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After the Greys-gate of ’06, NBC decided to take Crossing Jordan off the mid-season sidelines and bring it back Fridays at 8 PM, effectively placing Medium (and its declining ratings) in mid-season limbo. At 9PM, Las Vegas will continue its fun-run as television’s best guilty pleasure show. I have to admit, however, as much as I love beautiful people being beautiful in Las Vegas, this show failed to live up to its promise earlier in the season by killing off Lara Flynn Boyle in the lamest way possible. Yeah it was funny, but come on, sending her literally, FLYING OFF THE ROOF by a gust of wind? Believe me, much funnier in theory than it was in practice. 10 PM is the new home for the original Law & Order after a season finale full of, umm, cast changes. Expect a lot of new faces next season to put some new life in the fading workhorse.

Saturday

NBC isn’t even pretending to schedule programming; so it will drop in a Dateline airing followed by Drama Series reruns.

So that’s all she wrote. I’m pretty psyched about a lot of NBC’s lineup, which is quite unusual. Heroes, Studio 60, 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights are about one good commercial away from season passes on my DVR. What are you looking forward to?

And that concludes my coverage of the upfronts in New York. Hope you enjoyed it! And just a sidenote: don’t get too attached to any of these timeslots and series. Shows have a tendency of getting moved around or disappearing during the long summer months. See you on the flip!


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Posted by on May 31, 2006 12:48 PM

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NBC, so not what it used to be.... What happened in the finale of Will and Grace? I once loved the show but wasnt interested enough to watch the end (the oc was on)

Posted by: cookie [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 31, 2006 1:36 PM(#1 of 6)

So excited for both 30 Rock and Studio 60 I could pee my pants! Tina Fey is all kinds of awesome. And by the way, I think Mean Girls deserves a little more credit: Lindsay Lohan back when she was curvy and redheaded showed some good comic timing (see the scene where Karen says she has "ESPN"), and of course Tina's writing was smart and funny at the same time (up until the had-to-be-cheesy ending). But I want to be Tina Fey when I grow up, so maybe I'm biased.

Posted by: Lisa [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 31, 2006 1:37 PM(#2 of 6)

The finale for Will and Grace was poorly done. It was confusing (did they or didn't they age 30 years? At the end when they did the shot and the camera showed them again, it looked like they were back in the present day). ::shrugs::

Posted by: Deena [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 31, 2006 3:00 PM(#3 of 6)

Maybe it's all the numbers (and I AM a numbers person) but I'm looking forward to 30 Rock, Studio 60 and 20 Good Things!

For the returning shows I'm always happy to see the crime dramas. Thanks for the "upfront" details!

Posted by: TaxGirl [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 31, 2006 5:42 PM(#4 of 6)

The Office rules! Though, it's a show that some people love and some people, as I'm finding out, hate or just don't get. I hope it doesn't run out of steam now that Jim and Pam hooked up.

As far as other programming, 'must see TV night' died a horrible death a long time ago, with the ending of Seinfeld, culminating through the last season or two of Friends. Scrubs is pretty good, but not as good as it used to be. My Name is Earl, I'll be honest, is pretty damn funny, but 8:00 is a little early for me to start things off so I've only caught a few episodes. And The Apprentice is one of the best damn shows on TV...The Donald better not get canned or I'll be really mad. Maybe if they moved it to a night OTHER than opposite the 24 juggernaut, then it would do much better.

Posted by: PoopsMcgee [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 1, 2006 9:55 AM(#5 of 6)

I love the BBC version of The Office, but I think I'm way more into the US version now. That finale was amazing and I couldn't believe Steve Carrell wrote it.

Posted by: tikilights [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 1, 2006 8:27 PM(#6 of 6)