NBC has greenlit a spinoff of “The Office” that will debut after the Super Bowl, and will put “Saturday Night Live” in primetime next fall.Those are some of the headlines to emerge from the Peacock’s meeting with advertisers in Gotham Wednesday morning. Programming chief Ben Silverman unveiled a 65-week sked–this summer, plus all of next year–that emphasizes family-targeted fare at 8, broad appeal or “blockbuster” event programming at 9 and adult-themed dramas at 10.
Just four new shows are slated for the fourth quarter. Christian Slater starrer “My Own Worst Enemy” is set to air Mondays at 10, laffer “Kath & Kim” will bow Tuesdays at 9:30 (following “The Biggest Loser: Family Edition”, “Knight Rider” will bow Wednesdays at 8, and “Crusoe” is set for Fridays at 8.
“Friday Night Lights” will be back–but not until the winter. “30 Rock” and “Law & Order” have also been renewed, as has “Lipstick Jungle.” Matthew Broderick has been booked for the season finale of “30 Rock.”
NBC will use the post-Super Bowl berth to air a special episode of “The Office,” followed by the previously reported “Office” spinoff.
Peacock will once again air hourlong “Office” episodes in September. In October, “The Office” will be followed by “SNL Thursday Night Live,” a live half-hour of politically-themed sketches geared to the election. Primetime “SNL” will air for four weeks. Continue reading ‘NBC Reveals Fall Lineup’
Rob Buckley locks lips all day on the set of “Lipstick Jungle,” but he’s looking for a permanent pair of lips — as one of America’s Most Eligible Bachelors. Extra caught up with the hunk at NYC’s Trattoria Dopo Teatro where he revealed his taste in women.
It has some of the best elements of Sex and the City- I like the main characters. Very human. Brooke Shields as Wendy Healy ia a long married mom who is also a studio big wig with a high powered, high pressure position, she is both strong and sympathetic .
Kim Raver as her friend Niko Reilly is a magazine editor whose marriage is stale and she is having an affair with a much younger sexy photographer.
Their younger friend is a fashion designer who is involved with a very private uber billionaire. I like her- actress is Lindsay Price- character is Victory Ford.
All three women are at crossroads in their lives and dealing with lots of things and making mistakes- there is humor and some drama and lots of fabulous clothes!
I have always liked Brooke Shields and Kim Raver grew on me over her tenure on Third Watch- hey she was married to Eddie Cibrian on that one- and Lindsay Price was a bright spot in the short run US version of Coupling. If NBC can let the show develop an audience I think it can grow into a big hit.
Supporting cast includes Julian Sands as Wendy and Niko’s boss- he owns the studio and magazine both. Victory’s billionaire beau is 80s brat pack alum Andrew McCarthy, Wendy’s hunky imported husband Shane Healy is played by Harry Dresden himself Paul Blackthorne. Hunky newcomer Robert Buckley is Niko’s fling Kirby Atwood. Like Sex and the City , Lipstick Jungle offers up plenty of male eye candy for the target female audience. And oh yeah- they picked eye candy that can act! Sands is great as the menacing boss- only slightly less scary than his turn as head Prior for the Ori on Stargate SG-1.
If you are in the US you can catch up at NBC.com online and episodes are available from Amazon unboxed.
Show is nearing its end of initial episodes- then ER will be back in its Thursday night time slot.
Ratings have been solid and it is a top 10 show in the DVR numbers every week since it premiered. Word is the Amazon numbers are strong as well so I am suspecting it will be renewed. The network has already ordered more episodes.
Here are my picks for what to watch this week and next that include NEW programs- not repeats!
January 7, 2008
Monday Night- NBC 9PM CM/10PM EST/PST MEDIUM returns with 9 Brand new episodes! The show should be really exciting this season as Allison is coping with her secret being out, both she and husband Joe are unemployed and a mysterious woman shows up wanting to help. Angelica Huston is the guest star. Sounds great! Last season’s three part finale with Neve Campbell was full of twists and turns and some of the best acting and writing I have seen in eons. Reminded me very much of one of my favorite suspense films of all times “The Jagged Edge”. I have 3 dvrs so once The Sarah Connor Chronicles premieres I will be ok because I can record two shows at once- whew! Thank goodness for technology.
Tuesday Night- NBC 7PM CM/8PM EST/PST The Biggest Loser COUPLES premieres. Couples, siblings, best friends and even a mother and son pair compete for a big prize to see who can shed more pounds and fight abject humiliation along the way. I am not a big reality TV fan but I usually watch the first episode of Biggest Loser and their finale every season. DAYS of OUR LIVES star Alison Sweeney is hosting again.
January 9, 2008
Wednesday Night- SCIFI Channel 8PM CM/9PM EST/PST Ghost Hunters International premieres! Donna and Brian from Ghost Hunters are the senior investigators along with some other familiar faces and some new ones. The team will take the same scientific approach laid out in Ghost Hunters on the road and around the globe. Locations include the UK, Italy and Transylvania amongst others. I love forward to them going to many of the key sites from the old FOX Family Channel series “World’s Scariest Places” and seeing what proof they can bring home.
Wednesday Night- NBC 9PM CM/10PM EST/PST All new episodes of LAW & ORDER premiere back in its old time slot on Wednesday night. Dick Wolf to the rescue for NBC this winter! The decision to hold back L&O episodes was a good one- we are told there is close to a full season of scripts with more than half completed so you will see all new episodes this winter and spring. Sam Waterston’s Jack McCoy is now the head D.A and there is a new cop on the block- Jeremy Sisto will be Jesse Martin’s new partner. Sisto was on the acclaimed but quickly cancelled Kidnapped on NBC last year, personally I loved him on Six Feet Under. Law & Order Criminal Intent which had been moved to USA Network is returning in the slot right before L&O with Chris Noth in the primary role with Alicia Witt. Many of these new episodes have shown on the cable station but will be getting broadcast premieres.
A video rip of Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump appearing on the season premiere of Law & Order with Jesse Martin & Jeremy Sisto
Thursday Night- NBC 9PM CM/10PM EST/PST ER reaches its 300th episode making it the longest running medical drama ever. There is one more episode to air after this then it will be replaced by Brooke Shield’s new comedy THE LIPSTICK JUNGLE. No word on how many episodes this has shot.
Friday Night- FOX BONES has moved to Friday nights with repeats. The final 4 episodes will air at the end of April when it will move back to Monday nights. See the Futon Critic for complete story.
Fall Special talking about the 3rd season of Bones
Friday Night- SCIFI Channel Flash Gordon & Stargate Atlantis are back with plenty of new episodes so you can get lots of new programming on SCI-Fridays.
Battlestar Galactica is scheduled to return in March for the first half of their final 4th season. The second half of this final season was always planned to run in 2009 so there is no big change with it.
Monday Night- FOX 9PM CM/ 10 PM EST/PST Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premieres in its regular time slot after the pilot airs on Sunday January 13 at 8pm following football. Lena Headey ( 300, Brothers Grimm) , Summer Glau ( Firefly, The 4400, Serenity) and Thomas Dekker ( Heroes) star in this action packed thriller following the iconic Terminator mother and son Sarah Connor and John Connor while they fight the inevitable future with some help from an unlikely ally. If you missed the online premiere this weekend on Yahoo- catch it in HD on Fox on Sunday night! For tons of info on the show and fun fan forums to discuss the show check out MotherOfAllDestiny.com and The Sarah Connor Society. The Sarah Connor Society Video Channel has tons of promos, trailers, interviews and fan fun to get you in a TERMINATOR state of mind!
Thursday Night- CW 7PM CM/EST/PST Smallville returns with 6 more episodes for a total of 15 for the season. They started shooting well ahead of everyone else and this is promised to be a good cliff hanger finale coming up with lots of solid mythos based episodes. Hopefully the soapy crap of every other episode this season being good is over and now just good ones remain.
Thursday Night- CW 8PM CM/EST/PST Supernatural returns with only 3 more episodes. There are supposed to be a couple of really scary ones that get Dean thinking going to hell was not such a great bargain that he made last year. For more on Supernatural and the CW’s winter scheduling see my other blog entry DEMAND SUPERNATURAL THURSDAYS.
NOT yet announced: NBC was emphatic in their final promotions with CHUCK and HEROES that both shows would be back in 2008. Chuck has been picked up for a full season and has 2 more episodes shot and ready to role. How things go will be determined by how the writer’s strike and now impending negotiations with the director’s guild go.
Fox has said that NEW AMSTERDAM a Highlander type supernatural cop show will be going on air later this winter. Tentatively it will air when The Sarah Connor Chronicles has completed its run.
Preview of New Amsterdam- the lead is an immortal homicide cop in New York.
American Idol gets to Hollywood on February 12 and that is when the real contest starts. I cannot watch another year of the horrific auditions, they stopped being funny a long time ago.
American Idol Premiere Promo with a Terminator BREAK In with Lena Headey
I will keep you up to date on the latest and greatest TV news! Sorry I don’t watch LOST - but am falling in love with Pushing Daisies- expect it to be added to my watch list soon.
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