Well it's Upfront week where all the networks roll out their new fall schedules (it's called upfronts because they are trying to get money from the advertisers, up front) Up first, NBC.
NBC unveiled it's plans for a year long season a last month ago, but they didn't announce which shows would go where. Also the biggest news is that they announced Jimmy Fallon would take over Late Night when Conan O'Brien takes over the Tonight Show next year so here's the schedule
Fall
Mon
7 PM- Chuck
8 PM- Heroes
9 PM- My Own Worst Enemy (Fall)/The Philanthropist (Mid-Season)
Tues.
7 PM- Biggest Loser: Families (Fall)/Biggest Loser: Couples (Mid-Season)
8:30 PM- Kath & Kim
9 PM- Law & Order: SVU
Weds.
7 PM- Knight Rider
8 PM- Deal Or No Deal
9 PM- Lipstick Jungle/Law & Order
Thurs.
7 PM- My Name Is Earl
7:30 PM- 30 Rock
8 PM- The Office
8:30 PM- The Office/SNL Election Specials/The Office Spinoff (Mid-Season)
9 PM- ER (Final Season)/Celebrity Apprentice (Mid-Season)
Fri.
7 PM- Crusoe/Deal Or No Deal
8 PM- Deal Or No Deal/Friday Night Lights
9 PM- Life
Sat.
7 PM- Dateline
8 PM- Knight Rider Encores/Law & Order SVU Encores
9 PM- Law & Order SVU Encores/ Law & Order Encores
Sun.
Fall
Sunday Night Football
Winter
7 PM- Merlin
8 PM- Medium
9 PM- Kings
New Show Descriptions
My Own Worst Enemy
Stars Christian Slater as suburban dad who's alter ego is a super spy
Knight Rider
Update of the 1980's TV Show. Executive Producers: Doug Linam (The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Gary Scott Thompson (Las Vegas. The Fast & The Furious)
Crusoe
Based on Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". "MacGuyver meets Castaway meets Pirates Of The Caribbean" (hey, this is NBC's description not mine
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Kings
A contemporary take on the story of King David. Stars: Ian McShane (Deadwood), Christopher Eagan (Resident Evil: Extinction) Executive Producers: Francis Lawrence & Erwin Stoff (I Am Legend)
Merlin
Fantasy series chronicling the early lives of Merlin & King Arthur
The Philanthropist
Hedonistic billionaire goes out of his way to help people in need. Executive Producer, David Eick (Battlestar Galactica)
The Office Spinoff
Spinoff of The Office (Duh!)
Kath & Kim
Focuses on a dysfunctional relationship between a mother (Molly Shannon) and a daughter (Selma Blair)
Tomorrow: ABC & The CW
