To borrow a line from FULL HOUSE’s Michelle Tanner, “How Rude!” Which is to say, NBC has taken it upon themselves to interrupt our once-a-year digital sabbatical (Read: Vacation) by announcing their 2011-12 primetime schedule. So just when does the likes of PARENTHOOD, COMMUNITY and CHUCK return? Find out for yourself after the jump.

Now that NBC has taken the wraps off its 2011-12 Primetime Schedule, it’s time for you to have your say. Were the hundreds of millions of development dollars spent by newly minted Peacock President Bob Greenblatt well spent? Will anyone be talking about these 10 new NBC series this time next May? Now would be [...]

SMASH According to the Official NBC Description: SMASH is a musical drama that celebrates the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater as it follows a cross-section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire — to be a “Smash.” The series centers on a desire to create a Broadway musical based on [...]

Snap judgments, photos and video to come, but until then, enjoy this first look at NBC’s just announced 2011-12 Primetime Schedule — with new shows as per usual highlighted in orange — after the jump.

Mere days before NBC gets set to unveil their complete 2011-12 lineup in New York City, the Peacock Network revealed that joining the just-renewed trifecta of PARENTHOOD, HARRY’S LAW and CHUCK will be a flurry of freshman dramas, including: A 60′s period drama chronicling the ups and downs of a handful of Playboy bunnies (Amber [...]

Continuing to take much of the suspense out of next week’s Network UpFronts in New York City comes the news that NBC has given early season orders to four high profile pilots including the Steven Spielberg produced wannabe-GLEE musical SMASH, an Americanized version of the UK hit PRIME SUSPECT starring Maria Bello, a single-camera comedy [...]

Good News: On the eve of its upfront presentation in New York City, Syfy is getting set to unveil its largest original programming slate in history. Bad News: Of the 14 new series and events announced, including BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME and ALPHAS are 10, yes, 10 reality TV shows. [Source]

Good News: The countdown to the 24 movie has begun, with star Kiefer Sutherland letting it slip in an interview with the women of THE VIEW this morning that the much-anticipated 24 movie will premiere in 2012. Bad News: Nothing screams box office bomb like a movie that has been given a release date — [...]

If you’ve spent your days and nights wishing for NBC to bring back Claire, Sylar, Peter and the rest of the HEROES for a fifth season, you may be waiting a very, very long wait. However, if all you miss is the premise that ordinary people can wield ultra-crazy super powers (along with Sprint cell [...]

Emmy-Worthy Performance That Will Never Be Acknowledged: With this week’s episode of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, Ian Somerhalder proved yet again that while the Emmy voters may scoff, some of the best acting on television takes place on “genre’” programming. Saddest Death: NBC’s corporate logo is dropping the beloved peacock in favor of… um, purple? Biggest [...]