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Breaking News: NBC May Have Just Given Us a Reason to flip to NBC This Summer!

theTVaddict — Thu, 30 May 2013 17:29:55 +0000

This just in: We may have to do some minor edits on a piece we posted earlier in the week that took the five major broadcasts networks to task for barely bothering to program anything that doesn’t involve a reality tv show or rerun throughout the summer. Or at least that was our initial reaction to this first look at NBC’s new summer series CAMP. Immediately followed by a second reaction that has us wondering if the thirteen episode Australian-shot summer series starring BROTHERS & SISTERS alum Rachel Griffiths could possibly be as heartwarming and hilarious as the fifty second trailer paints it to be. But hey, don’t take our word for it, see for yourself after the jump.

CAMP premieres Wednesday July 10th at 10PM on NBC.

Trailerpalooza: Your First Look at NBC’s Fall Offerings including THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW, IRONSIDE, DRACULA & More!

theTVaddict — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:38:36 +0000

Already salivating over the idea of a James Spader’s return to the small screen? What about Michael J. Fox, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Blair Underwood or WILL & GRACE’s Sean Hayes? Well, we’ve got your first look at NBC’s newest Fall wares — including THE BLACKLIST, THE MICHAEL J. FOX, IRONSIDE, SEAN SAVES THE WORLD, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY and DRACULA — after the jump.

Let the Buzz Begin: NBC’s THE BLACKLIST

theTVaddict — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:17:39 +0000

NBC Unveils 2013-14 Primetime Schedule

theTVaddict — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:04:11 +0000

Snap judgments, photos and video to come, but until then, enjoy this first look at NBC’s just announced 2013-14 Primetime Schedule — with new shows as per usual highlighted in orange — after the jump.

Monday
8PM: THE VOICE
10PM: THE BLACKLIST

Tuesday
8PM: THE BIGGEST LOSER
9PM: THE VOICE
10PM: CHICAGO FIRE

Wednesday
8PM: REVOLUTION
9PM: LAW & ORDER: SVU
10PM: IRONSIDE

Thursday
8PM: PARKS AND RECREATION
8:30PM: WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
9PM: SEAN SAVES THE WORLD
9:30PM: THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW
10PM: PARENTHOOD

Friday
8PM: DATELINE NBC
9PM: GRIMM
10PM: DRACULA

Saturday
Repeatalooza!

Sunday
7PM: FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA
8:15PM: NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

NBC MIDSEASON 2014:
Monday
8PM: THE VOICE
10PM: THE BLACKLIST

Tuesday
8PM: THE VOICE
9PM: ABOUT A BOY
9:30PM: THE FAMILY GUIDE
10PM: CHICAGO FIRE

Wednesday
8PM: REVOLUTION
9PM: LAW & ORDER: SVU
10PM: IRONSIDE

Thursday
8PM: PARKS AND RECREATION
8:30PM: WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
9PM: SEAN SAVES THE WORLD
9:30PM: THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW
10PM: PARENTHOOD

Friday
8PM: DATELINE NBC
9PM: GRIMM
10PM: CROSSBONES

Saturday
Repeatalooza!

Sunday
7PM: DATELINE NBC
8PM: AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS
9PM: BELIEVE
10PM: CRISIS

Good News, Bad News: Special Pre-UpFront 2013 Edition

theTVaddict — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:48:09 +0000

Good News: NBC has reportedly renewed PARKS AND RECREATION for a much-deserved sixth season. Bad News: GUYS WITH KIDS, UP ALL NIGHT, WHITNEY and 1600 PENN have nothing to laugh about, having officially been given their walking papers as NBC continues to give their primetime lineup an extreme makeover following a disastrous second half of the season. [Source]

Good News: The CW’s 2013-14 schedule will feature more shows spearheaded by Greg Berlanti, Julie Plec, and top-lined by the genetically blessed likes of Robbie Amell, Austin Butler and Matt Lanter thanks to series orders for THE 100, TOMORROW PEOPLE, REIGN and STAR-CROSSED and a second season renewal for THE CARRIE DIARIES. Bad News: For NIKITA, which just got renewed for what EP Craig Silverstein is calling a shortened — and likely final — season as a result of The CW’s surprisingly crowded schedule. [Source]

Good News: That long-gestating 24 movie just got that much closer to becoming a reality. Bad News: Now that Kiefer Sutherland has some free time on his hand following today’s cancelation of TOUCH by Fox. [Source]

Best Day Ever? NBC Renews REVOLUTION, PARENTHOOD, GRIMM & More!

theTVaddict — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:00:10 +0000

Question: Why is the cast of NBC’s PARENTHOOD jumping for joy? Answer: Well, it probably has a little something to do with today’s announcement on behalf of NBC by President of Entertainment Jennifer Salke that the best show you’re probably not watching has just been renewed for a full twenty-two episode season in 2013-14. What’s more, the cast of PARENTHOOD isn’t the only one who has reason to be celebrating today. For joining one of the small screen’s best dramas is REVOLUTION, CHICAGO FIRE, GRIMM and LAW & ORDER: SVU. Full press release of which can be found after the jump.

PRESS RELEASE: NBC ANNOUNCES FIVE DRAMA SERIES RENEWALS FOR NEXT SEASON

Dramas “Revolution,” “Chicago Fire,” “Parenthood,” “Grimm” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” All Returning for 2013-14 Slate

NBC has announced the renewal of five key drama series for the 2013-14 season: “Revolution,” “Chicago Fire,” “Parenthood,” “Grimm” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

All have been given 22-episode orders.

The announcement was made by Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment.

“On the verge of our 2013 fall scheduling decisions, we’re pleased to renew five drama series that will be important to our new season line-up,” Salke said. “We’re proud and very appreciative of all of the actors, producers, writers and directors who work so hard to deliver such high-quality work week in and week out. These complex shows represent a broad range of genres and tones, and all of them stand out for us in a television landscape now filled with one-hour series. We’re especially pleased to be renewing “Revolution” and “Chicago Fire” — two first-season successes — and there will be more returning series announcements made in the next couple of weeks.”

“Revolution,” the Monday night drama that centers on a family trying to reunite amidst a worldwide power failure, is executive produced by Eric Kripke, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk (“Lost,” “Star Trek”). The series is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Bad Robot Productions, Kripke Enterprises and Warner Bros. Television.

“Revolution” is the season’s top-rated drama on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and top-rated new series among those networks in adults 18-49, scoring a 4.6 rating, 12 share and 11.8 million viewers overall in “most current” averages for the season to date. “Revolution” has teamed with “The Voice” to help improve NBC’s Mondays this season versus last by 24 percent in 18-49 (with a 3.6 rating vs. a 2.9).

“Chicago Fire,” from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and creators Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, goes inside a Windy City firehouse and the lives of those who engage in one of our nation’s noblest professions.

In addition to Wolf, Haas and Brandt, executive producers also include Matt Olmstead, Joe Chappelle, Danielle Gelber and Peter Jankowski. The series is produced by Universal Television and Wolf Films.

“Chicago Fire” has topped its premiere audience of 6.6 million persons a total of eight times this season, and the only other new drama on the broadcast networks to have done it even once this season is NBC’s “Hannibal.” “Chicago Fire” originals have improved the time period versus year-ago results by 24 percent (“live plus same day”).

“Parenthood,” adapted from the 1989 feature film, examines the colorful Braverman family, and all its foibles and triumphs. The series is executive produced by Oscar winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (“A Beautiful Mind,” “Frost/Nixon”), Emmy winner Jason Katims (“Friday Night Lights”) and Lawrence Trilling (“Pushing Daisies”). The series is produced by Universal Television and Imagine Entertainment.

“Parenthood” grew this season versus last by 8 percent in adults 18-49 (to a 2.8 rating from a 2.6) and also increased by 8 percent year-to-year in total viewers (7.1 million vs. 6.6 million). This season’s last seven “Parenthood” telecasts beat both the ABC and CBS drama competition in the time period in 18-49.

“Grimm,” inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales, is a Universal Television and Hazy Mills production. The series was created by Stephen Carpenter, David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf. Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner and Norberto Barba also serve as executive producers along with Greenwalt and Kouf.

“Grimm” is Friday’s #1 series in adults 18-49 and is up versus one year ago by 14 percent in 18-49 rating (with a 2.4 vs. the year-ago 2.1, “most current”) and is up 12 percent in total viewers (6.9 million vs. 5.2 million).

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” will enter its 15th season for NBC. The series chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes.

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Television. Dick Wolf is creator and executive producer. Warren Leight, Julie Martin and Peter Jankowski are also executive producers.

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” originals this season have improved the time period versus year-ago results by 70 percent in adults 18-49 (“live plus same day”) and are building on the time slot’s lead-in by 31 percent in 18-49 and 70 percent in total viewers.

Mid-Season TV Preview: DO NO HARM

Tiffany Vogt — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:07:59 +0000

Dr. Jason Cole (Steven Pasquale) has a terrible secret: he’s living two lives. By day, he is a world-renown neurosurgeon; by night, he is a wandering sociopath looking for ways to destroy all that he loves. But it is not his fault. Diagnosed with split personality disorder, Jason’s life is consumed with keeping his alter-ego Ian Price at bay.

In a modern Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde tale, DO NO HARM takes viewers into a world where one may is desperately trying to find a way to escape his deep, dark curse. Successfully having kept his alt-persona buried for the past 5 years, time has run out as the serum used to keep Ian slumbering has begun to fade. Ian has built up a tolerance to the medication and it will no longer keep him chained inside. So at the stroke of 8:25 each night, Dr. Jason Cole becomes someone else entirely – his worst nightmare.

So who is Ian Price? And what does he want? He wants the same exact thing as Jason: to live his life free of the other man occupying his body. In an unusual tale of hunter-stalking-prey, both Jason and Ian are struggling to kill their alter-self. Each just wants to live their own life without the other, and each will go to extreme lengths to get rid of or to discredit the other.

For Jason, he claims to be the hero as he is the one who claims a top ranking medical position and who the world believes to be a savior in his field. He has also found a humane way to deal with Ian; he put Ian to sleep for a while. But Ian, also believes he is the hero in this demented fairytale. He thinks Jason is the cruel one having effectively tried to erase Ian from the face of the planet – including ripping Ian away from his family.

But right away, it becomes apparent that Ian has forfeit his claim, as he was not the saint he wants everyone to believe he is. He is in fact a monster, who his family fled from and now tries desperately to forget he ever existed – and Jason is doing his best to keep them safe from the rage-filled Ian.

So as DO NO HARM revisits the fractured world of Jason Cole and Ian Price, we see what happens when a caged beast finally gets free. Just how far will Ian go to repay Jason for keeping him asleep for 5 years? Even Jason is terrified to find out. With the epithet “do no harm” scrawled across a bathroom mirror, Jason tries to remind Ian of that one ironclad moral obligation that Ian must abide by. Yet Ian does not feel so constrained to the man who held him captive and only wishes to rain down as much pain and suffering on Jason as he can during the 12-hour window he is free each night.

This all bodes badly for Jason’s co-workers, peers and patients. Exactly how much damage can Ian wreak? No one truly wants to find out.

To see more of the eternal struggle of Dr. Jason Cole versus his alter-identity Ian Price, be sure to tune in for the premiere of DO NO HARM on Thursday, January 31st at 10PM on NBC (CTV in Canada).

Did NBC Make the Grade? We Hand Out its Mid-Season Report Card

theTVaddict — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:18:27 +0000

The Good: After far too many seasons spent racking our brain dreaming up positive things to say about the perennial fourth place finisher, this TV blogger and Peacock finally have a thing or two to crow about (Assuming Peacocks actually do that sort of thing!) Leveraging the ratings rich one-two combo that are Sunday Night NFL Football and more importantly THE VOICE, this Fall saw NBC do a remarkable job of climbing out of the ratings basement. People are not only watching NBC, they’re watching live! REVOLUTION was the Fall’s most popular new drama, while Matthew Perry’s GO ON was the Fall’s biggest comedy. Oh, and the good news doesn’t stop there. As GRIMM continues to carve out a nice niché on the net’s once dormant Friday night, critically acclaimed fare such as 30 ROCK, PARKS AND RECREATION and PARENTHOOD proceed to live up to the incredibly high bar their talent both in front and behind the camera have set for their respective shows.

The Bad: Putting aside the obviousness that was the not-so-dearly-departed ANIMAL PRACTICE and the soon to be departing (?) GUYS WITH KIDS, the “bad” of NBC’s fall, is curiously enough, the double-edged sword that comes with good. In other words, the more successful the network’s new regime gets with broad comedies and dramas enjoyed — wait for it — outside of the New York and Los Angeles area, the worse it means for the likes of COMMUNITY, PARKS AND RECREATION and dare we say it… PARENTHOOD. All of which one might argue have only survived these past few seasons based solely on the fact that NBC’s cupboards were bare.

The Future: Despite a surprisingly stellar start to the season, NBC’s future remains one of many questions. Namely, come 2013, will SMASH and COMMUNITY be able to succeed despite the recent high profile exit of respective creators Teresa Rebeck and Dan Harmon? Will an Aguilera and CeeLo-free second helping of THE VOICE suffer fatigue now that NBC is giving viewers two editions per season? And most importantly of all — at least for this REVOLUTION Addict — will fans of our favorite new Fall seres return when the show does three very long months from now? Stay tuned…

Grade: A-

COMMUNITY Season Four Gets a Premiere Date, Plus NBC Unveils Plans For 2013

theTVaddict — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:20:43 +0000

Question: What’s the only upside to 30 ROCK ending its Emmy award-winning run later this year following a 13-episode seventh season? Answer: The void left by the unfortunate demise of Tina Fey’s celebrated laughter will be filled by none other than COMMUNITY. At least according to Greendale Human Being Yvette Nicole Brown, who just tweeted, “Guys, #Community officially has an air date: Thursday, February 7th at 8pm!”

Oh, and did we mention that the Peacock [Network] Shuffle does not end there? Following in Fox’s footsteps, NBC is announcing a bevy of changes to their Winter/Spring 2013 lineup. See for yourself, after the jump.

In the dramatic department, DECEPTION (formerly INFAMOUS) will premiere on Monday January 7th at 10PM, replacing REVOLUTION which won’t return to the schedule until Monday March 25th, while SMASH dances back onto the schedule on February 5 (feat. Jennifer Hudson), replacing the 13-episode fourth season of PARENTHOOD which will end its run in January. On the comedic front, Josh Gad’s 1600 PENN will replace PARKS AND RECREATION starting Thursday January 10th at 9:30PM which shifts down to 8:30PM following COMMUNITY, giving UP ALL NIGHT time to retool for its multi-cam return in the spring. And finally, in the world of reality, THE VOICE kicks off its fourth cycle on March 25/26, THE BIGGEST LOSWER weighs in on January 6/7 (feat. the return of host Jillian Michaels), while CELEBRITY APPRENTICE and BETTY WHITE’S OFF THEIR ROCKERS return on March 3 and January 8th respectively.

Shows still waiting to hear where they fit on the schedule include HANNIBAL, DO NO HARM and SAVE ME. Also noticeably absent from NBC’s 2013 plans our CHICAGO FIRE, GUYS WITH KIDS, WHITNEY and LAW & ORDER: SVU. More as the story develops…

Good News, Bad News: UP ALL NIGHT, ANDERSON, SCANDAL & More!

theTVaddict — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:09:02 +0000

Good News: NBC has announced plans to tweak their struggling sophomore laugher UP ALL NIGHT by transforming it into a traditional multi-cam sitcom for the final five episodes of its season. Bad News: NBC has yet to announce how it plans to transition their struggling sophomore laugher into one that is actually funny and watchable. [Source]

Good News: Despite a shaky start, Jeff Probst’s freshman talk show was not, as expected, the first daytime chat-fest to see its torch snuffed. Bad News: For Anderson Cooper, whose self-titled talker ANDERSON was voted off the island after Warner Brothers Studio announced that his show won’t be returning for a third season after it wraps up its second one this summer. [Source]

Good News: ABC has given full season pickups to freshman laugher THE NEIGHBORS and sophomore sudser SCANDAL. Bad News: For fans of newcomers LAST RESORT and 666 PARK AVENUE, who will more than likely have to wait until the end of the week or the beginning of next to discover the fate of their favorite respective show. [Source]

Good News: Fans of THE OFFICE will be getting a taste of Dwight Schrute’s FARM quite a bit sooner than originally expected. Bad News: For Rainn Wilson, whose proposed OFFICE spin-off will not be moving forward except to air as a stand alone episode during the hit NBC series final season. [Source]

Good News: Tonight’s television viewers have just been spared another silly guest appearance by Gold medal swimmer Ryan Lochte. Bad News: As a result of the impending arrival of Hurricane Sandy, Viacom siblings CBS and The CW have opted to air repeats and Sandy specials in lieu of their regularly scheduled primetime lineup that not only included Lochte’s guest appearance on 90210, but new episodes of GOSSIP GIRL, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, PARTNERS, 2 BROKE GIRLS, MIKE & MOLLY and HAWAII FIVE-0 as well. [Source]