NBC's 2013-14 lineup Revealed

[only1moore]

Expect this to be official:

Monday:
8 The Voice
10 The Blacklist (James Spader as a former fuigtive turned FBI agent)

Tuesday:
Fall
8, The Biggest Loser
9, The Voice
10, Chicago Fire
Midseason
8, The Voice
9, About A Boy (Based on the movie)
9:30, The Family Guide (A blind father and a family divorce as seen through the eyes of a family member)
10, Chicago Fire

Wednesday:
8, Revolution (New Night)
9, Law & Order: SVU
10, Ironside (reboot of the 1967-75 series with Blair Underwood as the wheelchair-bound detective)

Thursday:
8, Parks and Recreation
8:30, Welcome to the Family (Culture clashes among a interracial family)
9, Sean Saves the World (Sean Hayes returns to TV as a single Gay dad with Linda "Alice" Lavin playing his mother)
9:30, The Michael J. Fox Show (Fox returns as a TV newsman with Parkinson's)
10, Parenthood (New Night)

Friday:
Fall
8, Dateline NBC
9, Grimm
10, Dracula (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in an all new twist on the Bram Stoker classic)
Midseason
8, Dateline NBC
9, Grimm
10, Crossbones (John Malkovich as the infamous pirate Blackbeard)

Saturday:
Drama repeats

Sunday:
Fall
7, Football Night in America
8, Sunday Night Football
Midseason
7, Dateline NBC
8, American Dream Builders (Designers are given the chance to show off their plans in front of host Nate Berkus)
9, Believe (A young girl with special gifts is being protected by a wrongfully convicted inmate)
10, Crisis (A national crisis erupts when a school bus is taken hostage and the people involved are thrust into the conspiracy involving it)

Also picked up
Chicago PD (Spin-off from Chicago Fire, this time focusing on the men and women of Chicago's finest)
The Night Shift (Drama set in a San Antonio Hospital)
Undatable (A group of guys are getting challenged in the world of dating by a slacker)
Food Fighters (Reality competition that pits amateur cooks against experienced chefs)
The Second Million Dollar Quiz (Game show that will take 12 days, a gigantic structure and at-home interaction to win $10 million)

 

[Later]

Only shows that look good now are

Chicago PD---Chicago fire was great so this may be a winner too..

The Michael J Fox show-- I think will last

Night Shift---might have a chance too

All the rest sound bad.

 

[mjlarochelle]

SVU isn't as good now as it was a few years ago, but it's the only NBC show I regularly watch.

 

[umfan]

I can't make the leap to Blair Underwood as Ironside, although that was a great show so it might be worth a look.

The Blacklist has an interesting concept, just not sure Spader can pull it off on TV.

MJ Fox show might've had a chance but it has a horrible lead in (Hayes' show will be one of the first cancelled) and Parenthood really shouldn't have been renewed.

Not much here for NBC to build on.

 

[ding12]

MJ Fox show might've had a chance but it has a horrible lead in

Agreed. I'm surprised MJ Fox's show didn't get the 9pm slot on Thursday but instead was given 9:30pm unnecessarily following Sean Hayes show. I never saw the Perry sitcom because it was on Tuesday, where I'd rather see the shows on Fox, but Perry's show originally showed promise and some ratings from what I read.

Surprised it never ran on Thursday. Perry and MJ Fox could have led 8 and 9pm respectively on Thu with Parks and Rec likely at 9:30pm.

 

[Nate Wesley]

Revolution gets a second season...little miracles DO happen everyday!

 

[Gregg]

Interesting that they're giving Nate Berkus a design reality/contest show. Especially after his daytime hour was cancelled after one season. They cancel your daytime show and you get rewarded with a prime time show?

I also see they're doing a second $1 Million Challenge show? Either I totally missed the first one or it hasn't aired yet.

I wonder why the networks don't seem to come up with any evening game shows, other than maybe this one. In the earlier years of TV, What's My Line ran for nearly 20 years every Sun. night at 10:30. There was Password, I've Got A Secret, You Bet Your Life, To Tell The Truth and others.

And then more recently Millionaire, Smarter than A Fifth Grader and Deal or No Deal. OK they flamed out pretty quickly. But for a few years they got good ratings. Why did Americans want to see What's My Line every Sunday for years but the format is no longer popular for evening watching?

 

[mgsports]

Saturday's I don't like.
If Night Shift can have a former ER person then it would be good.
Thursday's is okay.
Millionare is doing good in Daytime.

 

[FredLeonard]

NBC has become like Broadway. Known names. Familiar properties and characters. Nothing new. Nothing original. No risk.

All the creativity in the company is over at USA.

 

[LKellerIII]

Chicago PD?. So Dick Wolf will be doing a police procedural. There's an original concept that's never been done before. Maybe he should just call it Law and Order - Chicago.

 

[Mark Giardina]

You know when a network has run out of original idea is when they bring back old series. In this case Ironside.

Can't wait for NBC to revive Maverick, Wanted Dead or Alive, Have Gun Will Travel, The Time Tunnel and vast number of programs that aired back in the 1950s or 60s.

 

[only1moore]

I wouldn't be surprised if KSL/Salt Lake City passes on "Sean Saves The World," given that station's policy of not airing shows that they don't see fit their views.

 

[BD Sullivan]

Chicago PD?. So Dick Wolf will be doing a police procedural. There's an original concept that's never been done before. Maybe he should just call it Law and Order - Chicago.

Well, he did move it to another city. Then again, Law & Order: Los Angeles was such a huge success. :

 

[LKellerIII]

Hmmmm. Sean Saves the World. Let me guess on this concept. Hayes plays the same basic character he played on Will & Grace, but a little less broad - a more mainstream, hard working version...so nobody can say he's a caricature, or not a role-model. Linda Lavin plays his acerbic and devastatingly witty mother, who constantly drops cynical one-liners (which makes the laugh-track break up in hysterics), but she untimately turns out to be supportive of his sexual orientation.

Now I don't have to watch...

 

[Nate Wesley]

You know when a network has run out of original idea is when they bring back old series. In this case Ironside.

Can't wait for NBC to revive Maverick, Wanted Dead or Alive, Have Gun Will Travel, The Time Tunnel and vast number of programs that aired back in the 1950s or 60s.

Given the obvious differences in the entire entertainment industry network television both then and now, this has shown itself to be a pretty ignorant statement. Overall writing is better, and production values worlds better. And in the case of Ironside (compared to the other shows you mentioned), its basic plot isn't structured nor limited to taking place in one place and time--which is why CBS wasn't forced to put Hawaii Five-0's cast in late '60s clothes or cars. Or why The CW won't ever try to reboot Little House on the Prairie.

Doctor Who for Pete's sake...

 

[onairb]

Hmmmm. Sean Saves the World. Let me guess on this concept. Hayes plays the same basic character he played on Will & Grace, but a little less broad - a more mainstream, hard working version...so nobody can say he's a caricature, or not a role-model. Linda Lavin plays his acerbic and devastatingly witty mother, who constantly drops cynical one-liners (which makes the laugh-track break up in hysterics), but she untimately turns out to be supportive of his sexual orientation.

Now I don't have to watch...

Hayes: THU-per-r-r!
Lavin: Oy! AGAIN with the the 'THU-per!'
*hysterical audience laughter*...not so much.

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

In the earlier years of TV, What's My Line ran for nearly 20 years every Sun. night at 10:30. There was Password, I've Got A Secret, You Bet Your Life, To Tell The Truth and others.

Why did Americans want to see What's My Line every Sunday for years but the format is no longer popular for evening watching?

I fear the answer might be that....like myself....a lot of the folks who would truly enjoy well produced and quality revivals of some of the classic game/panel shows you've mentioned are either in or approaching the dreaded and feared demographic that advertisers won't pitch to....55 to death.

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

NBC has become like Broadway. Known names. Familiar properties and characters. Nothing new. Nothing original. No risk.

Granted that it's a cable network, but that strategy seems to be working for TV-Land, with successful original series like "Hot in Cleveland", and Fran Drescher's "Happily Divorced".

 

[only1moore]

I also see they're doing a second $1 Million Challenge show? Either I totally missed the first one or it hasn't aired yet.

Actually, its supposed to be "The Million Second Quiz." NBC fixed that typo at the upfronts.

 

[FredLeonard]

The only way for Maverick to work now is bring back James Garner. Maybe set the show in the Roaring 20s with grandpappy Maverick running a Speakeasy, after he came out of retirement because he saw prohibition as a golden opportunity.

His partner is his daughter and her husband, whose name is Rockford.