Armchair Scheduling: NBC Fall 2012
May 7, 2012 1 Comment
Unlike its competitors, NBC has been much more open about its plans this pilot season. They gave an early order to the Matthew Perry fronted Go On and allowed at least 3 other comedy pilots to begin staffing. On the drama side, they’ve played things closer to the vest. Returning favorites like Parenthood and Law & Order: SVU has yet to receive official pickups nor have high profile pilots from their respective creators. The peacock network did, however, give early renewals to Smash and Grimm with the intention of launching both in August out of the summer Olympics.
A flurry of news coming out of NBC today suggests that they could be finalizing a number of things by the end of the day, in which case this post will be need to be edited. Until then, this is my best guess of how NBC’s schedule will look in the fall. Read more of this post