome but not really sure. I am intrigued though.

Knight Rider - Return of the franchise, with Las Vegas' Gary Scott Thompson as show runner who has repeatedly promised the execution will not be the same as the recently panned television movie. The car and the cast will return though...and considering their wooden acting I just hope the hiatus is spent on acting lessons.

The Listener - Drama about a paramedic that can read minds and uses it to solve crimes. Meh, sounds too much like the Ghost Whisperer to me.

Merlin - The story of Merlin and young Arthur in Camelot before he ascends to the throne. Sounds like fun to me, always loved the King Arthur story.

My Own Worse Enemy - Drama that stars Christian Slater about a man with duel personality and identities that once where separate but now starting to break down. A problem since one personality is a dangerous spy and another is an average suburbanite and family man. Sounds like fan, I will give it a look see.

The Office Spin-Off - Comedy that will be birth from the show, details are currently very sketchy on what this one.

The Philanthropist - Think Bruce Wayne without the Batman persona. A billionaire who uses his money to right wrongs.

Schedule
MONDAY
8pm: "Chuck"
9pm: "Heroes"
10pm: "My Own Worst Enemy" (Fall)
10pm: "The Philanthropist" (Spring)

TUESDAY
8pm: "The Biggest Loser"
9pm: "Kath and Kim"
10pm: "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"

WEDNESDAY
8pm: "Knight Rider"
9pm: "Deal or No Deal"
10pm: "Lipstick Jungle" (Fall)
10pm: "Law and Order" (Spring)

THURSDAY
8pm: "My Name Is Earl"
8:30pm: "30 Rock"
9pm: "The Office"
9:30pm: "The Office"/SNL Thursday NIght Live (Fall)
9:30pm: "The Office" Spin-Off (Spring)
10pm: "E.R."

FRIDAY
8pm: "Crusoe" (Fall)
8pm: "Deal or No Deal" (Spring)
9pm: "Deal or No Deal" (Fall)
9pm: "Friday Night Lights" (Spring)
10pm: "Life"

SATURDAY
8pm: "Dateline NBC "
9pm: "Drama Series Encores"

SUNDAY
7pm: "Football Night In America" (Fall)
7pm: Specials (Spring)
8pm: "Sunday Night Football" (Fall)
8pm: "Merlin" (Spring)
9pm: "Medium" (Spring)
10pm: "Kings" (Spring)

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