TV NEWS ON MAY 13

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/05/nbc-upfront-2012-13-fall-2012-schedule.html NBC 2012-13 Fall 2012 Mondays 8:00PM The Voice 10:00PM The Revolution (NEW!) Tuesdays 8:00PM The Voice 9:00PM Go On (NEW!) 9:30PM The New Normal (NEW!) 10:00PM Parenthood Wednesdays 8:00PM Animal Practice (NEW!) 8:30PM Guys With Kids (NEW!) 9:00PM Law & Order: SVU 10:00PM Chicago Fire (NEW!) Thursdays 8:00PM 30 Rock 8:30PM Up All Night 9:00PM The Office 9:30PM Parks & Recreation 10:00PM Rock Center with Brian Williams Fridays 8:00PM Whitney 8:30PM Community 9:00PM Grimm 10:00PM Dateline Saturdays 8:00PM Repeats Sundays 7:00PM Football Night in America 8:15PM Sunday Night Football Mid-Season 2013: Sundays (Post NFL) 7:00PM Dateline 8:00PM Fashion Star 9:00PM Celebrity Apprentice 10:00PM Do No Harm (NEW!) Not Yet Scheduled Mid-Season: Returning: Smash, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, The Biggest Loser New: Save Me (single-camera comedy), 1600 Penn (single-camera comedy), Next Caller (single camera comedy), Infamous (drama), Hannibal (drama), Stars Earn Stripes (reality), Howie Mandel's White Elephant (reality), Ready for Love (reality) and Surprise with Jenny McCarthy (reality). Notes: NBC is adding 6 new scripted series to its line-up this fall, with 6 more coming in mid-season. They also have three new reality entries coming in mid-season. In mid-season, they have four returning reality entries, along with drama Smash. Among the four returning reality series, The Sing-Off is not mentioned, and is canceled. They have also canned Fear Factor again and Who Do You Think You Are. As we predicted, The Biggest Loser is now just once a year and will debut its next season in early 2013. As for fall, NBC's hit The Voice will now be twice a year, with it airing Mondays 8-10pm and Tuesdays 8-9pm this fall. A new drama will air Mondays at 10pm, The Revolution from J.J. Abrams. It will likely launch the day after the Olympics conclude on Aug. 13. No word if The Voice will launch that night as well, as NBC will still have America's Got Talent. Tuesdays will no longer have The Biggest Loser in the fall, so The Voice will move down an hour on Tuesdays at 8 giving a strong lead-in to two new comedies: Go On starring Matthew Perry and The New Normal. These two comedies will also most likely launch after the Olympics conclude, so likely Aug. 14 following AGT or The Voice (if they start that in August). Parenthood will remain in its 10pm timeslot and maybe will also start after the Olympics end. Wednesdays starts off again with new comedies. This time they are more male/family based than last season's Christina Applegate and Hank Azaria comedies. Animal Practice is a single-camera comedy leading into the family multi-camera comedy from Jimmy Fallon titled Guys With Kids. These could also launch the week after the Olympics, but maybe not since there is no lead-in. I think these two will have its work cut out for them opposite ABC's comedies and self-starting. Harry's Law is canned and Law & Order: SVU is now back to 9pm, where it didn't do that well before. New drama from Dick Wolf titled Chicago Fire will air at 10pm. This night might not premiere until the season starts, with a chance the comedies premiere after the Olympics. NBC Thursday will not have any new series, so it will likely not premiere immediately following the Olympics. Likely the final season of 30 Rock will air at 8 leading into a new time for Up All Night, as Community heads to Fridays. All of these series have 13 episodes, I think. So they will be replaced by mid-season comedies or reality by January or so. The Office remains at 9pm leading into Parks & Recreation. Both shows are expected to have full 22-episode seasons. You can expect similar low ratings like this season for this night. And it gets worse at 10pm, as for some reason they are airing Rock Center with Brian Williams, which moves yet again and is still on the air despite horrible ratings. Fridays will have Whitney move to a new night with it leading into Community. That is an absolute dreadful pairing, I think. Both should be gone quickly after 13 episodes. So they renewed Whitney for this? Should have been paired with Guys with Kids at least. Friday drama Grimm will remain intact at 9. Dateline closes it out at 10pm again. Football remains on Sundays, and saves NBC as usual. As for mid-season, NBC has only scheduled one night so far: Sundays after football ends. Sundays will have Celebrity Apprentice cut to one hour from 9-10pm to lead into the new drama Do No Harm. Second season reality series Fashion Star will air at 8, which is strange since it hasn't done well this season. Dateline will kick-off the night at 7.