Friday Night Lights Renewed
04-02-08, 01:17 PM
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Friday Night Lights Renewed
According to Ausiello:
Although NBC has yet to officially unveil its lineup for next season — that announcement is expected any minute now at the Peacock's New York headquarters — my sources are telling me it'll probably look a lot like the schedule below. The big news: Friday Night Lights has been renewed(!!), The Office is getting spun off (told ya), Lipstick Jungle is returning, and Saturday Night Live is airing on (what?!) Thursday night! For the official rundown, check the Our Take blog later on today.
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2008-09
*New programs in UPPERCASE (with the exception of ER)
MONDAY
8-9 pm: Chuck
9-10 pm: Heroes
10-11 pm: MY OWN WORST ENEMY
TUESDAY
8-9:30 pm: The Biggest Loser: Families
9:30-10 pm: KATH & KIM
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
WEDNESDAY
8-9 pm: KNIGHT RIDER
9-10 pm: Deal or No Deal
10-11 pm: Lipstick Jungle
THURSDAY
8-8:30 pm: My Name Is Earl
8:30-9 pm: 30 Rock
9-9:30 pm: The Office
9:30-10 pm: The Office/SNL THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE*
10-11 pm: ER
* THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE will air for three weeks leading up to the presidental race.
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: CRUSOE
9-10 pm: Deal or No Deal
10-11 pm: Life
SATURDAY
8-9 pm: Dateline NBC
9-10 pm: KNIGHT RIDER (Encores)
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Encores)
SUNDAY
7-8:20 pm: Football Night in America
8:20-11 pm: NBC Sunday Night Football
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR WINTER 2009
*New programs in UPPERCASE (with the exception of ER)
MONDAY
8-9 pm: Chuck
9-10 pm: Heroes
10-11 pm: THE PHILANTHROPIST
TUESDAY
8-9:30 pm: The Biggest Loser: Couples
9:30-10 pm: KATH & KIM
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
WEDNESDAY
8-9 pm: KNIGHT RIDER
9-10 pm: Deal or No Deal
10-11 pm: Law & Order
THURSDAY
8-8:30 pm: My Name Is Earl
8:30-9 pm: 30 Rock
9-9:30 pm: The Office
9:30-10 pm: THE OFFICE SPIN-OFF
10-11 pm: ER/Celebrity Apprentice
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: Deal or No Deal
9-10 pm: Friday Night Lights
10-11 pm: Life
SATURDAY
8-9 pm: Dateline NBC
9-10 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Encores)
10-11 pm: Law & Order (Encores)
SUNDAY
7-8 pm: Specials/Dateline NBC
8-9 pm: Specials/MERLIN
9-10 pm: Specials/Medium
10-11 pm: Specials/KINGS
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2009
*New programs in UPPERCASE
MONDAY
8-9 pm: American Gladiators
9-10 pm: AMERICA'S TOUGHEST JOBS
10-11 pm: Dateline NBC
TUESDAY
8-9 pm: Most Outrageous Moments
9-10 pm: America's Got Talent
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Encores)
WEDNESDAY
8-9 pm: SHARK TAGGERS
9-10 pm: America's Got Talent (Results Show)
10-11 pm: Law & Order (Encores)
THURSDAY
8-8:30 pm: The Office
8:30-9 pm: THE OFFICE SPIN-OFF
9-10 pm: Last Comic Standing
10-11 pm: THE LISTENER
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: CHOPPING BLOCK
9-11 pm: Dateline NBC
SATURDAY
8-9 pm: Drama Encores
9-10 pm: Drama Encores
10-11 pm: Drama Encores
SUNDAY
7-8 pm: Dateline NBC
8-9 pm: Monk
9-10 pm: Nashville Star
10-11 pm: KINGS (Encores)
Although NBC has yet to officially unveil its lineup for next season — that announcement is expected any minute now at the Peacock's New York headquarters — my sources are telling me it'll probably look a lot like the schedule below. The big news: Friday Night Lights has been renewed(!!), The Office is getting spun off (told ya), Lipstick Jungle is returning, and Saturday Night Live is airing on (what?!) Thursday night! For the official rundown, check the Our Take blog later on today.
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2008-09
*New programs in UPPERCASE (with the exception of ER)
MONDAY
8-9 pm: Chuck
9-10 pm: Heroes
10-11 pm: MY OWN WORST ENEMY
TUESDAY
8-9:30 pm: The Biggest Loser: Families
9:30-10 pm: KATH & KIM
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
WEDNESDAY
8-9 pm: KNIGHT RIDER
9-10 pm: Deal or No Deal
10-11 pm: Lipstick Jungle
THURSDAY
8-8:30 pm: My Name Is Earl
8:30-9 pm: 30 Rock
9-9:30 pm: The Office
9:30-10 pm: The Office/SNL THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE*
10-11 pm: ER
* THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE will air for three weeks leading up to the presidental race.
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: CRUSOE
9-10 pm: Deal or No Deal
10-11 pm: Life
SATURDAY
8-9 pm: Dateline NBC
9-10 pm: KNIGHT RIDER (Encores)
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Encores)
SUNDAY
7-8:20 pm: Football Night in America
8:20-11 pm: NBC Sunday Night Football
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR WINTER 2009
*New programs in UPPERCASE (with the exception of ER)
MONDAY
8-9 pm: Chuck
9-10 pm: Heroes
10-11 pm: THE PHILANTHROPIST
TUESDAY
8-9:30 pm: The Biggest Loser: Couples
9:30-10 pm: KATH & KIM
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
WEDNESDAY
8-9 pm: KNIGHT RIDER
9-10 pm: Deal or No Deal
10-11 pm: Law & Order
THURSDAY
8-8:30 pm: My Name Is Earl
8:30-9 pm: 30 Rock
9-9:30 pm: The Office
9:30-10 pm: THE OFFICE SPIN-OFF
10-11 pm: ER/Celebrity Apprentice
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: Deal or No Deal
9-10 pm: Friday Night Lights
10-11 pm: Life
SATURDAY
8-9 pm: Dateline NBC
9-10 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Encores)
10-11 pm: Law & Order (Encores)
SUNDAY
7-8 pm: Specials/Dateline NBC
8-9 pm: Specials/MERLIN
9-10 pm: Specials/Medium
10-11 pm: Specials/KINGS
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2009
*New programs in UPPERCASE
MONDAY
8-9 pm: American Gladiators
9-10 pm: AMERICA'S TOUGHEST JOBS
10-11 pm: Dateline NBC
TUESDAY
8-9 pm: Most Outrageous Moments
9-10 pm: America's Got Talent
10-11 pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Encores)
WEDNESDAY
8-9 pm: SHARK TAGGERS
9-10 pm: America's Got Talent (Results Show)
10-11 pm: Law & Order (Encores)
THURSDAY
8-8:30 pm: The Office
8:30-9 pm: THE OFFICE SPIN-OFF
9-10 pm: Last Comic Standing
10-11 pm: THE LISTENER
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: CHOPPING BLOCK
9-11 pm: Dateline NBC
SATURDAY
8-9 pm: Drama Encores
9-10 pm: Drama Encores
10-11 pm: Drama Encores
SUNDAY
7-8 pm: Dateline NBC
8-9 pm: Monk
9-10 pm: Nashville Star
10-11 pm: KINGS (Encores)
04-02-08, 01:33 PM
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Are they trying to kill Life? Apparently, by sending it to Friday nights at 10.
Glad to see that Friday Night Lights is being renewed, if just to watch these lovely ladies:
Looking forward to The Office spinoff.
Glad to see that Friday Night Lights is being renewed, if just to watch these lovely ladies:
Looking forward to The Office spinoff.
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04-02-08, 01:38 PM
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No Scrubs. 
And they are going to kill LIFE in that Friday night 10pm time slot. WTF?
And they are going to kill LIFE in that Friday night 10pm time slot. WTF?
04-02-08, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DJariya
I duplicated the schedule listings just for the hell of it.
04-02-08, 01:56 PM
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Okay, here's some more information. Apparently, it's a 13 episode order and will air on Directv this fall 1st and then on NBC in midseason.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/show...own-for-f.html
Touchdown for 'Friday Night Lights'
10:59 AM PT, Apr 2 2008
Are your ready for some more Dillon Panthers football?
“Friday Night Lights” will be back for a third season, thanks to a deal between NBC and DirecTV that splits costs and distribution rights, giving DirecTV customers first dibs at the high school football drama, starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton.
The 13-episode season will air first on DirecTV in the fall and then run on NBC in midseason, probably in its current Friday night time slot, said David Nevis, president of Imagine Television, which produces the show. NBC is expected to officially announce the deal in a presentation to advertisers in New York this afternoon.
Nevins declined to say how much money DirecTV is forking over for the rights but characterized it as “a lot of money, significantly more than if we just did second runs on a cable network.” Nevins remarked that he wished a deal like it had been possible three years ago when Fox was forced to cancel “Arrested Development,” another show with a small but loyal audience.
“I love these shows, and I think that they’re unique,” Nevins said. “They have an incredibly strong bond with them and seem to appreciate the characters and actors in them at a deep level. My whole goal is to make television that is not boring. For better or for worse, we make these beloved but not-for-everyone TV shows. And I think that the truth is that in this new climate of television, there is more and more room. There are so many programming sources that there’s a hunger for distinctive programming even if it’s not unbelievably mass.”
While the audience of “Friday Night Lights” ranges only from 6 million to 7 million, its viewers tend to be upscale, which advertisers like, and very passionate and loyal, Nevins pointed out.
“Five years ago, or probably three years ago, this show would have sunk below the water and disappeared without a trace,” he said. “Now, there’s value in these shows that have incredibly passionate audiences and passionate fans in the public and passionate fans in the press. I just think it’s really interesting that NBC, being one of the big networks, is now able to capitalize on it.”
-- Maria Elena Fernandez
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/show...own-for-f.html
Touchdown for 'Friday Night Lights'
10:59 AM PT, Apr 2 2008
Are your ready for some more Dillon Panthers football?
“Friday Night Lights” will be back for a third season, thanks to a deal between NBC and DirecTV that splits costs and distribution rights, giving DirecTV customers first dibs at the high school football drama, starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton.
The 13-episode season will air first on DirecTV in the fall and then run on NBC in midseason, probably in its current Friday night time slot, said David Nevis, president of Imagine Television, which produces the show. NBC is expected to officially announce the deal in a presentation to advertisers in New York this afternoon.
Nevins declined to say how much money DirecTV is forking over for the rights but characterized it as “a lot of money, significantly more than if we just did second runs on a cable network.” Nevins remarked that he wished a deal like it had been possible three years ago when Fox was forced to cancel “Arrested Development,” another show with a small but loyal audience.
“I love these shows, and I think that they’re unique,” Nevins said. “They have an incredibly strong bond with them and seem to appreciate the characters and actors in them at a deep level. My whole goal is to make television that is not boring. For better or for worse, we make these beloved but not-for-everyone TV shows. And I think that the truth is that in this new climate of television, there is more and more room. There are so many programming sources that there’s a hunger for distinctive programming even if it’s not unbelievably mass.”
While the audience of “Friday Night Lights” ranges only from 6 million to 7 million, its viewers tend to be upscale, which advertisers like, and very passionate and loyal, Nevins pointed out.
“Five years ago, or probably three years ago, this show would have sunk below the water and disappeared without a trace,” he said. “Now, there’s value in these shows that have incredibly passionate audiences and passionate fans in the public and passionate fans in the press. I just think it’s really interesting that NBC, being one of the big networks, is now able to capitalize on it.”
-- Maria Elena Fernandez
04-02-08, 02:10 PM
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I read it to be fall 08 on Dtv and Winter 09 on NBC. 
ETA: I just reread it.. it says mid-season on NBC. So I guess it could be early winter of 08?
ETA: I just reread it.. it says mid-season on NBC. So I guess it could be early winter of 08?
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04-02-08, 02:13 PM
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Ill just torrent the episodes then if its a year delay..which its not. NBC announced their summer , fall, winter and 09 summer schedule...not 09 winter.
04-02-08, 02:13 PM
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Winter 09, no that's not right.
If I am understanding the whole scenario correctly, Directv has the 1st run rights to the 13 episodes. Then in either December or January, NBC will start airing the episodes.
So, if you have Directv....I assume Channel 101, then you will see FNL 1st. If you don't have it, then you will need to wait a few extra months.
If I am understanding the whole scenario correctly, Directv has the 1st run rights to the 13 episodes. Then in either December or January, NBC will start airing the episodes.
So, if you have Directv....I assume Channel 101, then you will see FNL 1st. If you don't have it, then you will need to wait a few extra months.
04-02-08, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DJariya
So, if you have Directv....I assume Channel 101, then you will see FNL 1st. If you don't have it, then you will need to wait a few extra months.
04-02-08, 02:40 PM
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I'm going by what I read in the OP:
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR WINTER 2009
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: Deal or No Deal
9-10 pm: Friday Night Lights
10-11 pm: Life
In the article:
The 13-episode season will air first on DirecTV in the fall and then run on NBC in midseason, probably in its current Friday night time slot, said David Nevis, president of Imagine Television, which produces the show.
So, when exactly is Mid-season? Could it be the winter of 2009? Meaning.. January or February??
NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR WINTER 2009
FRIDAY
8-9 pm: Deal or No Deal
9-10 pm: Friday Night Lights
10-11 pm: Life
In the article:
The 13-episode season will air first on DirecTV in the fall and then run on NBC in midseason, probably in its current Friday night time slot, said David Nevis, president of Imagine Television, which produces the show.
So, when exactly is Mid-season? Could it be the winter of 2009? Meaning.. January or February??
04-02-08, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by rfduncan
DirecTV can cram it as far as I'm concerned. I'll watch it on NBC OTA in HD even if I have to wait three months.
04-02-08, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Chew
Does DirecTV have an HD version of their 101?