Kabletown Comcast, NBC deserves some serious kudos for weathering the storm. By treating lowly rated critically adored fan favorites like COMMUNITY, PARKS AND RECREATION, CHUCK and PARENTHOOD with kid gloves, the network sent a clear and powerful message to Hollywood creative types: The once proud Peacock network is back! Unfortunately, they’ve still got quite a road ahead of them. Thanks in no small part to the…
Bad Moves: Suffice to say, NBC’s 2009/10 season wasn’t pretty. New offerings TRAUMA and MERCY, two pedestrian hour-long dramas were summarily rejected by the majority of viewers, interest in established shows such as HEROES and LAW & ORDER dwindled to all-time lows culminating in cancelation for both, while try as they might CELEBRITY APPRENTICE and THE BIGGEST LOSER continue to pale in comparison ratings wise to the likes of rival reality offerings such as DANCING WITH THE STARS, AMERICAN IDOL, and SURVIVOR. Oh, and did we mention the bath NBC took on the recent Vancouver Winter Games — they lost a cool 200 million dollars.
Prognosis for the coming season: Surprisingly positive. Considering (a) the network has no where to go but up. And more importantly (b) Fall offerings which include JJ. Abrams’ UNDERCOVERS, Becki Newton’s LOVE BITES, and the Jason RItter starrer THE EVENT have us already counting down the days until Fall!
Last Season’s Grade: D 
